Islamic Museum of Australia, Melbourne

Name: Islamic Museum of Australia
Address: 15A Anderson Rd, Melbourne, 3071, Australia
Telephone: +61 1300 915 171

#130 among attractions in Melbourne

Museum, Specialty museum, History museum, Art museum

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The Islamic Museum of Australia is a community museum in Thornbury, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It began as a not-for-profit foundation founded in May 2010 with the purpose of establishing the first Islamic museum in Australia. It aims to showcase the artistic heritage and historical contributions of Muslims in Australia and abroad through the display of artworks and historical artefacts. ()

Established: 2010 (14 years ago)Coordinates: 37°45'16"S, 144°58'52"E

Address

15A Anderson RdDarebin (Thornbury)Melbourne 3071 Australia

Contact

+61 1300 915 171

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Day trips

Islamic Museum of Australia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Northcote Shopping Plaza, Bombay Rock, Coburg City Oval, CERES Community Environment Park.

1.5 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Northcote Shopping Plaza, Melbourne
39 min walk • Northcote Plaza Shopping Centre is a sub regional shopping centre located in Northcote, in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria. It was built on the site of the former kilns of the Northcote Brickworks Ltd and opened in 1981. Northcote Plaza Shopping Centre is located adjacent to the All Nations Park.
1.6 miSW
Dancing, Nightlife
Bombay Rock, Melbourne
40 min walk • The Bombay Rock is a rock music venue located on Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, which originally ran from 1977 until it was destroyed by a fire in 1991. The venue had previously been located in Bourke Street in the city under the name of the Bombay Bicycle Club.
1 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Coburg City Oval, Melbourne
26 min walk • Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Coburg, Australia. It is home to the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League, and the Coburg Cricket Club.
0.8 miS
Park
CERES Community Environment Park, Melbourne
21 min walk • CERES Community Environment Park is a 4.5-hectare environmental education centre and social enterprise located in urban Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia. CERES stands for Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies. The name also connects with Ceres the goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology.
1.3 miNE
Mosque
Preston Mosque, Melbourne
33 min walk • The Preston Mosque, officially the Umar bin Al-Khattab Mosque, is a Sunni Islam mosque located in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.
0.5 miS
37°45'38"S • 144°59'2"E
Northcote Public Golf Course, Melbourne
12 min walk • Golf
1.4 miNE
Park
Preston City Oval, Melbourne
37 min walk • The Preston City Oval is an Australian rules football stadium in Cramer Street in Preston, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. It has a main grandstand and the ground is capable of holding around 5,000 spectators.
1.2 miNW
Prison
HM Prison Pentridge, Melbourne
32 min walk • Her Majesty's Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison that was first established in 1851 in Coburg, Victoria. The first prisoners arrived in 1851. The prison officially closed on 1 May 1997. Pentridge was often referred to as the "Bluestone College", "Coburg College" or "College of Knowledge".
1.3 miSW
37°45'54"S • 144°57'40"E
North Walls Indoor Climbing, Melbourne
34 min walk • Climbing
1.6 miSW
Watersports, Swimming pool
Brunswick Baths, Melbourne
42 min walk • Brunswick Baths is a Victorian Heritage Register listed building in Brunswick, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed in 1913 by architecture firm Peck & Kemter and built in 1914.
1.5 miSW
Area
Melbourne/Brunswick and Coburg, Melbourne
38 min walk • Brunswick is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 kilometres north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moreland. At the 2016 Census, Brunswick had a population of 24,473.