Free Museums in Montrose Post Office

"The Melbourne Museum is a great attraction if you are looking for educational things to do with kids Melbourne has. At the Melbourne Museum, they can learn about Victoria’s natural environment, cultures and history through various displays and interactive technology. The little ones (0-5) will love the Pauline Children’s Gallery, where they can become archeologists digging for fossils or become stripey or spotty in the ‘camouflage disco’."

"Located in the lush Carlton Gardens, The Melbourne Museum is a showcase of Australian history and interactive learning. There are free exhibitions, so you don't have to spend a cent, but they also have rotating paid exhibitions. There is a dinosaur section, which features a skeleton of a Diprotodon - a giant wombat like creature."

"From the natural environment to culture and history, Melbourne Museum explores life in Victoria. The museum includes a special gallery just for children...."

"The Immigration Museum explores the accounts of real people from all over the world who have migrated to Victoria. This Melbourne museum re-creates real-life stories - the trials, hopes and dreams - of those people who have made Australia their new home. With a rich mix of moving images, personal stories and community voices, diaries, letters and memorabilia you get to explore the immigrant experience that has defined Australia, from the reasons for making the journey, to the moment of arrival in a new country."

"Hosting exhibitions and educational programs in addition to its function of keeping a record of Australia’s immigration history, the museum beautifully displays the personal stories of various immigrants. It carefully studies the influx, the time of the influx and the way the colony slowly developed into a nation. A fascinating part of the museum is the Interview Room, where visitors are...Read more"

"An autistic-friendly museum, the Immigration Museum aims at telling the stories of people that have come to Australia one way or the other. Explore with them what it means to leave your home country, look at the different cultures that now call Australia home and follow lots of personal stories. Best of all, kids enter free."

"The modern architecture of the Islamic Museum of Australia is quite striking, but the exhibitions inside are also presented in an engaging and contemporary way. Some of the museum is dedicated to immigration and tells fascination stories of Muslims who came to Australia, including the Afghan cameleers and Malay pearlers. But there’s also a lot on display that shows the wonders of the Islamic culture, including architecture, art, and textiles."

"The geometric, zinc-clad home of Melbourne art collectors Charles and Leah Justin doubles as the Justin Art House Museum. Book ahead for a private tour of the couple's dynamic collection of contemporary art, consisting of more than 250 pieces amassed over four decades. There's a strong emphasis on video and digital art, with the works rotated regularly. Guided tours take around two hours. The house was designed by the couple's daughter, Elisa."

"Established in 1985, the Chinese Australian museum is community-run, not-for-profit national institution that documents, preserves, collects and researches the history and culture of Chinese Australians and their following generations. Housed inside the late nineteenth century five-level warehouse, this museum delves into the Chinese migration in Australia.The collection here includes:"

"chinese museum chinatown melb jjron 6-07-2016|©John O'Neil /WikiCommons. Located in Chinatown, the Chinese Museum is dedicated to preserving the heritage and culture of the Australian Chinese community. Also acting as Chinatown’s visitors centre, the museum features three permanent exhibitions: Finding Gold, Dragon Gallery and Chinese Australian History."

"The Melbourne Chinese museum has just been through a major redevelopment. It covers the stories of the Chinese community that has been part of Melbourne for over 150 years. A new interactive exhibition called Bridge of Memories tells the personal stories of Chinese migrants, who began arriving in Melbourne from the 1850s."

"Australia’s rich maritime history unravels through the Polly Woodside ship that has preserved antiquity in its bowels. The ship was launched in Belfast in 1885, and had sailed 1.5 million kilometres around the globe. Today, it is located in Melbourne's South Wharf precinct and is one of the major attractions of the city."

"Polly Woodside is a three-masted iron-hulled barque, built in Belfast in 1885. She carried coal, nitrate, and wheat between Britain and South America, then cargo in the New Zealand trade. She became a coal hulk in 1923, and was used as a service lighter in WWII in New Guinea."

"A museum ship is a perfect hands-on experience that will delight kids of all ages. In Melbourne, have a look at the Polly Woodside which can be found at 21 South Wharf Promenade. The ship is 130 years old and has circumnavigated the world 17 times!"

"If you have kids of varying ages and are looking for Melbourne things to do with kids, then you will love ArtVo!. ArtVo is an art gallery with interactive 3D art where you are encouraged to touch and interact with the artworks. The art is painted on both the floor and walls with various other sculptural elements so you can get among the numerous scenes, photographing yourself and becoming part of the artworks."

"The verbal menu at the new takeaway-only arm of Hana Assafiri's Moroccan Soup Bar is largely the same as at the original, although here, in lieu of the full banquet, you can get a generous pack with rice and cous cous dishes, lentil dhal, salad, pickles and the famous chickpea bake for $12.50. If you BYO takeaway container, you'll save an extra $2, too. Two Go also serves flatbread-based "marrakizzas" (Moroccan pizzas)."

"There’s a good chance you’ll find a queue when you stop by Lune Croissanterie’s Collins Street shop in the CBD, but the treats here are definitely worth the wait. These expertly made croissants have been the talk of the town since Lune first popped up in Elwood, and then Fitzroy, years ago — and with good reason. It’s hard to go past a classic, especially when it’s made to this standard."

"Obviously Lune needs no introduction, it’s Lune after all; the home of the best croissant in the world. Owner Kate Reid reverse engineered the croissants from Paris that she was obsessing over to come up with her own. Acquiring a Lune croissant requires commitment; lines are often long and they always sell out."

"Restaurants Patisseries Fitzroy. Their pastries fly out of the shop by noon most days, but does Lune really cut the mustard?"