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Tarbosaurus skull
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Walk amongst skeletons of amazing animals from the past.

Duck beneath the belly of a massive Mamenchisaurus and stand beside some other amazing dinosaurs including Amargasaurus, Protoceratops and Tarbosaurus.

Walk up high to where the flying reptiles soar including Quetzalcoatlus (the world’s largest flying reptile).

Get up close to Ice Age megafauna such as Diprotodon (the world’s largest Marsupial) and Megalania (Australia’s largest lizard).

Discover how dinosaurs moved, what they ate and how they survived and touch displays of dinosaur teeth, bones and fossilised poo.

Dinosaur Walk is the first exhibition to open as part of Museum Victoria’s Science and Life Gallery redevelopment.

EVENT DETAILS

Event Type: Permanent Exhibition

Daily, Now Showing
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Science and Life Gallery

Included with museum entry.
MV Members receive free museum entry.

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If you had a group of kids, how long would you allow to show them the dinosaur walk?

Hi Gail.

It's hard to say how long you need in the Dinosaur Walk as all kids are different, but a general estaimate would be between 20 minutes and 30 minutes.

Hi I recently took my Brisbane grandchildren to exhibition of dinosaurs models that moved. Love to take Melbourne g,children to similar are you planning to have that exhibition in Melbourne?

Hi Jann - I assume the exhibition you saw at Brisbane was "Explore-a-saurus", which is actually one of Museum Victoria's travelling exhibitions that had previously been at our Scienceworks campus. Having already been at one of our sites recently, there are no plans for it to come to Melbourne Museum, however Melbourne Museum's Science and Life Gallery has long-term exhibitions of numerous Dinosaur skeletons and also an exhibition called "600 Million Years", which includes a pair of animatronic Dinosaurs which use state-of-the-art animatronics to bring them to life.

Just wondering how long this exhibit will be available to view? it will be very exciting to visit.

Hi Meaghan - Dinosaur Walk is a long-term exhibition here at Melbourne Museum; it opened in 2009 and will be on display for the next several years (at least) - it is located in our Science and Life Gallery at Melbourne Museum.

Does the museum have real dinosaur skeletons?

Hi Andrew - Museum Victoria has a large amount of real dinosaur fossil bone in our Palaeontology collections, but complete skeletons are exceptionally rare - as much of the material in our research collections is from Australia, none of this is '100% complete', as it seems conditions in this part of the world were not right for preserving complete dinosaur skeletons, with much of our material being isolated bones and teeth.

Very few of these bones are found in association (that is, the bones were found together and were probably from the same individual). Having said that, the Science & Life Gallery at Melbourne Museum has real fossil dinosaur bones on display, some of which is partially articulated including the remains of a hadrosaur (including skin impressions) and a block of Triassic age sediment with numerous individuals of Coelophysis, along with a representative display of the fossil bones found at Victorian Dinosaur fossil localities such as Dinosaur Cove and Inverloch. The larger skeleton of dinosaurs also on display were orignally cast from real bone, but for the purposes of articulating the skeletons for display, real fossil material was not used

Is this open 10.00-5.00pm everyday? And where do you best recommend to park or come by via public transport? This looks so exciting. Thank You. :)

Hi Sarah,

The Dinosaur Walk gallery is part of the general admission area of the Melbourne Museum. As such, it is open from 10:00AM to 5:00PM every day, excluding Good Friday and Christmas Day.

More information about the parking services offered by the Melbourne Museum can be found here.

Hi, this sounds so interesting! My son and I would love to see this. Is it allright to bring a pram in case the little one gets tired, he is only 18 months old?

Hi Erika - there are no problems at all with prams in Dinosaur Walk, the perimeter of the display is on a flat floor, and the walkway that winds through the middle of the exhibition has both steps and a ramp at each end, designed for full accessibility. You may consider getting in earlier in the day, as this gallery can get busy during the holidays, but by all means bring your 18 month old, they should enjoy it, as we hope you do as well.

Hi Baskar, you certainly can! You can visit all of the permanent exhibitions with your general entry ticket.

Can I visit to all the Peramanent Exhibitions using General Admission ticket ?

I plan on bringing my 4 year old grandson to the museum in January. Since we are coming from interstate can you tell me where the museum is so I can organise accommodation. Thanks ps can't wait to bring him

Hi there Karen, information about the museum's location and hours can be found on our Visiting page. We hope you enjoy your visit!

Are there any real live dinosaurs here as in the movie Jurassic Park?

Hi Aaron - Jurassic Park is science fiction, so no, there are no 'real live' dinosaurs here at Melbourne Museum in that sense. We do have some very alive-looking animatronic dinosaurs in the exhibition "600 Million Years - Victoria Evolves" which you can learn more about here, and of course we have a combination of real and cast fossil dinosaur bones on display. Other than that, the closest we have to real live dinosaurs would be the species of birds in our forest gallery - birds are now considered by many as a clade of Theropod dinosaurs.

Hope this helps

Hi Sheikh, Glad you're excited about visiting Melbourne Museum tonight. The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia exhibition is the only part of the museum that is open on Thursday evenings. The exhibition and the adjacent Mesopotamia Cafe close at 9pm.

