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World Oceans Day - 8 June

The deep sea remains one of the most mysterious environments on Earth. Voyages led by Museums Victoria scientists have explored the deep-sea biodiversity found in our region, collecting samples, mapping underwater mountains, and revealing previously hidden worlds. This World Oceans Day, we are highlighting some of their discoveries.

Investigating the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT)

Investigating the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) The deep sea remains one of the most unexplored environments on Earth. New scientific voyages are now revealing amazing underwater seascapes, from sandy plains to huge mountains and even extinct volcanoes. The animals that live at ...

Sampling the Abyss

Sampling the Abyss The abyss is the largest and deepest habitat on the planet, covering half the world's oceans. Despite its size, it remains the most unexplored environment on Earth, largely due to the difficulty of reaching and working at such ...

Octopus, Grimpoteuthidae

F 245704 Octopus, Grimpoteuthidae

Invertebrates

Common nameoctopusSpecimen natureWholeHigher taxonomyMollusca, Cephalopoda, OctopodaCollectedAustralia, Tasmania/Victoria

<em>Bathypterois grallator</em> (Goode & Bean, 1886)

A 31808.1 Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886)

Ichthyology

Common nameTripod SpiderfishSpecimen natureSpirit specimenHigher taxonomyChordata, Actinopterygii, AulopiformesCollectedAustralia, Tasmania/Victoria

Shining Bright: Treasures of the Numismatics Collection at Museums Victoria

Museums Victoria's numismatics collection is the most important of its kind in Australia, and the collection of Australian coins is the most significant in the world. This display of famous Australian coins, brilliant ancient coins, and beautiful French art medals includes some of the stunning treasures in the collection. Now on show at Melbourne Museum.

Shining Bright: Treasures of the Numismatics Collection

Shining Bright: Treasures of the Numismatics Collection Numismatics - the collection and study of coins, tokens and medals - was amongst the earliest public collections in Victoria and part of the 1861 Victorian Exhibition on William Street, Melbourne. The numismatics collection was ...

Power & Wealth - Treasures of the Ancient Coin Collection

Power & Wealth - Treasures of the Ancient Coin Collection The ancient Greek and Roman empires stretched far across the Mediterranean and beyond. Borrowing the idea of coins from Asia Minor, they used coins to promote their rulers, achievements, and the gods that protected them. The coins ...

Famous Australian Coins - Treasures of the Australian Coin Collection

Famous Australian Coins - Treasures of the Australian Coin Collection Being on an island far away from their known world of Europe, Australia's early European colonists had to make do with the coins they brought with them. Occasionally they imported foreign coins to expand the circulation. Later, ...

Medals As Art - Treasures of the French Art Medals Collection

Medals As Art - Treasures of the French Art Medals Collection Bronze medals and plaques minted in France and Belgium in the late 19th and early 20th centuries show artistic expression while not necessarily commemorating military or sporting achievements. More than shiny discs of metal, they ...

Explore our collection

Explore a wealth of collections and research about natural sciences, history, technology and First Peoples from Museums Victoria in Australia.

Closeup of old typewritter keys

Articles 2,388 Read about people, places, events, and our collections

Brass pocket compass sundial

Items 114,535 Things made and used by people

Closeup shot of a butterfly

Specimens 1,306,215 Animals, fossils, and rocks in our collections

Closeup of blue coloured bird

Species 1,540 Read about some animals you might see in the wild

Explore the collection on display

Closeup of a taxidermied owl

Melbourne Museum

Closeup of a robot

Illustrated impression of a ship on water

Immigration Museum

Moving sculpture lit up by stage lights

Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre

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Photograph, digital copy. Specific locality unrecorded, Southeast, Victoria, Australia. c.1940s

XP 27540 Photograph, digital copy. Specific locality unrecorded, Southeast, Victoria, Australia. c.1940s This is a photo of our grandmother, Fred Hunter's wife, Emma. Our Nanna used go fruit picking to make ends meet and would be away for a few months camping in tents on the Campaspe and Loddon Rivers. She used to buy clothes at the ...

