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What to do and see in Victoria, Australia: The Best Natural History Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Victoria, Australia including Museum of Australian History & Art Gallery, The National Opal Collection, Camperdown & District Heritage Centre, Harcourt Heritage Museum, Mount Beauty Visitor Information Centre & Museum, National Alpine Museum of Australia, Australian Kelpie Centre.
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1. Museum of Australian History & Art Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By annt102 - Pascoe Vale, Australia
Situated at the end of the Maryborough Railway Station is a fascinating museum created by one man. He's made the display cabinets, collected the material, painted the backdrops to each display. It's an impressive range of artistry as well as an interesting collection of material about indigenous and colonial history. Well worth a visit.
2. The National Opal Collection
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 53 reviews
The award winning National Opal Collection is amongst Australia's most fascinating attractions, where you will discover the incredible link between opal and the dinosaur. As you enter you are surrounded by dioramas of Australia's outback and then taken through time from the dinosaur age to modern day opal production. Exhibits show how bones of prehistoric creatures can become opalised. Adjoining the museum is the spectacular showroom with Australia's largest range of opals and opal jewellery. Here you can purchase tax-free from a large range of Australian opal products.
Reviewed By LDWegener - Buffalo Grove, United States
Wow, this place is amazing!! If you’re in the market for Opal, this is the place! Hands down the best selection I have personally ever witnessed. The thing I liked the most was the "no pressure" to purchase attitude - it made for a real nice experience, to just go, look around, and get educated on opals. Toped off, with “off the charts” (Monica) service, kindness, and friendliness. Our family experience started out at Lightning Ridge Opal Shop, in search of a boulder ring, for our 21yr old daughter. While we liked Lightning Ridge, and their sales staff, they had a very small selection of set boulder opal rings. Thankfully, they were kind enough to refer us to The National Opal Collection (NOC). For a competitor to make a referral like this, spoke volumes to me. Sarah greeted us at NOC and provided kind and honest assistance, as we compared and contrasted the beautiful (but different) opals in front of us. However, it was Monica, who treated us with care and the most excellent of guidance! She asked us questions to determine what suited our needs best. She also provided Valuable Information on ring sizing of opals, when our daughter fell in love with a ring that didn’t fit the finger she wanted to wear it on! In addition she educated us on finding the right jeweler to set our loose opal purchases back home, since unfortunately, we waited until the last day of our trip to visit NOC - when it should have been our first! Upon landing home (USA) with 2 beautiful loose opal purchases, in addition to a ring, I realized, in our rush to shop, on our last travel day, that I had neglected to ask for the history of our specific opal purchases and request an appraisal for insurance purposes. So, I sent an email to Monica. Monica not only replied timely, but kindly provided us details and appraisals for all our purchases! Even when “all” were not at the AUD value requirement necessary to appraise. We truly appreciated that she didn’t wash her hands of the sale after we left (“the other side of the world”) and was there for us! There needs to be more “Monica’s” in the world, that love what they do, and understand what customer service is all about! Thank you - you, and NOC, are the best! ????
3. Camperdown & District Heritage Centre
4. Harcourt Heritage Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
The Harcourt Heritage Museum displays historical items of importance to Harcourt and its people. Its displays and resources cover natural history, traditional owners, settlement, genealogy and the evolution of industry. On site, researchers can access a digitised version of the CH James Collection of photographs, artifacts, news, genealogies, histories and ephemera.
5. Mount Beauty Visitor Information Centre & Museum
6. National Alpine Museum of Australia
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 4 reviews
7. Australian Kelpie Centre
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By CastaMelb - Melbourne, Australia
Popped in while passing through as we have had two Kelpie cross dogs over the last 30 years. Some short videos and many reading boards made it very interesting. They are such loveable and super smart companions and obviously superb workers.
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