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The exhibition Rome: Empire, Power, People is a tour through our history of looking at ancient Rome

Ancient Rome is very used to being looked at. We see versions of it everywhere: in films and TV series, in school syllabi, and in contemporary politics.

The Conversation · Sep 28

From emperors to the everyday: explore ancient Rome like never before

Featuring 180 ancient artefacts, ROME: Empire, Power, People provides a rarely seen glimpse of life in the Roman empire

The Guardian - AU · May 11

My night at the museum … for an ‘adult sleepover’, with lots of dinosaurs and no kids allowed

Museums around the world are opening up for grownups wanting to explore by torchlight and sleep among exhibits. Clem Bastow heads to Melbourne Museum to try one out

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2025

Double delight for dinosaur devotees over T-Rex arrival

A giant Tyrannosaurus rex will go on display in Melbourne, offering a rare chance to see two near-complete fossils at once.

AAP · Mar 6, 2024

Grand, romantic, tragic – Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition comes to Melbourne

From the first-class furnishings to the crockery in third-class, this exhibition explores the social divisions of the day alongside tales of romance and tragedy

The Guardian - AU · Dec 23, 2023

Returning a name to an artist: the work of Majumbu, a previously unknown Australian painter

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2023

Arnhem Land art 'detectives' helping discover who painted these priceless works

Artists visit a Melbourne Museum vault to identify the "master" creators of bark paintings commissioned 110 years ago by Sir Baldwin Spencer in exchange for tobacco and cash.

ABC News · Jun 4, 2022

Melbourne Museum celebrates Victoria's rich Hellenic heritage with new exhibition

Centenarian Effie Spiropoulos wove a blanket by hand over 80 years ago on the other side of the world, and now it's being preserved forever in a Melbourne museum.

ABC News · May 7, 2022

Ancient Greek artefacts take first trip abroad for show in Melbourne

A 400-kilogram sculpture of Zeus is centrepiece of exhibit exploring connections between the ancient civilisation and modern culture

The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2022

World's most complete triceratops in Vic

The world's most complete triceratops skeleton, a 67 million-year-old specimen named Horridus, will be on display at Melbourne Museum.

AAP · Mar 7, 2022