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  • Old blue car with engine open to reveal figurines within, two people leaning over.
  • Person seen from right side, crouching over and looking in wonder at a tableau inside an upright piano.
  • Upright piano, with a tableau featuring LEGO figures inside.
  • Crowd of small LEGO figures looking up to a smaller number of figures slightly above.
Until 28 Jan

RELICS: A New World Rises

  • Family and kids
  • Art

Set in a future long after humanity’s reign, RELICS tells the story of a world where LEGO minifigures have risen from the debris to craft intricate civilisations in discarded human artefacts, each one inspired by the object they now call home.

A marauding band of inventors have reverse-engineered a grandfather clock to build a time machine. Nestled inside a vintage refrigerator, a cryogenics facility preserves its subjects from the ravages of an overheated climate. In a retro arcade, airlocks and elevators connect a series of gaming machines to form a futuristic space port. These are just a few of the 15 detail-packed worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises.

The brainchild of Jackson Harvey and Alex Towler, 2020 winners of Channel 9’s LEGO Masters, this first of its kind interactive and inspirational exhibition is not to be missed!

Hours

Date Times
Fri 29 Sep
  • 9am - 5pm 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 30 Sep
  • 9am - 5pm 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 1 Oct
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Mon 2 Oct
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  • 9am - 5pm 9:00am - 5:00pm
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Mon 22 Jan
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Sun 28 Jan
  • 9am - 5pm 9:00am - 5:00pm

Location

Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Melbourne Museum

Price and bookings

From $17.50 to $27.50

Adult / general $27.50
Senior $22.50
Student / concession $17.50
Children $17.50

Free for children under 3

Booking not required

Book online for RELICS: A New World Rises

Contact details

  • telephone number: 13 11 02
  • email address: mvbookings@museum.vic.gov.au
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