Today marks 25 years since Melbourne Museum first opened its doors at Carlton Gardens. 🦖🌏 To celebrate, we’ve packed 25 fast facts into one reel! It moves quickly so tap hold to pause and take a moment to discover some fascinating facts about Melbourne Museum. Melbourne Museum showcases Australian social history, Indigenous cultures and our precious environment. Museums Victoria’s Research Institute is responsible for countless discoveries and exploration in fields such as marine biology, geol

This week we’re passing the phone to some of the extraordinary bugs from our Bugs Alive exhibit. Did you know they could do all these wild things? 🦗 Blistered Pyrgomorphs prefer walking instead of hopping. 🛡️ Ground Beetles secrete a foul-smelling liquid to protect themselves. 💪 Egyptian Beetles can pull 1,141 times their own weight. 🕷️ Giant Water Spiders can run on water. Don’t be shy! Come and say hello to these skilled and surprising creatures! 🐞✨ | Melbourne Museum

From moments of curiosity to moments of wonder and escape there are new experiences every day at Melbourne Museum. | Melbourne Museum