Immigration Museum

The Immigration Museum is a culture museum that focuses on the immigration history of and . Opened in 1998 as a division of Museums Victoria, Immigration Museum is located at the restored Customs House building on Flinders Street, in the of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Immigration Museum, Melbourne”
  • Address: 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Melbourne Southern Cross and Melbourne Aquarium.

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Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is not just the main station of , but where the entire comes together. It's at the western edge of , with plenty tram, suburban and regional connections, in addition to a coach terminal.

Public aquarium
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Sea Life is a Southern Ocean and Antarctic aquarium in central , . It is located on the banks of the beside and under the and the . is situated 250 metres southwest of Immigration Museum.

Railway station
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is a major railway station located on the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets in , Victoria, Australia. Located near and , it is the busiest railway station in Victoria, serving the entire electrified metropolitan rail network, 15 tram routes travelling to and from the city, and V/Line services to Gippsland. is situated 540 metres east of Immigration Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melbourne and CBD.

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is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

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The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the , or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

Neighborhood
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is an ethnic enclave in the of , Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.

Immigration Museum

Latitude
-37.81912° or 37° 49′ 9″ south
Longitude
144.9604° or 144° 57′ 37″ east
Inception
1998
Levels
3
Height
20 metres (66 feet)
Operator
Museum Victoria
Open location code
4RJ65XJ6+95
Open­Street­Map ID
way 14251243
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2694295
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Persian—“Immigration Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Immigrazioaren museoa (Melbourne)”
  • Basque: “Immigrazioaren museoa”
  • Catalan: “Museu de la Immigració”
  • Chinese: “移民博物館”
  • Czech: “Immigration Museum”
  • Dutch: “Immigration Museum”
  • French: “Musée de l’immigration”
  • German: “Immigration Museum”
  • Hebrew: “Immigration Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ההגירה, מלבורן”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ההגירה”
  • Japanese: “移住博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Immigration Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Immigration Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه مهاجرت (ملبورن)”
  • Persian: “موزه مهاجرت”

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