A one-of-a-kind palaeontological adventure garden is to come to Melbourne Museum later this year, offering visitors the chance to explore Victoria’s biodiversity from the prehistoric to the present.
Announcing the immersive and sensory outdoor gallery, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Museums Victoria, Lynley Crosswell said Gandel Gondwana Garden would expand Melbourne Museum’s spaces for children and connect the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery with a new 900 square metre outdoor play-based learning gallery for six to 12 year olds.
“This new outdoor learning space will also connect to the newly opened Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs,” Ms Crosswell said.
“First People’s stories of Creation will feature throughout Gandel Gondwana Garden and chronicle Australian Indigenous cosmogony and the inextricable link between land, language and culture,” she said.
Ms Crosswell said the Garden would take visitors on an expedition across five different ecosystems and would reconstruct the habitats that had shaped Victoria’s environment over time.
“As visitors make their way through the garden, they will explore the natural ecosystems that make life on Earth possible,” she said.
“Named after the supercontinent Gondwana that connected most of the southern hemisphere, including Australia, visitors will discover a palaeontological adventure for the ages, encountering Victoria’s prehistoric megafauna, plants, habitats and ecosystems in a sensory and interactive journey as they move through the evolution of Victoria’s environment.”
Ms Crosswell said the Gandel Gondwana Garden was expected to open in late 2022.
