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  • Chinese Museum School Tour

    Chinese Museum School Tour

    Learn about Chinese migration to Australia, as well as the Han Dynasty and see the world’s largest processional dragon. Read more

  • New! Tea Heaven Schools Experience

    New! Tea Heaven Schools Experience

    Learn about the history of tea in China. Featuring a Kung Fu tea performance and tea tasting. Read more

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View our COVIDSafe Protocols for School Tours, Workshops and Incursions here.

Conveniently located within Melbourne’s Chinatown, with over 20 years’ experience in museum education. Our programs have been designed by teachers with a strong focus on curriculum and contemporary teaching methodologies. All Education resources and programs have meaningful links to the Victorian Curriculum and the Australian Curriculum across a wide range of learning areas including Humanities, Languages (Chinese), The Arts and English. 

Tours are led by experienced guides and can be combined with various cultural workshops and enrichment activities. Museum guided tours can be tailored to suit your class by highlighting particular topics of interest (with advance notice):

• Early Australian history - Gold Rush of the 1850s
• Chinese festivals and customs
• Immigration and multiculturalism
• Ancient Chinese history
• Chinese arts and crafts
• Chinese performing arts – drama, dance, music
• Literature, language and philosophy
• Martial arts

Accompanying teachers and support parents are free.

Teachers are warmly invited to explore the museum at anytime and talk to us in person about their students’ needs, at no charge. Bring your VIT card for free entry (One entry per card).

Booking Enquiry

For more details, call 9662 2888 (and Press 1) or email [email protected]

Our Location

22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, between Lonsdale St, Exhibition St, Russell St and Little Bourke St (Chinatown).

Bus Drop Off

Buses can drop students at the front of Her Majesty’s Theatre on Exhibition St (5 min drop zone).

Public Transport

TRAM Take any tram along Bourke St (Routes 86, 95 & 96) to Stop 7 and walk through Market Ln to Little Bourke St and Cohen Pl.

TRAIN The nearest train station is Parliament (exit at Lonsdale St).

BUS Take the Bus along Lonsdale St (Routes 252, 302, 304 & 908) to Cohen Pl stop.

The Chinese Museum is a child safe organisation. View or download our Statement of Commitment to Child Safety Standards here.

View or download our Pre-visit Information Kit here.  

We would like to thank MMG who, through their generosity, have helped make our Education programs possible.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival Education Program explores moon legends and traditional practices such as lantern making, riddle guessing, moon cake making and Chinese tea ceremony. Read more

Published: 28th November, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Erin Blackman

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Chinese Lunchbox

Chinese Lunchbox

Freshly prepared takeaway food boxes served in a friendly Asian food court environment. Alternatively, groups can take their lunchboxes to enjoy at one of many public gardens nearby. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Chinese Restaurant

Chinese Restaurant

Served at a nearby restaurant, a traditional shared Chinese meal is the perfect complement to your Chinese Museum excursion. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Han Dynasty Tour & Workshop

Han Dynasty Tour & Workshop

Students will engage in a focused tour of the Han Dynasty exhibition and a workshop involving objects to learn about key inventions from this dynasty. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Kung Fu School Workshop

Kung Fu School Workshop

Students will learn about the origins of Kung Fu and participate in anti-bullying techniques. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Traditional Chinese Music

Traditional Chinese Music

Students will listen to a live instrumental performance, and learn Chinese songs to perform. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Chinese Knotting

Chinese Knotting

In this workshop, students discover how Chinese knots began as communication tools and evolved into an intricate folk-art form. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Lantern Making

Lantern Making

Students will make a colourful paper lantern and learn about the significance and history of lantern making in China. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Chinese Paper Cutting

Chinese Paper Cutting

Students will make their own knotted bracelet or charm for good luck. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Discover Chinese Characters

Discover Chinese Characters

Students will learn about the origins of Chinese as a language of pictograms, and write their own name. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Chinese Ink Painting

Chinese Ink Painting

Students will create a painting using a brush dipped in black or coloured inks, usually on paper or silk. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Great Explorer Tour

