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Free things to do in Melbourne

26 museums and landmarks in Melbourne are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 27 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 21 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 20 places

  • National Gallery of Victoria
    St Kilda Road 130-180
    Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • ACMI
    Federation Square
    10:00-17:00; Apr 25 13:00-17:00; Dec 25 off
    Open on Sunday
  • Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
    Federation Square
    Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Koorie Heritage Trust
    Mo-Su 10:00-17:00; PH closed
    Open on Sunday
  • Fiona & Sidney Myer Gallery
    Dodds Street 40
    Tu-Sa 12:00-17:00
  • Museo Italiano
    Faraday Street 199
    Tu-Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 12:00-17:00
  • The Dax Centre
    Royal Parade 30
    We-Fr 11:00-15:30
  • Arts West Gallery
    Professors Walk
    Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00
  • Noel Shaw Gallery
    Professors Walk 11
    Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00
  • Buxton Contemporary (868)
    Southbank Boulevard 156
    Tu-Sa 11:00-17:00
  • Old Treasury Building Museum
    Spring Street 20
    Su-Fr 10:00-16:00
    Open on Sunday
  • ANZ Banking Museum
    Collins Street 380
    Mo-Fr 09:30-16:00
  • RMIT Design Archives
    Victoria Street 154
    "by appointment only"
  • RMIT Gallery
    Swanston Street 344
    Tu-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 12:00-16:00
  • The Treasury
    Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00
  • The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum
    Swanston Street 714-736
  • Melbourne City Gallery
  • VCA Artspace
    Tu-Th 12:00-17:00; Fr 12:00-15:00
  • Shot Tower Museum
  • The Art Of Dr Seuss

Free landmarks — 6 places

  • Coop's Shot Tower
  • La Trobe Reading Room
    Mo-Su 10:00-18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Brunswick Street
  • The Big Clock
  • Levy and Robinson's Warehouse
    Flinders Lane 129-131
  • Hosier Lane
    Hosier Lane
    24/7
    Open on Sunday

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Carlton Gardens
  • Royal Botanic Gardens
    07:30-17:30; Oct 01-Mar 31 07:30-19:30
  • Albert Park
  • Yarra Park
  • Fitzroy Gardens
  • Treasury Gardens
  • Fawkner Park
  • Batman Park
  • Linear Park
    Sturt Street 45
    24/7
  • Birrarung Marr
  • Ngarara Place
    Chemistry Lane
    24/7
  • Queen Victoria Gardens
  • Alexandra Gardens
  • Kings Domain
  • Wilin Garden
  • The System Garden
  • Australian Drylands
  • Gosch's Paddock
  • Hawke and Adderley Street Park
  • Citizens Park

Viewpoints — 7 places

  • Evan Walker Bridge Lookout
  • Street Art
  • Melbourne Goods Yard Viewing Platform
  • William Barak Bridge
  • Skyline view
  • Dome Promenade
  • Hamer Hall - Rooftop Viewing Platform

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