Photograph, digital copy. Specific locality unrecorded, Southeast, Victoria, Australia. early 1980s

XP 27539 Photograph, digital copy. Specific locality unrecorded, Southeast, Victoria, Australia. early 1980s My Uncle Fred Hunter Jnr and with his wife Ethel and my mother Myrtle. Fred Hunter Junior's Sporting Achievements: Fred Hunter was the Captain and Coach for the Southern Stars in 1957. Other members of his family who also ...

Interview - Audio and Video Recordings of an Interview with Graeme & Wendy Heiner, Black Saturday Bushfires, Running Creek, North East Victoria, 13 May 2010

HT 27166 Interview - Audio and Video Recordings of an Interview with Graeme & Wendy Heiner, Black Saturday Bushfires, Running Creek, North East Victoria, 13 May 2010

Sustainable Futures

Interview, comprising two audio and two video born digital recordings, with Graeme and Wendy Heiner by Liza Dale-Hallett at their dairy farm at Running Creek, North East Victoria on 13 May 2010. This interview ...

Coin Die - 1 Ounce, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853

NU 34721 Coin Die - 1 Ounce, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853

Numismatics & Philately

Steel 1 Ounce, Port Phillip Pattern Die, created for the Kangaroo Office in 1853. W.J. Taylor and his business partners established the Kangaroo Office to take advantage of the explosive economic growth in ...

Token Die - Halfpenny, Gold Pieces, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1854

NU 35981 Token Die - Halfpenny, Gold Pieces, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1854

Numismatics & Philately, Working Life & Trades

Steel Halfpenny die, manufactured by W.J. Taylor of London in 1854. Used by the Kangaroo Office of Melbourne to mint, halfpenny tokens which promoted their Gold pieces of 1/4, 1/2, 1 ...

Coin Die - 2 Ounces, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853

NU 34720 Coin Die - 2 Ounces, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853

Numismatics & Philately

Steel 2 Ounce, Port Phillip Pattern Die, created for the Kangaroo Office in 1853. W. J. Taylor and his business partners established the Kangaroo Office to take advantage of the explosive economic growth ...

Coin Die - 1 Ounce, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853

NU 34722 Coin Die - 1 Ounce, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1853

Numismatics & Philately

Steel 1 Ounce, Port Phillip Pattern Die, created for the Kangaroo Office in 1853. W. J. Taylor and his business partners established the Kangaroo Office to take advantage of the explosive economic growth ...

Token Die - Halfpenny, Gold Pieces, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1854

NU 35757 Token Die - Halfpenny, Gold Pieces, Kangaroo Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1854

Numismatics & Philately, Working Life & Trades

Steel Halfpenny die, manufactured by W.J. Taylor of London in 1854. Used by the Kangaroo Office of Melbourne to mint, halfpenny tokens which promoted their Gold pieces of 1/4, 1/2, 1 ...

Wall Tile - Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1880

ST 17132 Wall Tile - Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1880

Engineering, Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades, Royal Exhibition Building

This glazed ornamental wall tile was manufactured at Minton's China Works in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was exhibited by Minton Hollins & Co ...

Wall Tile - Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1880

ST 17134 Wall Tile - Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1880

Engineering, Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades, Royal Exhibition Building

This glazed ornamental wall tile was manufactured at Minton's China Works in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was exhibited by Minton Hollins & Co ...

Wall Tile - Christopher Dresser, Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1870

ST 17137 Wall Tile - Christopher Dresser, Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1870

Engineering, Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades, Royal Exhibition Building

This glazed ornamental wall tile was manufactured at Minton's China Works in Stoke-on-Trent, England, after a design attributed to ...

Wall Tile - Gothic Revival, Campbell Brick & Tile Co., Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1880

ST 17142 Wall Tile - Gothic Revival, Campbell Brick & Tile Co., Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1880

Engineering, Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades, Royal Exhibition Building

Earthenware with inlaid decoration (encaustic) ornamental wall tile made by the Campbell Brick & Tile Co. in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is a ...