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Scienceworks and Melbourne Planetarium

2 Booker Street, Spotswood, Victoria, 3015 (Melways 56 B1)
Phone: + 61 3 9392 4800
Fax: + 61 3 9391 0100
Email: scienceworks@museum.vic.gov.au
Website: www.scienceworks.museum.vic.gov.au

Pull it, push it, spin it, bang it. Through hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, tours, activities and shows, the whole family can have fun exploring the mysteries of science and technology at Scienceworks.  One of the world's leading Science Museums.

Incorporating the Melbourne Planetarium, the historic Spotswood Pumping Station, the electrifying Victoria University High Voltage Theatre and a number of themed exhibitions, Scienceworks is a great day out for curious minds and active bodies of all ages! Special exhibits are changed frequently, so visit often to see the latest exhibitions.

'Get a Grasp of Science' at Scienceworks.

Getting to Scienceworks is easy! It is located in Booker Street Spotswood, 5km from the centre of Melbourne near the western end of the West Gate Bridge.

Limited parking is available free of charge for cars and buses. Trains to Spotswood leave the city regularly on the Werribee line. Scienceworks is just a ten-minute walk from Spotswood station. You can also come to Scienceworks by ferry, running between Southgate, Crown Casino, Polly Woodside, Scienceworks and Williamstown.

Opening Hours
Daily 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday.

For further information, including ticket prices, please click here.