Hidden gems: Museums in Essendon

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Essendon. This list contains 14 places from Museum category.

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City of Melbourne Collection
Museum
👍 This collection incorporates the Melbourne Open Air Sculpture Museum. It has approximately 4000 historical and contemporary objects including architectural plans, photographs, civic and ceremonial objects, sister city gifts, commemorative objects, and a visual art collection. It is used for research...
4.80 (9 reviews) (~8.54 km from centre)
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Open House For Kids
Museum
4.80 (5 reviews) (~9.36 km from centre)
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Coburg Historical Society
Historical society
4.80 (5 reviews) (~5.05 km from centre)
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ACMI Cinemas
Movie theater
😠 Just visited the ACMI theatre whilst on a year 12 exam revision lecture, I made the poor mistake of purchasing an (overpriced) toasted sandwich, I was only given a 10 minute break to eat my food for the entirety of the day. After trying to renter the theatre I was told no hot food was allowed so I s...
4.70 (60 reviews) (~8.88 km from centre)
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Pumping Station (Scienceworks)
Museum
👍👍 An unusual and fascinating piece of Melbourne's history.
4.70 (12 reviews) (~9.19 km from centre)
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Fire Services Museum of Victoria
Museum
👍👍 Excellent introduction by the volunteers! The displays are very detailed and interesting.
4.60 (125 reviews) (~8.4 km from centre)
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Islamic Museum of Australia
Non-profit organization
👍👍 Amazing place with a wealth of knowledge, i highly recommend my fellow Australians to head down with your family to find out some real fact about Islam. Some of my learning, slam shares the same Abrahamic heritage as Judaism and Christianity and, therefore, espouses many similar beliefs and practic...
4.60 (90 reviews) (~5.83 km from centre)
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Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre (Museums Victoria)
Cultural center
Museum showcasing the history of the country's indigenous people through art & interactive exhibits.
4.60 (61 reviews) (~7.81 km from centre)
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Airways Museum
Museum
👍👍 The hidden gem of Melbourne's museums. Aviation history in the form of machines actually used by industry. The guides are retired airtraffc controllers and equipment maintainers so you learn from the source. They also have video nights of old videos. Well worth the gold coin donation entry fee.
4.60 (32 reviews) (~3.39 km from centre)
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Essendon Historical Society
Historical society
👍👍 Beauty historical part of Melbourne. It's ashame the fire destroyed such a historical place. Bit funny thou the police station next door were all for knocking it door to build a car park all of a sudden the following few months the fire occurs? Either way such a shame to lose such a historical piece...
4.60 (10 reviews) (~1.78 km from centre)
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The National Opal Collection
Jewelry store
👍👍 Absolutely phenomenal. The love and effort that has been put into showcasing the wonder of Australian opals shines out as you move from showcase to showcase. The rendering that has been put into the plastering to resemble the walls and roof of underground opal mines is so realistic that one would be...
4.50 (129 reviews) (~8.48 km from centre)
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Grainger Museum
Museum
Autobiographical museum of celebrated composer & pianist Percy Grainger with over 50,000 items.
4.50 (76 reviews) (~6.49 km from centre)
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Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre
Museum
👍👍 It was so good to visit the Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre to see and hear about Marys life and all the good work she did.
4.50 (59 reviews) (~8.71 km from centre)
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Vllla Da Northcote
Museum
👍👍 I have been bullied and discriminated because of my natural beauty while living here, the trolls that live here are nice but the parents suck
4.50 (6 reviews) (~6.87 km from centre)
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