Museums Victoria (MV) is responsible for the state's scientific and cultural collections, providing public access through three museums. The organization also oversees a wide range of research programs, the continued development of the state's collections, and run major education and research based websites.
MV is the largest public museums organisation in Australia.
Collections
As the state's museum, MV is responsible for more than 16 million individual items. These objects are organised within two priceless collections - Sciences and Humanities.
Museums
MV operates the Melbourne Museum in Carlton Gardens, Scienceworks and Melbourne Planetarium in Spotswood, and the Immigration Museum in Melbourne's Old Customs House in Flinders Street.
MV is also custodian for the heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building.
History
The National Museum of Victoria, the state's first museum, was established in 1854. In 1870, the Industrial and Technological Museum of Victoria, later known as the Science Museum, was built.
These institutions were amalgamated and Museums Victoria was established in 1983, under the Museums Act.
Company Details
- Employees
- 587
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Nicholson Street, Carlton,3053,australia
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, And Zoos
- NAICS
-
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar InstitutionsNature Parks and Other Similar Institutions
- Website
- museumvictoria.com.au
- Keywords
- Designer jobs.
- HQ
- Carlton
Museums Victoria Questions
Museums Victoria's website is museumvictoria.com.au
Museums Victoria's LinkedIn profile is https://au.linkedin.com/company/museum-victoria
Museums Victoria has
587 employees.
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employees at Museums Victoria.
Museums Victoria's industry is
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Museums Victoria's top competitors are
Zoos Victoria,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Abc),
Arts Centre Melbourne,
City Of Melbourne,
Parks Victoria,
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State Library Victoria,
National Gallery Of Victoria,
Melbourne Theatre Company,
Creative Victoria.
Museums Victoria's categories are Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Museums Victoria's founding year is 1854
