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Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion arrives at Melbourne Museum's Bunjilaka Aboriginal Culture Centre after being created for Bendigo Art Gallery. The exhibition shines a light on 36 of Australia's leading First Nations creatives, tracing an Indigenous design movement that has evolved into a national phenomenon.  Witness the beauty and story of 24 hand-crafted garments by Indigenous artists and designers, created across the nation from the inner city to remote desert art centres. The diversity of these garments reflects the strength and breadth of the rapidly expanding Indigenous fashion and textile industry in this country.  The exhibition is the first major survey of contemporary textiles and fashion by First Nations artists in Australia. Piinpi features artists including Grace Lillian Lee, Maree Clarke, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Lisa Waup x Verner, Hopevale Arts and Culture Centre, Maara Collective, Lore, Aarli Fashion, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists and Lyn-Al Young (who was commissioned to create five new pieces for the exhibition).  This remarkable collection is curated by Bendigo Art Gallery First Nations curator and Kaantju woman Shonae Hobson, who says the exhibition will be unlike anything else audiences have seen. “Throughout the gallery, we present beautifully crafted fabrics and wearable fashion items, each expressing a connection to culture and to Country through very bold and exciting ways – distinct from anything else being produced around the world.” The e

Buckle up dino nerds, because a real T-Rex fossil is coming to Victoria for the first time ever. Not only is Melbourne Museum giving Victorians the rare opportunity to see a real Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton IRL, but it also happens to be one of the biggest and most complete fossils of its kind anywhere in the world. Victoria the T.rex (because of course she has a cute name) will form the centrepiece of an exhibition of the same title arriving at Melbourne Museum on June 28, and sticking around until October 20. Roll on up and take a 66-million-year journey back to the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs ruled and Victoria roamed the Earth.  To give you an idea of the sheer scale of Victoria, this well-preserved fossil comprises a whopping 199 bones! She spans more than 12 metres long and 3.6 metres tall, too. The interactive exhibition will make the most of the latest technologies and advances in palaeontology, offering fascinating insights into the way Victoria lived and died. Expect digital elements including holography, film and augmented reality. Multi-sensory installations will also give visitors a glimpse into how the T-Rex may have experienced smell and sight. In addition to being the temporary home of Victoria the T.rex, Melbourne Museum is also the permanent home of another massive marvel from the Cretaceos. Horridus, the most complete Triceratops fossil in the entire world, has been residing in Carlton since 2022. So, prehistoric fanatics will now be able to see two wo