We had a brisk walk down to the Melbourne Museum. We passed the Royal Exhibition Hall from the old days. It was built in 1880 and only took 18 months to build. It is a world heritage site and is being renovated. The scaffolding itself is an amazing piece of Engineering. It us the longest continuously used exhibition hall and the only remaining great exhibition hall. The Melbourne Museum was wide-ranging and had everything from Aboriginal art and stories to dinosaur bones. We particularly liked the section on giant bugs and the collection of taxidermy. We could have spent a couple of days they're seeing everything but we had the highlights and then went back and walked around the downtown area a bit more.
A glorious botanical entryway
The side entrance
Fixing the dome
They don't build them like this anymore
The entrance to the Museum
Aboriginal art
A carved wombat
A tuna with iridescent inlay
A crocked shark
A lovely textile
Implements of destruction
The Ausrtalian Crest recreated
A display on the Pacific islanders
You can see the tiny arm of the T-Rex, left hanging for a high five for the last 20 million years
So many exotic butterflies
Jewel beetle
Jewel beetle #2
The Aboriginal Flag
