Museums in Melbourne

Discover 5 unusual museums in Melbourne.

Color lantern slides.

Melbourne, Australia

The Limelight Department

A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.

Frederick Deeming death mask

Melbourne, Australia

Victoria Police Museum

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

Former fire station no 1 and its Watch Tower

Melbourne, Australia

Fire Services Museum of Victoria

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

Coop's Shot Tower

Melbourne, Australia

Coop's Shot Tower

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

Old Melbourne Gaol

Melbourne, Australia

Old Melbourne Gaol

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

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