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Melbourne
Museum
is
a
natural
and
cultural
history
museum
located
in
the
Carlton
Gardens
in
Melbourne,
Australia.
Located
adjacent
to
the
Royal
Exhibition
Building,
it
is
the
largest
museum
in
the
Southern
Hemisphere.
The
museum
was
opened
in
2000
as
a
project
of
the
Government
of
Victoria,
on
behalf
of
Museums
Victoria
who
administrates
the
venue.
Melbourne
museum
is
a
rich
response
to
Melbourne's
urban
condition,
and
provides
a
place
for
education,
history,
culture
and
society
to
engage
with
each
other
in
a
contemporary
setting.
It
is
now
an
important
part
of
Melbourne's
soft
infrastructure
and
is
consistently
ranked
as
one
of
the
most
popular
museums
and
tourist
attractions
in
Australia,
winning
'Best
Tourist
Attraction'
at
the
Australian
Tourism
Awards
in
2011.
In
addition
to
its
galleries,
the
museum
features
spaces
such
as
Curious?,
which
is
a
place
to
meet
staff
and
find
answers
relating
to
the
collections,
research
and
behind-the-scenes
work
of
Museums
Victoria;
as
well
as
a
cafe
and
a
gift
shop.
The
back-of-house
areas
are
home
to
some
of
Museums
Victoria's
State
Collections,
which
holds
over
17
million
items
including
objects
relating
to
Indigenous
Australian
and
Pacific
Islander
cultures,
geology,
historical
studies,
palaeontology,
technology
&
society,
and
zoology,[4][5]
as
well
as
a
library
collection
that
holds
some
of
Australia’s
rarest
and
finest
examples
of
18th
and
19th
century
scientific
monographs
and
serials.
The
world's
largest
IMAX
Theatre
screen,
which
is
also
part
of
the
museum
complex,
shows
movies
and
documentary
films
in
large-screen
3-D
format.