Great Explorer Tour

Students will participate in a comprehensive Museum Tour and Chinatown Tour. Read more

Published: 30th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Chinese Museum School Tour

Chinese Museum School Tour

Learn about Chinese migration to Australia, as well as the Han Dynasty and see the world’s largest processional dragon. Read more

Published: 21st May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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Chinatown Tour

Chinatown Tour

Students will explore the oldest, continuously settled Chinatown streetscape in the Western world. Read more

Published: 16th May, 2020

Updated: 17th December, 2020

Author: Rose Zheng

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New! Tea Heaven Schools Experience

New! Tea Heaven Schools Experience

Learn about the history of tea in China. Featuring a Kung Fu tea performance and tea tasting. Read more

Published: 1st March, 2020

Updated: 19th January, 2021

Author: Erin Blackman

Location: Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, 3000

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    Tea Heaven Experience

    Tea Heaven exhibition traces the story of tea culture over 5000 years. Learn about its impact in modern history. Taste types of tea, experience a kung fu tea performance, let children enjoy bubble tea and more!

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    Convergence: The Art of Zhou Xiaoping in Aboriginal Australia

    Convergence: Zhou Xiaoping’s work reflects an intersection between two cultures and two peoples.

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    The Dawn of Melbourne Art Show

    The Dawn of Melbourne Art Exhibition shows artworks by a group of Melbourne artists and art lovers who have remained active during Melbourne's lockdown period.

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    My Museum Memoir, by Boon Tan "Uncle Boon"

    The Museum team is grateful to Boon Tan, "Uncle Boon" for his dedication and passionate work at the Museum over the last 20 years. To mark his retirement Uncle Boon has written about some of his fondest memories at the Museum.

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    Painted: The Immigrants' Self Portrait

    ‘Painted: The Immigrants' Self Portrait’ is an art and documentary series featuring immigrant families that uses the process of portraiture to explore the diaspora and definition of home for immigrant families.

  • Chinese New Year 2021

    Chinese New Year 2021

    Visit the Chinese Museum for free on Sunday 14th Feb 2021 and watch the Millennium Dragon parade and the Lion Dances in Chinatown.

  • United Nations declares May 21 as “International Tea Day”

    United Nations declares May 21 as “International Tea Day”

    The ritual of tea drinking brings happiness, harmony and well-being throughout the World. Celebrate this day with us and spread the good feeling! Visit the Chinese Museum next February and become immersed in Tea Culture at our TEA HEAVEN Exhibition - this promises to be a blissful experience!

  • One Million Stories: Chinese Australians 200 years

    One Million Stories: Chinese Australians 200 years

    The first nationwide story of the 200 year journey from the first migrant until today.

  • The Real Face of White Australia Transcription Project

    The Real Face of White Australia Transcription Project

    The Real Face of White Australia is a series of projects aimed at increasing awareness and use of a powerful set of historical documents created in the administration of the White Australia Policy in the first half of the twentieth century.

  • An Open Letter from the Chinese Museum

    An Open Letter from the Chinese Museum

    An open letter from the Chinese Museum about our shared values and the contributions the Chinese communities have made towards charitable appeals over the years.

  • Digital Cultural Adventures: Chinese Lantern Making

    This digital program allows students to visit the Chinese Museum from their classroom. Students will make their own red paper lantern and learn about the significance and history of lantern making in China.

  • Classic Chinese Painting Reproduction Display

    Classic Chinese Painting Reproduction Display

    Reproductions of classic Chinese paintings from the Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, showcasing three main painting styles: landscapes, close-ups on nature, and narrative paintings.

  • Digital Cultural Adventures: Ancient China and Amazing Inventions

    Digital Cultural Adventures: Ancient China and Amazing Inventions

    This digital program allows students to visit the Chinese Museum from their classroom. Learn about Emperor Qin and his Terracotta Army, inventions that emerged during the Han Dynasty and the importance of the Silk Road.

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Email: [email protected]



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