The Dinosaur Walk closes at 5pm, seven days per week. Unfortunately, you can't see the dinosaurs from the Mesopotamia exhibition so, unless you have excellent hearing, you won't be able to tell if they come to life after closing, or not.

Hi, really excited I'm going there tonight. Is there a canteen around and do they come to life after you close.

Hi I LUV NERDZ AND DINOS!!!

Hi Cody - The 'Dinosaur Walk' and '600 Million Years' exhibitions here at Melbourne Museum are good introductions to Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, but there are countless other resources that would helpful for you to increase your knowledge. Most large Natural History Museums across the world have websites with a lot of useful resources, so some web surfing is a good start. As far as studying goes, a variety of Victorian Universities offer types of Palaeontology as post-graduate programs (Honours, Masters, PhD, etc) to various Science degrees; a good idea might be to look into some universities that might offer degrees that can lead to palaeontology. If you are interested in doing some work experience here at Melbourne Museum, you can find out more about this here.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

I'm really interested in dinosaur but I really want to know about the different types of dinosaurs and maybe a few tips on ways to study and still keep interested. Also is there a way I might be able to help out around the Museum? I am not very old so can't do any day work, but is there anyway I might be able to help out? Maybe I could even write up a brochure. I just really want to get to know the dinosaurs well. Thanks, Cody

Hi Elizabeth,
Melbourne Museum has an underground car park with designated disabled parking spaces.

Love to see the display, are there any disabled parking near by? We are from tassie.

Hi Hannah, you are allowed to take photos in most areas of the Museum, the exceptions being in the Bunjilaka Gallery where there are images of indigenous people and objects and also in parts of the Human Mind and Body Gallery where there are images of naked people. If you are in any doubt there are staff in the galleries who can answer your questions. There will also be a sign with an image of a camera with a line through it in any areas where you can't take photos.

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Hello,I'm John from My dinosaurs company in China. I really appreciate those fossil collections in your museum, we're a professional dinosaur fossil replica making factory in China and some of our fossil replicas were molded from original fossils, Hope we can have some kind of cooperation in the future.

I took my 4 year old brother to this and he loved it, (and I'll admit that it was pretty exciting to go see it again for me as well, I can't even remember the last time I went to see them) Can't wait to go again. :)

Hello Yi

Most of the skeletons on display in Dinosaur Walk are composed of casts from molds of individual real dinosaur bones. These bone casts are composed of a lightweight synthetic material, but are the exact shape of the real fossils which they were cast from. These casts are reassembled by our preparation staff into the skeletons you see, in consultation with the latest research on dinosaur posture.

In addition to these skeletons, there are some examples of real dinosaur fossils in Dinosaur walk; the Hadrosaur tail under the glass on the ramp is entirely real and has not been reassembled in any way - it appears as it did when it was found (including skin impressions), and also an Apatosaurus (formerly Brontosaurus) leg bone, which is a touch object - we encourage visitors to feel this fossil to experience what real dionosaur fossils feel like.

May I know are the dinosaurs skeleton real or an artifact?

Hi Janelle, Dinosaur Walk is one of the permanant exhibitions in Melbourne Museum, and is included in the General Admission to the Museum. Admission and car park information at the Melbourne Museum can be found at http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/visiting/; in addition to this there is also limited metered parlking on both Nicholson and Rathdowne Streets.

I hope this helps!

Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me the cost for 2 adults, a 1 yr old and a 4 year old. Also the best (and cheapest) place to park nearby. Thanks so much.

Hi Sofie; the exhibition should be fine for that agegroup, my son (who is now 3) has been enjoying Dinosaur Walk since he was 18 months old, particularly enjoying the touchscreens and animations - hope this helps

Hi, I was just wondering if my child who will be 3 in August would be too young for the dinosaurs? Cheers

must see .wonderful.

1 luv dinosaw work

Hi Nancy,

Please have a look at the Melbourne Museum Cafe website for details about hosting birthday parties here at the Museum.

Hi my son is turning 4 and has a love a dinosuars I was wondering whether you guys do Kids birthday parties?

Hi Jacqueline - I'm afraid we can't send you any posters, however you will see a selection of posters, books and more in the Museum Shop when you visit

Can you send me some posters? we are studying dinosaurs this term and would love to visit!!!

I've always had an interest in Dinosaurs and it's great to be able to see the bones each time I get to visit the Museum. The new "Dinosaur Walk" setup was interesting, interactive and enjoyable but if only you can add more to the collection, I noticed that a "Tryseratops" and a "Stegosaurus" wasn't included, which would be great to see. The main highlight for me during this visit was the small prehistoric bird skeleton which you have near a dinosaur found in Brisbane, and the "T-Rex" and "Velociraptor" which I couldn't help but have a little touch with my finger...... Sorry!. I was so fascinated by the "Velociraptor" because at the time I had been reading 2 fictional novels by author Michael Crichton, "Jurassic Park" & "The Lost World", and to be able to actually see the full remains, size and of course the thick cerved claws on each foot was amazing.