Explore our collection
Explore a wealth of collections and research about natural sciences, history, technology and First Peoples from Museums Victoria in Australia.
Open Access Week 20-26 October
The Museums Victoria Library supports open access to scholarly information by contributing digitised versions of our books to the Biodiversity Heritage Library, where they are freely accessible. We started in 2010 by digitising our in-house journal 'The Memoirs of Museums Victoria', and we haven't looked back! Since then, we have digitised 200,000+ pages from historic books and journals, including some very special items from our Rare Book Collection. Here's a selection of rare books that we have contributed.
Viking collections at Museums Victoria
Museums Victoria is hosting the exhibition Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard from 29 August to 26 January 2026. The exhibition features a collection from National Museums Scotland.Museums Victoria also holds treasures from the Viking era in what became the United Kingdom, including many coins minted in England. The collection also includes contemporary reflections on Viking cultural influences.
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.
