• Skip to content
  • City of Melbourne
  • Create a listing
  • Subscribe
  • Favourites Favourites
  • What's On
  • I'm looking for...
  • Favourites
    • Home
    • Things to do
    • Eat and drink
    • Shopping
    • Visitor info
    • Create a listing
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe
Three-storey historic building of the Immigration Museum on busy Flinders Street.

Immigration Museum

  • Heritage listed
  • Gallery

Opened in 1998, the Immigration Museum is filled with the real stories of people who have journeyed from all over the world to make Australia their home.

Over two floors of exhibition galleries, the museum explores why people have migrated to Melbourne, how they got here, what they found, and the mark they made on the city.

The museum also explores the concept of identity and what it means to belong and not belong in Australia.

The museum is housed in the grand Customs House building, which originally looked out onto ships tied up at the adjacent Queen's Wharf. The impressive former Long Room is now the museum's central space, featuring giant Ionic colonnades.

The Immigration Museum is open daily except Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Covid-19 safety notice: Tickets must now be booked online ahead of your visit, including Members.

Dates and times

Day Times
Monday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm
Tuesday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm
Wednesday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm
Thursday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm
Friday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm
Saturday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm
Sunday
  • 10am - 5pm 10am - 5pm

Location

Immigration Museum
400 Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Immigration Museum

Contact details

  • telephone number: 13 11 02
  • email address: mvbookings@museum.vic.gov.au
Book online for Immigration Museum Visit website for Immigration Museum
Facebook page for Immigration Museum Instagram page for Immigration Museum
Melbourne’s most unmissable moments

Melbourne’s most unmissable moments are yours to explore.

Find out more
Melbourne Museum

Melbourne Museum

Explore history, culture, science, and nature at this popular Melbourne attraction.

  • Gallery
  • Museum
Melbourne’s most Instagrammable experiences

Melbourne’s most Instagrammable experiences

You wont need filters at the city's most photogenic spots.

  • Entertainment
  • Gallery
Flash Forward

Flash Forward

Explore 40 city laneways that have been transformed by over 80 creatives.

  • Free
  • Artwork
Find out more

Sign up to What's On weekly

Check your email address and try again

Welcome! Thanks for signing up!

Discover more

Shrine of Remembrance

Shrine of Remembrance

The national war memorial of Victoria, honouring all Australians who have served their country.

  • Free
  • Heritage listed
La Trobe's Cottage

La Trobe's Cottage

Original home of Victoria's first governor Charles Joseph La Trobe from 1839 to 1854.

  • Heritage listed
  • Museum
Mission to Seafarers

Mission to Seafarers

Melbourne's maritime history is on display in this heritage-listed building.

  • Heritage listed
  • Gallery
The Johnston Collection

The Johnston Collection

House-museum showing fine and decorative arts from the Georgian, Regency and Louis XV periods.

  • Gallery
  • Museum
Create a listing
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
Contact What's On
  • What's On Facebook page
  • What's On Instagram page
  • What's On TikTok page
City of Melbourne
© 2023 City of Melbourne