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	Museum - MSN Encarta
		The nation’s first museum, the Australian Museum (1827) in Sydney, is devoted to the natural history of the Australian continent and has a collection of materials related to Aboriginal Australians.
		Museum Victoria in Melbourne is a complex including the Melbourne Museum, a cultural and natural history museum; Scienceworks, a science and technology museum; and the Immigration Museum and Hellenic Antiquities Museum.
		France’s national museum of science, technology, and industry, the City of Science and Industry in Paris, is one of the world’s largest and most-visited science museums, featuring the latest in exhibit design and technology.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557357_10/Museum.html (961 words)

	Denton, Corker, Marshall: Melbourne Museum, Australia
		Melbourne is the most European of Australia's cities; its urban centre is surrounded by low density suburbs which are still growing, and population now exceeds three million.
		The Melbourne Museum is situated in a large park with a formal layout, sharing this magnificent garden setting with the Royal Exhibition Building constructed in 1880.
		The museum's northern side provides contrast with the glass wall to the south in the form of a large wall: tall, narrow windows cut into its volume allow visitors to look down into the laboratories on the underground level.
	www.floornature.com /articoli/articolo.php/id311/sez3/en (739 words)

	Melbourne Water : Partnerships : Partnerships
		Melbourne Water worked with Sustainable Gardening Australia to develop and run a TAFE-accredited training program to provide landscape gardeners and nursery staff with advice and information that can be passed on to homeowners requesting environmentally sustainable gardens.
		Melbourne Water and the Office of Housing are working together on an innovative water conservation system that will save thousands of dollars and millions of litres of water by collecting stormwater and recycled water from Melbourne's high-rise public housing estates.
		Melbourne Water supports Melbourne Waterwatch, an education program that assists schools and community groups to use water monitoring equipment and standard procedures to assess the health of their local rivers and creeks.
	www.melbournewater.com.au /content/partnerships/partnerships.asp (862 words)

	Melbourne travel guide - Wikitravel
		Melbourne [1] is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of the state of Victoria.
		Melbourne is the unquestioned sporting capital of Australia with the largest arenas and two of the major sporting administrations basing their operation in Melbourne: Cricket Australia is a stone's throw from the MCG, and the Australian Football League is based at the Telstra Dome.
		Melbourne is more-or-less centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and manmade attractions close enough to easily visit in a day's return drive.
	wikitravel.org /en/Melbourne (8162 words)

	Melbourne Museum
		Melbourne Museum is the largest in the southern hemisphere.
		The lines between fun park and museum are becoming blurred, and the Melbourne Museum is leading the way in the interactive museum experience.
		Melbourne Museum entry is $15 for adults and $8 for children.
	getaway.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=17150 (512 words)

	Walkabout - Melbourne
		Sorrento south of Melbourne) in October 1803 and a short-lived colony was established.
		Melbourne is known for its changeable weather what ever the season so be prepared for cool weather even in the middle of summer.
		Melbourne's international and domestic airport (Tullamarine) is 22 km north east of the city centre.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICMelbourne.shtml (4473 words)

	Museum News \| n m h m
		WASHINGTON — The National Museum of Health and Medicine has loaned two objects that figure prominently in the perfection of penicillin as an everyday antibiotic -- a culture flask and a mounted specimen of penicillin — to Museum Victoria for display in its Melbourne Museum in Carlton, Australia.
		Melbourne Museum is one of four museums operated by Museum Victoria of Melbourne, Australia, which was established in 1854 and holds a collection of national and international significance and provides extensive outreach and Internet services.
		The National Museum of Health and Medicine, founded as the Army Medical Museum in 1862 to study and improve medical conditions during the American Civil War, is an element of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
	nmhm.washingtondc.museum /news/museum_victoria_loan.html (458 words)

	Melbourne Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Melbourne Museum was originally located (along with the State Library and the old state gallery) in the city block between La Trobe, Swanston, Little Lonsdale and Russell Streets - the nearby Museum (now Melbourne Central Station) underground railway station was named after it.
		Melbourne Museum was one of the venues of Festival Melbourne 2006, a city-wide art festival held in conjunction of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which was held in Melbourne.
		Among the exhibitions held in the museum were 'Common Goods:Cultures Meet Through Craft', which featured crafts made by artists from various Commonwealth countries and 'CARVE:Indigenous carving practices', a series of demonstrations of traditional indigenous carving practices and techniques from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_Museum (510 words)

	Attractions & Activities : Discount Melbourne Hotels, Victoria, Australia
		Melbourne Zoo: Melbourne Zoo is the oldest in Australia, opened in 1862 with more than 350 animal species from around the world living in the zoo's attractive enclosures and botanical settings.
		Melbourne Observation: The tallest office building is the 253-metre-high Rialto Towers Building in the southern hemisphere and one of the most recognized icons in Melbourne.
		Melbourne Museum: The modernist Melbourne Museum is the largest museum complex in the southern hemisphere.
	www.melbournehotelpro.com /attractions.htm (563 words)

