Rainy day ideas for kids in Melbourne
125 places to go when it rains across the region: indoor play, museums, libraries, cinemas, bowling and more, nearest first from Melbourne. Choose your suburb at the top to sort from where you are staying.
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Free · 18
Sensory-friendly · 9
Wheelchair access · 16
Everything on the map
Nearest first, from Melbourne
Animals
Play
Escape room
Escape Hunt Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Bowling
Kingpin Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Escape room
Trapt
Melbourne
under 5 min
Escape room
Apsis Vr
Melbourne
under 5 min
Arcade
Archie Brothers QV
Melbourne
under 5 min
Arcade
Bourke Street City Fun Centre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Escape room
Entermission Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Climbing
Hardrock
Melbourne
under 5 min
Escape room
Lost In Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Escape room
Lost In Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Arcade
Million Life
Melbourne
under 5 min
Arcade
PLAYit
Southbank
under 5 min
Escape room
The Secret City Melbourne Scavenger Hunt
Melbourne
under 5 min
Escape room
World City Trail Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Bowling
Kingpin Crown
Southbank
under 5 min
Escape room
Red Herring Escape Rooms Melbourne
Southbank
under 5 min
Escape room
The Great Escape
Carlton
under 5 min
Arcade
Virtual Room
West Melbourne
under 5 min
Arcade
VR World
Carlton
under 5 min
Arcade
Archie Brothers Melbourne Docklands
Docklands
under 5 min
Escape room
Escape Room Melbourne
South Melbourne
under 5 min
Arcade
Flight Experience
Docklands
under 5 min
Indoor sports
Nona Lee Sports Centre (103)
Parkville
under 5 min
Escape room
The Mystery Rooms
Fitzroy
under 5 min
Skating
O'Brien Icehouse
Docklands
under 5 min
Photo: Jacktansin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Escape room
The Curium Experience Extraction
Collingwood
under 5 min
Climbing
Urban Climb Collingwood
Collingwood
under 5 min
Escape room
Earthrise Star Crew
Richmond
about 5 min
Escape room
Escape Games Melbourne
Richmond
about 5 min
Museums and history
Museum
ACMI
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Ravalight, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum
ANZ Banking Museum
Melbourne
under 5 min
Museum
Australian Museum of Performing Arts
Southbank
under 5 min
Museum
Australian Music Vault
Southbank
under 5 min
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum
Chinese Museum
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Azoma, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum
Hellenic Museum
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Biatch at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Museum
Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum
Immigration Museum
Melbourne
under 5 min
Tickets
Photo: Kensarlance, Public domain
Museum
Koorie Heritage Trust
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0
Museum
Old Melbourne Gaol
Melbourne
under 5 min
Tickets
Photo: Charlie Brewer from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Museum
Old Treasury Building Museum
East Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Gil Meydan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum
RMIT Design Archives
Carlton
under 5 min
Museum
Shot Tower Museum
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: User:Canley, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum
Buxton Contemporary (868)
Southbank
under 5 min
Museum
Fire Services Museum
East Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum
Fox Classic Car Museum
Docklands
under 5 min
Museum
Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy & Pathology
Parkville
under 5 min
Museum
Melbourne Museum
Carlton
under 5 min
Tickets
Photo: Francisco Anzola, CC BY 3.0
Museum
Museo Italiano
Carlton
under 5 min
Gallery
NGV International
Melbourne
under 5 min
Museum
Polly Woodside
South Wharf
under 5 min
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0
Museum
The Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum
Carlton
under 5 min
Museum
Brew Tower Museum
East Melbourne
under 5 min
Museum
Ed Muirhead Physics Museum
Parkville
under 5 min
Museum
Grainger Museum
Parkville
under 5 min
Museum
Shrine of Remembrance
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: Jorge Láscar from Australia, CC BY 2.0
Museum
The Australian Sports Museum
East Melbourne
under 5 min
Museum
Tiegs Museum
Parkville
