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Set up a date with history when you are sightseeing in Melbourne and nothing can
be better than making a trip to the various Melbourne museums. The best thing
about the museums in Melbourne is that there is one to suit the preference and
interest levels of a wide range of people.
Melbourne Museums
If you really want to know to Melbourne from close quarters during your stay,
visit the Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne. It houses exhibits that help you
turn an insightful eye on the city's history, its evolution, the architecture,
arts and contemporary life and culture.
Melbourne's history is interlinked with the history of the immigrants to Australia
and especially to the state of Victoria. The Immigration Museum, Melbourne brings
to the forefront and to life, snippets from the lives of immigrants from the
1800s till date.
Those who profess a penchant for the past can also drop in by the Jewish Holocaust
Museum and Research Center, Melbourne, where the vignettes of racism will leave
you shell-shocked. Very few museums in Australia will actually stir such intense
sentiments.
Give a fond thought to those tumultuous days of the Battle of Anzac and shed
a tear for the martyrs, at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne. This is one
of the largest war memorials in Australia and attracts visitors by the hordes
at the annual observances on Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.
Melbourne tourist attractions come in various forms. There is the Melbourne
amusement parks and the Melbourne parks & gardens. There are also many national
parks & wild life sanctuaries in Melbourne. But not many match the diversity
of the Melbourne museums.
It is obvious that your eight-year G.I. Joe-engrossed son won't approve much
of cultural and ethnic history. His Melbourne vacations can be perked up with
visits to the Melbourne Tank Museum, the largest of the private military museums
in Melbourne. It houses exhibits from the 1st and the 2nd World Wars and the
wars in Korea, Vietnam and Turkey.
If horses are his calling, take him to the Australian Racing Museum. You can
be assured that he will have a whale of time learning about thoroughbreds and
colts, courtesy the vibrant and dynamic multimedia presentations.
Melbourne, Australia has been at the forefront of the arts movement in the
country and your Melbourne holidays will really remain incomplete if you do
not have a glimpse of the art scene in Melbourne, its evolution, the contemporary
trends and the influences that have shaped it. There are quite a few Australian
museums that are dedicated to the art arena and two of the best ones just happen
to be in Melbourne.
When you are meandering through the Melbourne museums, do make the trip to
The Arts Centre, Melbourne and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne.
The former is the veritable arts, entertainment and cultural hub of Melbourne
while the latter is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the various
forms of moving images, film, television, video and animation.
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