	Melbourne Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When it opens in the second half of 2000, the $263 million Melbourne Museum will combine Victoria's rich heritage with the latest technology and interpretation methods, to give visitors a memorable experience of the State's flora, fauna, culture and way of life.
		Melbourne Museum will be the main campus of Museum Victoria, providing 80,000 m2 of floor space spread over six levels, including up to 16,000 m2 of dedicated exhibition and display areas - four times that in the former State Museum.
		A central feature of the Museum will be the Gallery of Life, an enclosed outdoor exhibit of living plants and animals combined with interpretive and sculptural elements, which evokes the character of Victoria's tall timber forests.
	www.arts.vic.gov.au /arts/general/archive/postcards/MOV.htm (273 words)

	The Museum of Printing, North Andover, Mass. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Museum of Printing is dedicated to preserving the history of the graphic arts, printing equipment and printing craftsmanship.
		Admission to the museum is $5.00 ($3.00 seniors and students; children 6 and under free).
		Contributions to the museum are tax deductible because the museum is a 501(c3) non-profit organization.
	www.museumofprinting.org (146 words)

	Melbourne Museum, Melbourne - Reviews of Melbourne Museum - IgoUgo
		The new Melbourne Museum tags itself as a museum for the 21st century and reflects a move to merge major museums and galleries under one roof.
		Three particular focal points of the Melbourne Museum are: Bunjilaka, providing a focus for Aboriginal activity in Victoria; the Children's Museum, in the form of a tilted cube, and the open-air Gallery of Life, exhibiting Victoria's flora and fauna.
		The "back" of the museum is a little softer, employing more of a curvilinear style alongside a stream and small park along with various natural elements.
	www.igougo.com /travelcontent/JournalEntryActivity.aspx?entryID=19387 (405 words)

	The Melbourne Holocaust Museum and Research Center
		The Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Center, is a museum which is managed by volunteers, who are mainly survivors of the Holocaust.
		The media coverage was very beneficial for the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Museum because this showed the people of Melbourne one of the most unknown, yet fantastic and most educational museums of Melbourne.
		The museum is mainly aimed at adults and older school students.
	www.iearn.org /hgp/aeti/aeti-1997/melbourne-museum.html (786 words)

	hackwriters.com -Melbourne Museum - Brian R Wood
		Museums traditionally are for things to be exhibited; things that are not usually of this time or place.
		Inside, glass cases were dotting the museum landscape, especially in the natural history section, with masses of Australian and foreign fauna left over from the original Victorian era Museum of Victoria.
		I do not want to dwell on the way a museum was or in many ways still is, but rather on the new roles the museum is creating for itself.
	www.hackwriters.com /Melbournemuseum.htm (1142 words)

	Jobs go as museum visitors fall - theage.com.au
		The museum's new director, Patrick Greene, said it was not uncommon for museums to do well in their first year, then decline in numbers before plateauing.
		The leaner executive team is part of Museum Victoria's new five-year strategic plan that aims to improve exhibitions, reduce costs and stem plummeting numbers at the $290 million Carlton Gardens venue.
		The casualties of the new strategy were the museum's assistant director James Dexter, who was acting director until Dr Greene's appointment, Museum Victoria's director of development Gerry Kerlin, and Museum Victoria deputy chief executive Martin Hallett.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/12/19/1040174345989.html (396 words)

	Melbourne Museum - Family and Parenting Directory
		Melbourne Museum's stunning modernist architecture is an Australian icon — and the world's first museum for the internet age is interactive, innovative and fun!
		Discover the vibrant history of Melbourne; from Australia's iconic racehorse Phar Lap to an original set from the Neighbours TV show.
		Relax in the museum's gardens, play in its playgrounds or take a break in one of the many cafes and restaurants.
	www.stepfamily.asn.au /family/content/view/126/62 (186 words)

	Melbourne Victoria Travel Guide Australia
		Polly Woodside Melbourne Maritime Museum The restored iron barque Polly Woodside is afloat as the main exhibit of Melbourne’s extensive Maritime Museum
		Melbourne is a city of secret bars hidden in darkened laneways where a seemingly harmless staircase leads to an ambience-driven club where the collective soul of stylish locals hankers after their social muse — fun.
		Right on Melbourne’s doorstep, everywhere you look around the foreshore there is another excuse to relax with a multitude of riding trails, golf courses, fishing spots, diving, snorkeling, walking and dining options.
	www.time2travel.com /au/vic/melbourne/index.htm (498 words)

	Melbourne Museum, Victoria Market
		We ate at a park where one of the Melbourne reservoirs is located.
		It was mid morning by the time we went to Melbourne on the train.
		Melbourne has a free circle tram that loops around the downtown.
	www.diblings.com /journal/au4/page3.htm (784 words)

	City of Melbourne - Schools - Melbourne Maritime Museum - home of the Polly Woodside
		A visit to Polly Woodside allows students to explore aspects of life aboard a restored 1885 sailing ship that is afloat as the central exhibit of the maritime museum situated in the heart of the city of Melbourne.
		The museum offers a number of education programs for students that have been designed to complement VELS levels 1 – 5 for Humanities, English, Interpersonal Development, Communication, Science, Maths, Technology, Design and Creativity.
		The on-shore museum has exhibitions, displays, photographs and models on the First Fleet, Port of Melbourne, sailors’ crafts, navigation and sea transport from clippers to containers.
	www.melbourne.vic.gov.au /info.cfm?top=13&pa=684&pg=717 (361 words)