under 5 min
Museum
Alma Doepel Restoration Project
Docklands
under 5 min
Photo: Sail & Adventure Limited, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum
Collingwood Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Hall
Abbotsford
under 5 min
Gallery
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Bulleen
about 20 min
Photo: Rory Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0
Libraries, cinemas and theatres
Theatre
Comedy Republic
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
RMIT Capitol Theatre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Rooftop Cinema
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
The Butterfly Club
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Athenaeum Theatre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Library
City Library
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Comedy Theatre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Deakin Edge
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Forum Melbourne
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Hamer Hall
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Her Majesty's Theatre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Cinema
HOYTS Melbourne Central
Melbourne
under 5 min
Cinema
Kino Cinemas
Melbourne
under 5 min
Library
narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Princess Theatre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Regent Theatre
Melbourne
under 5 min
Library
RMIT Carlton Library
Carlton
under 5 min
Library
State Library Victoria
Melbourne
under 5 min
Photo: BindiS, CC BY 4.0
Theatre
State Theatre
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
The Improv Conspiracy
Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Arts & Cultural Building (159)
Parkville
under 5 min
Theatre
Grant Street Theatre
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Hanson Dyer Hall
Southbank
under 5 min
Cinema
IMAX Melbourne
Carlton
under 5 min
Theatre
Iwaki Auditorium
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Kenneth Myer Auditorium
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
La Mama Theatre
Carlton
under 5 min
Theatre
Malthouse Theatre
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Melbourne Recital Centre
Southbank
under 5 min
Library
NGV Library
Southbank
under 5 min
Library
North Melbourne Library
North Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Plenary
South Wharf
under 5 min
Theatre
Prudence Myer Studio
Southbank
under 5 min
Library
Rowden White Library (Levels 2 & 3)
Parkville
under 5 min
Library
Southbank Library at Boyd
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Southbank Theatre, The Lawler
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Southbank Theatre, The Sumner
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Space 28
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
The Comic's Lounge
North Melbourne
under 5 min
Theatre
Treasury Theatre
East Melbourne
under 5 min
Cinema
Village Cinemas Crown
Southbank
under 5 min
Theatre
Voltaire
North Melbourne
under 5 min
Cinema
Cinema Nova
Carlton
under 5 min
Theatre
Courthouse Theatre
Carlton
under 5 min
Library
Dalton McCaughey Library
Parkville
under 5 min
Library
East Melbourne Library and Community Centre
East Melbourne
under 5 min
Cinema
Eclipse Cinema
Collingwood
under 5 min
Library
Emerald Hill Library
South Melbourne
under 5 min
Library
Fitzroy Library
Fitzroy
under 5 min
Cinema
HOYTS The District Docklands
Docklands
under 5 min
Library
Library at the Dock
Docklands
under 5 min
Library
Russian House Library
Fitzroy
under 5 min
Theatre
The Melba Hall
Parkville
under 5 min
Theatre
The Motley Cabaret Stage
Carlton
under 5 min
Theatre
The Motley Celar
Carlton
under 5 min
Theatre
The Motley Theatrette
Carlton
under 5 min
Theatre
Wyselaskie Yuma Auditorium
Parkville
under 5 min
Library
Carlton Library
Carlton North
under 5 min
Library
Collingwood Library
Abbotsford
under 5 min
Theatre
Irene Mitchell Studio
South Yarra
under 5 min
Theatre
Napier Street Theatre
South Melbourne
under 5 min
Library
Port Melbourne Library
Port Melbourne
under 5 min
Cinema
The Virtual Reality Cinema Collingwood
Collingwood
under 5 min
Library
Albert Park Library
Albert Park
about 5 min
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Region boundary: ABS Tourism Regions 2021 (Tourism Research Australia), CC BY 4.0. Outings from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and venues' own listings; nature spots from OpenStreetMap and park services.