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Nocturnal Melbourne Museum

Nocturnal: Melbourne Museum’s evening adults-only party

If your memories of museums date back to school years, Melbourne Museum will lure you in to pay a long-due visit with its Nocturnal series – adults-only after-hours events, boasting live music performances, DJs, pop-up bars, curator talks, and admission…

Nocturnal Melbourne Museum

Stay Up Late with Melbourne Museum’s new series: Nocturnal

Did you ever dream as a kid of ‘accidentally’ being locked inside a store afterhours and being able to run amok? That was strangely the kind of feeling I had walking around at Melbourne Museum last Friday night for the…

NGV Friday Nights Melbourne

NGV Friday Nights: Winter 2017 with Van Gogh

The National Gallery of Victoria’s Friday Nights are a huge highlight of Melbourne’s cultural scene. The sessions are a favourite of the Friday knock-off crowd and for good reason. Bands, drinks and access to all of the ground level exhibitions —…

Illumination at the Melbourne Museum lights up life

Melbourne Museum hit all the right notes with its special event, Illumination. It was an afterhours glimpse into the workings of the biomedical world of the human body. Part wine and music, part exhibition and talk, it took attendees on a journey that…

A Beautiful Planet at IMAX

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to go into space. This doesn’t seem quite so anomalous for a child, but for me, this dream didn’t fade away as I exited childhood and became an adult. I still…

Party with dinosaurs at Jurassic Nights in June

The dinosaurs are once again roaming the earth, and right here in Melbourne! That’s right all you purveyors of all things prehistoric, Jurassic World: The Exhibition is in town at Melbourne Museum and they have just launched something special for…

Friday Nights at the NGV

Calling all art snobs, history nerds, and music lovers: clear your calendars — Friday Nights at NGV is here, and it’s exactly what you ordered. Perfectly coinciding with Melbourne’s beautifully warm spring evenings is the National Gallery of Victoria’s latest after-dark…

Best Melbourne Events – June 2015 Mid-Month

The Plus Ones go to so many events that a monthly wrap up just doesn’t cut it. Here’s what’s been on in Melbourne for the first two weeks of June 2015! Game of Rhones  100 vinos and an actual Iron Throne….

Melbourne’s Best Events In November

Melbourne is always bursting with events, and we try to head to all of the best ones. From bagpipers to bars to partying on a pirate ship, here’s where we went in November. Time Out Melbourne Bar Awards We love us…

The Aztecs Are Here

Melbourne Museum is playing host to the Aztecs . I must say my knowledge of the Aztecs prior to this was confined to a solitary Tintin episode that I watched whilst I was still in single digits. I am so…