Scienceworks After Dark

Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Carlin and Camera

From elegant sleight of hand to surreal absurdities, Mr. Marmalade’s magic is designed to disarm, delight, and quietly distort reality. Mr Marmalade is Australian society of Magicians' Magician of the year, recipient of Melbourne Magic Festival's award for artistic excellence, and two-time winner of the Ballarat Beard and Moustache Competition, Moustache Division.

Becky Bubble is a Melbourne based bubble artist who endeavours to share the surreal, shimmering beauty of those magical, floating, rainbow orbs to all! With her elaborate custom made costumes. Becky invites audiences of all ages to step out of their bubble and immerse themselves in a wonderful world of swirling rainbow colours. 

Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Eugene Hyland

Ever looked at the magnitude of space and felt consumed by a sense of simultaneous peace and fear at how tiny the Earth is? Yeah, us too. In this 30-minute presenter-led show, we’ll focus in on the terrifying vastness of the Universe and how small and insignificant humans are. Leave feeling relaxed, terrified and wondrous all at once.

Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Thomas Breakwell

Create your own one-of-a-kind keyring using heat fused beads! Take a trip back to your childhood as you design a ghost, pumpkin, black cat or something of your own creation to hang from your keys as a memento (mori) of this special evening.

Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Carlin and Camera

Take your spooky snacks and picnic under our stunning four-meter-wide indoor moon with your ghoul-friends. While you are there, you might hear some Moon Myths... whenever our ghostly host decides to appear.

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Let nostalgia overtake you in this beloved gallery. Cathy Freeman is raring to race you, the skeleton is awaiting you on the bicycle on the ceiling, and you can run and jump to your hearts content, without any kids getting in the way! You can also start an informal dancefloor here, as our resident DJ will be playing tunes all night in the Sportsworks Gallery.

Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Carlin and Camera

Explore the Think Ahead gallery under a new light, as you search for the fifteen freaky facts hidden within. Explore our collection items to discover some chilling new information as you investigate all this space has to offer.

Explore the ghoulish and creepy elements of this gallery with your friends or special someone. Look at your eyeball up close, see the world under UV light, explore optical illusions and more in this exhibition from Questacon. You can also sit by the ‘camp fires’ in this gallery and share some spooky tales if you so desire.

Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Jon Augier

Grab some props and capture your incredible night forever.