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The Melbourne Museum is located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne , Australia . It shares these gardens with the Royal Exhibition Building . It is the largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere . The museum has seven main galleries, a Children's Gallery and a temporary exhibit gallery on three levels, Upper, Ground and Lower Level. The Touring Hall is where temporary exhibits are displayed. Past exhibits include Mummies from Egypt and Dinosaur s from China . The Big Box is part of the Children's Gallery. In addition, the museum has other facilities such as the Sidney Myer Amphitheatre and The Age Theatre. The Discovery Centre, on the Lower Level, is a free public research centre. The museum also has a cafe and a souvenir shop. IMAX Theatre, which is situated on the Lower Level is also part of the museum complex. It shows movies, usually Documentary Films , in 3-D format. MAIN PERMANENT EXHIBITS The main permanent exhibits include:
HISTORY The Melbourne Museum was originally located (along with the State Library and the old state gallery) in the city block between La Trobe, Swanston, Little Lonsdale and Russell Streets - the nearby Museum (now Melbourne Central Station ) underground railway station was named after it. The State Library now uses all the space in that building, the gallery also having moved to the NGV site. FESTIVAL MELBOURNE 2006 Melbourne Museum was on of the venues of and Canada . Besides that, there was a producers' market, 'Victorian Producers' Market', where the best produces from regional Victoria such as wine, cheese and others were sold. A cooking competition, 'Culinary Pro Am of the Commonwealth' was also held between top Melbourne chefs, each representing a Commonwealth country. Another crowd drawer was the large screen on museum grounds where live actions of the Games were shown. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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