Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia.
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Melbourne Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia.
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Melbourne Museum won Best Tourist Attraction at the Australian Tourism Awards in 2011.
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Melbourne Museum is a post-modernist building designed by Denton Corker Marshall architects.
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The sticks and blades that make up the Melbourne Museum are hallmarks of Denton Corker Marshall's architecture.
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Melbourne Museum is situated in a precinct adjacent to a large local landmark within a large public park.
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Melbourne Museum had its earliest beginnings in the Government Assay Office, which on 9 March 1854, opened some displays in La Trobe Street.
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Melbourne Museum was originally located in the city block between La Trobe, Swanston, Little Lonsdale and Russell Streets - the nearby Museum underground railway station was originally named after it, although following the move, the station was renamed Melbourne Central.
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Melbourne Museum developed a proposal for a Museum of Social and Political History [3] at the Old Treasury Building for the Executive Committee of Victoria's 150th Anniversary Celebrations in July 1981 which led to the establishment of the City Museum.
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Current Melbourne Museum is located in Carlton Gardens, alongside the Exhibition Building, on the site of the former Melbourne Exhibition Speedway, which operated from 5 November 1928 until 7 March 1936.
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The new Melbourne Museum included some living organisms within the galleries.
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Melbourne Museum was one of the venues of Festival Melbourne 2006, a citywide art festival held in conjunction of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which was held in Melbourne.
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Melbourne Museum was one of Denton Corker Marshall's award-winning projects.
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