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  • A child putting stickers on The Big (Safe) Cardboard Car, a life-size educational car installation at the Melbourne Museum.
  • An adult peering inside The Big (Safe) Cardboard Car, a life-size educational car installation at the Melbourne Museum.
29 Jun – 11 Jul

Road to Zero’s Big (Safe) Cardboard Car

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Join these free, hands-on activities that invite children to colour, stick and discover how car safety features, like lane keep assist and reversing cameras, protect families and other people on the roads every day.

Adult visitors can put their knowledge to the test as well - predicting and checking their vehicle's safety rating and safety features using the TAC how safe is your car website.

Hours

Date Times
Mon 29 Jun
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Tue 30 Jun
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Wed 1 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Fri 3 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Sat 4 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Mon 6 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Tue 7 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Wed 8 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Fri 10 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm
Sat 11 Jul
  • 10am - 3pm 10:00am - 3:00pm

Location

Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Melbourne Museum

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 13 11 02
  • email address: mvbookings@museum.vic.gov.au
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A preschool aged child with curly hair wearing a red dress, holding open a book and looking at it.
Until 8 Dec

Preschool Storytime

Sing songs and read stories with your young child at North Melbourne Library.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
A woman holding a teddy about toe read a picture book in a library story area.
Until 7 Dec

Songbirds

Visit Southbank Library on Mondays for Songbirds, with songs, rhymes and stories for littlies.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
A woman in a yellow hard hat reading a picture book and smiling in a library.
Until 10 Dec

Stompers

Head to Southbank Library on Thursdays to enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
A smiling woman with a ukulele seated at a desk with two picture books on display.
Until 11 Dec

Stompers

Join in the Stompers fun with your toddler at narrm ngarrgu Library every Friday.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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