Books

In the 1880s, museum director Charles Frederick McCoy began production of his famous Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, and Museum Victoria has continued to promote its research and collections through the publication of high-quality books since that time. Monographs, collected essays, field guides and exhibition catalogues are some of the formats the museum produces across a range of subjects, including natural history, indigenous art and history. Both the specialist researcher and the ordinary reader will find something of interest in the list of museum publications.

Forthcoming titles

In 2011 the museum will publish a new edition of Danielle Clode’s popular book Killers in Eden. This revised edition will contain many additional images in colour and special contributions by Museum Victoria marine specialist, Erich Fitzgerald.

A souvenir guide will also be available for visitors to the Melbourne Museum, illustrating the museum’s unique collection and history. Later in the year, there will be new books on gemstones and a field guide to butterflies, which will feature amazing photographs of the whole life cycle.

New Releases

The Great Melbourne Telescope The Great Melbourne Telescope
Paperback, colour and black & white illustrations, 192pp
RRP $29.95
 
Egypt: a fascinating journey Egypt
a fascinating journey

Paperback, colour illustrations, 146pp
RRP $24.95
 
Cover of A Flying Life A Flying Life
John Duigan and the First Australian Aeroplane

Paperback, black & white and colour illustrations, 176pp
RRP $29.95
 
Cover of The Place for a Village The Place for a Village
How Nature has Shaped the City of Melbourne

Paperback, colour illustrations, 280pp
RRP $39.95
 
Cover of Melbourne: A City of Stories Melbourne
A City of Stories

Paperback, colour illustrations, 116pp
RRP $29.95
 
First People: The Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip & Central Victoria First People
The Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip & Central Victoria

Paperback, colour and black & white illustrations, 184pp
RRP 24.95
 
Cover of Killers in Eden Killers in Eden
The Story of a Rare Partnership between Men and Killer Whales

Paperback, colour illustrations, 168pp
RRP $29.95
 
Cover of marine field guide to Barnacles Barnacles
Paperback, colour illustrations, 78pp
RRP $19.95