	Melbourne Maritime Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Melbourne Maritime Museum, managed by the National Trust of Australia, is situated in Southbank on the Yarra River in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
		The Polly Woodside vessel resides in an original wooden walled dry dock and gives visitors an insight into the development of the Port of Melbourne from pre-European settlement to the present day.
		The museum is a popular attraction for school children and offers extensive education programs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melbourne_Maritime_Museum (244 words)

	Melbourne Museum [Building Profile - Walking Melbourne]
		A massive building incopating the Melbourne IMAX, Melbourne Museum and Childrens Museum, this building features large wings that project from a grid of steel, and a large glass frontage.
		Set in its location in inner East Melbourne, with a cement rendered facade is its central giant order portico with Corinthian columns, it evokes a sense of neo-classical style typical of many English cities.
		The heyday headquarters of Melbourne's (now defunct) Argus newspaper (which took over Melbourne's first daily newspaper the Daily News, in 1852), this majestic 20s skyscraper is currently touted for residential or hotel conversion.
	www.walkingmelbourne.com /building628.html (770 words)

	Melbourne - Victoria
		Nevertheless, Melbourne’s continual winning of polls awards as one of world’s most liveable city is still hard for Syneysiders to acknowledge.
		It was the discovery of gold at nearby Ballarat in 1851 that propelled Melbourne’s growth in population and wealth — it drew thousands of fortune seekers from Europe, America and China.
		Nearby is the Old Melbourne Gaol (where Russell Street turns into Lygon Street) where between 1842 to its closure in 1929 it was the scene of 135 hangings, including the infamous bushranger Ned Kelly.
	www.upfromaustralia.com /melbourne1.html (1882 words)

	Community Links - City of Melbourne, Florida
		Hotels, motels, and general lodging in the City of Melbourne and surrounding areas.
		Melbourne is home to a variety of businesses and industries.
		Melbourne is home to a number of public and private schools and colleges.
	www.melbourneflorida.org /links/comlinks.htm (349 words)

	Melbourne Maritime Museum, Melbourne
		TheMelbourne Maritime Museum is home to Polly Woodside, a large restored sailing freighter built in Belfast in 1885, is a major attraction.
		It is planned to house the collections of the National Museum of Victoria, currently in the city center, close to the Polly Woodside.
		On the opposite bank of the river are the modern groups of buildings forming the World Trade Centre and the World Congress Centre.
	www.planetware.com /melbourne/melbourne-maritime-museum-aus-vic-mpw.htm (95 words)

	The Australian Racing Museum - Home
		The Australian Racing Museum at Federation Square in Melbourne brings the exciting world of thoroughbred racing to the heart of the city.
		The Australian Racing Museum is a not-for-profit organisation and is vital in preserving the heritage and creating an awareness of the racing industry in Australia.
		The Museum showcases the magnificent collection of objects and to provide a permanent home for the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, host special exhibitions and feature state-of-the-art interactive and multi-media attractions to inform and entertain.
	www.racingmuseum.com.au (92 words)

	Colliding Worlds: First Contact in the Western Desert, 1932 – 1984 \| Art Knowledge News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Melbourne, AU - Jointly produced by two of Australia’s major cultural organizations, Colliding Worlds: First contact in the Western Desert, 1932-1984 presents a series of first contact episodes, mixing research and personal reflections, on the earliest encounters between Europeans and Pintupi people over the past 75 years....at The Melbourne Museum.
		A joint development of Museum Victoria and the Adelaide-based National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Tandanya, Colliding Worlds charts the history of early cultural collisions from 1932 until 1984, and explores the development of the Western Desert art movement, founded by men who were children at the time of first contact.
		The book is presented in full-color and includes a range of historic images drawn from the collections of Museum Victoria and the South Australian Museum, as well as reproductions of iconic Western Desert artworks.
	www.artknowledgenews.com /Colliding_Worlds-at-Melbourne_Museum.html (490 words)

	HistoryLands.com \|\| Melbourne Attractions
		Crowned by a magnificent spire, one of Melbourneâs most distinctive landmarks, the Arts Centre is the cityâs hub of visual and performing arts.
		This is a museum that most families will enjoy, where parents don't have to worry about their children breaking something.
		The museum has a wealth of information and a large and interesting range of exhibits.
	melbourneattractions.infogami.com (2013 words)

	Public transport - Melbourne Tram Museum
		The museum is open on the second Saturday of every month from 1 pm to 5 pm.
		The Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board took over the Trust in 1920 and in 1925 a tram driver instruction school was installed in the west end of the ground floor.
		The original facades of the two sheds were reconstructed, although all that remains of the second shed is the facade—the rest of the building was replaced by the residential development.
	www.doi.vic.gov.au /DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/0/27006F1A029DD7EACA256D8A001EA9D3?OpenDocument (563 words)

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