A great FREE museum with a ton of things to do. Is it possible to play video games, watch some movies or simply enjoy the story of the Cinema trough the last century. There is also a VR experience, which is still free and is very entertaining! The staff is also very polite, and considering that all the experience is for free is definitely a place to visit while being here in Melbourne.
Great small museum with free entry to the general exhibitions. A favourite piece would definitely be the zoetrope.
Good fun with the interactive displays. Great cafe and an enthusiastic staff member.
ACMI is a great space for families to explore. Exhibitions are fantastic especially the Wallace and Gromit with claymation. Great wheelchair access throughout with fantastic cafe for lunch. Parking available or easily accessible from Flinders Street station.
Superb place to spend time. Exhibited old video games, dresses, Virtual Reality etc.
I love this place. The free areas rarely change but I enjoy revisiting many of the parts. As with free museums there are usually a few things that aren't working or working as well as they should. The staff are are helpful and often have a wealth of knowledge or know who to direct you to. The travelling exhibits are varying in quality but more due to their nature not what the acmi does with them. The curators always so an amazing job in my opinion. With some areas and exhibitions accessibility is either not obvious or a bit difficult. A lovely part of fed square to visit.
This place is free, which is why this gets 5 stars instead of 4. That said, you get a lot for something that's free! I only wish we got the chance to use the VR headsets. It's well worth checking this place our n any situation.
I really enjoy every visit to ACMI. Usually come for the visiting exhibitions, but their permanent Screen World exhibit is always good fun with lots of interactive installations (also they have a Zoetrope with characters from the Australian produced Ty the Tasmanian Tiger game series which was cool).
Their gallery room downstairs is a great space for the paid exhibitions and they always have related podcasts/additional info that you can download from their site to listen to during or after. They also have free wifi throughout their exhibition spaces.
The digital cinemas upstairs have been very good when I have visited them and they always have an interesting program related to their exhibitions. I've also attended a number of talks/presentations in these cinemas and they work well as they are not overly massive.
A great place, where I spent many hours during my visit to Melbourne some years ago. Very inspiring.
The ACMI is fantastic. Great for a solo, couple or family visit! I go a few times a year and it's always great! The food and coffee at the cafe there is always great!
If you're into film, media and gaming then check out the ACMI. It is a small musuem which is cool and dark inside. They have small exhibits from films that have an Australian connection such as Mad Max, The Piano and Elizabeth II. They have art installations alongside all of this. It is worth the visit if you have kids, or are a big kid and are into games. They have a variety of Xbox consoles, and PCs running a wide variety of games. It's free entry, and is worth a look as they have Care Blanchets Oscar statue. Was slightly smaller than expected. You're done looking around in about 20 minutes.
The place isn't just a centre for TV and other media but also where one can just relax and have breakfast or coffee and just rest. This wholesome experience elevates visiting ACMI a great experience.
Fantastic place. It's beautiful. You will learn a lot about Australian Filmmaking and Cinemas
Lovely exhibits and child friendly environment. Plenty of activities and games for all ages. Free entry and friendly service. Good choice for school holidays and they have a Wizard of Oz exhibit going on currently.
Had a great time wandering around ACMI. Also managed to indulge in an Alice and Wonderland virtual tea party!
This is the absolute best place to take visitors to Melbourne! Great mix of history and entertainment! They have so much stuff that you can spent a couple hours. I really like the awesome/cringy commercials from the 70s!
Excellent expo for the kids to interact with all the displays and activities. We were here for almost 3 hours lol. Enjoyed every minute
Great small museum. A lot of condense information with good examples about the history of film.
My son and I could easily spend a lot of hours in this museum playing some games, learning about film making and watching lots of clips. It s very interactive. The Alice installation was very beautiful. It s definitely a place to visit in Melbourne.
Cool exhibits. I like the concept of having a lot of interactive exhibits. Great for everyone and best of all it's FREE.
Great wallace and grommit exhibition, very informative and a great insight into what is a childhood love of mine, took me back a few years and was good to see how everything started for Aardman
Educational experience and also its a fun outing place for family. Best of all...its free entry.
really cool museum about video games, technology and digital art
I like this place a lot. Contemporary art wrapped in classic accentuates and augmented by digital modern touch a bit.
Exhibition virtual reality maker, and you play it yourself!
It has public restroom as well as cafe an restaurant.
You want to sit down after a long walk, they have got it covered.
I would like to revisit this place for sure
ACMI is a unique museum, near Flinders station. There's no doubt if they're the most visited moving image museum in the world.
So much going on here! We caught the Wonderland exhibit, which was great. The Screenworld exhibit is also great for both children and nostalgic adults. Lots of interactive and hands on things to play with.
So many great things on here. Usually interactive or educational for all ages.
Good place to spend couple of hours or even a day with the kids. They love exploring the screen world.
High quality international films and great exhibitions. We saw two wonderful movies there, "Tokyo story" and "Beast" both in October 2016. Right on Federation square where numerous nice outdoor cafes locate as well as one more very interesting and quite artistic venue (Ian Potter) deserves your time.
Had an amazing experience at ACMI when I visited for the wonderland exhibition - which is a must see!. Staff were wonderful and they have an excellent interactive section for those who like to get involved. This is the second time I've visited the ACMI in Melbourne and I would definitely see what's on next time I'm there.
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