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Which museums and science institutions are overseen by Museum Victoria?
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Aerial view of Melbourne's central business district, with Princes Bridge and Flinders Street train station in the foreground.
Museum Victoria oversees several prominent cultural and scientific institutions located in Melbourne. These include:
- Royal Exhibition Building: Located in Carlton Gardens, this site was built in the late 1800s for international exhibitions and was designated a World Heritage site in 2004.1
- Melbourne Museum: An institution that emphasizes the history of Victoria.1
- Immigration Museum: An institution that documents the history of international migration into Australia.1
- Scienceworks: An interactive science museum that also features a planetarium.1