Explore all things Titanic in the Engine Room activity space at Melbourne Museum these school holidays. Play a game of “Icebergs”, dress up in 1912 style clothes and listen to tales about the Titanic, from 18 September and 3 October 2010.

Ship Shape

Create your own toy Titanic model to take home, complete with all four funnels. Use folding and construction skills to make your ship take shape.

Time: Daily 11am – 3pm.

Icebergs

All set to sink your opponent’s ships?  Designed as a 1912-style board game, two players compete to see who can keep their ships afloat and outwit their rival.

Time: Daily 11am – 3pm.

Titanic Tales

Travel back to 1912 with characters from the grandest ship in the world.  Let our storytellers take you on a journey of adventure and survival with their true tales of the Titanic.

Time: Daily 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm.

An Iceberg’s Journey

Map the course of the Titanic and experiment with a small scale iceberg.  Study the science behind a North Atlantic iceberg and observe the full life cycle of these amazing natural wonders.

Time: Daily 11am – 3pm.

Visit Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

Explore detailed reconstructions of the ship’s interior including the Grand Staircase and first and third class cabins. Discover how the ‘unsinkable’ ship met its fate and connect with the personal stories of people onboard as you view artefacts recovered from the ocean floor. See treasures never before presented in Australia in this Melbourne-only showing.

Date: Until 17 October 2010 (open until 9pm Thursdays)

Cost: Adult $24, Concession $18, Child $16, Family $66 (includes entry into Melbourne Museum)

Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition is presented by Melbourne Museum and Frontier Events in association with RMS Titanic, Inc.

Also these school holidays – don’t miss Melbourne Museum’s newest exhibition:

600 Million Years: Victoria evolves

The newest exhibition in the redevelopment of the Science and Life Gallery, 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves explores the big question: how did life on Earth come to be the way it is? Taking you on a journey through time, 600 Million Years brings the story of Victoria’s evolution to life through animation, animatronics, models and multimedia interactives. Over millions of years Victoria has moved from the tropics to the Antarctic circle and now to temperate zone. It has been shaped by periods of volcanic activity and major climate shifts. Featuring fascinating fossils, gold, coal, dinosaurs and whales, the exhibition highlights the processes that make Victoria the special place it is today.

Date: Now showing

Melbourne Museum, Nicholson Street, Carlton. Open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm (except Good Friday and Christmas Day).  Admission: Adult $8, children and concession FREE. For further details phone 13 11 02 or visit museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum