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Open Day 2026 – Experience it

From biomechanics to biology, Plato to 3D printing, Open Day is where curiosity meets hands-on discovery.

Tour labs, learning spaces and accommodation, get stuck into creative workshops, quiz our lecturers and explore everything from ancient artefacts to AI – Open Day is your chance to experience what it’s really like to study, live and thrive at Melbourne.

Register to access the Open Day planner, where you can build a personalised schedule using our secure booking system. Search sessions by study area, time or type, and you’ll even receive map links straight to your inbox, so you’ll know exactly where to go on the day.

View the Open Day website

Museums, universities and other institutions have collected many cultural artefacts that belong to Indigenous communities, including stone tools – the research focus of archaeologist and geochemist Dr Michelle Richard and Microtrace Archaeology Director, Dr Elspeth Hayes. 

Streaming live from the Parkville campus, discover how the origins of these tools are often mysterious: how old are they and where do they come from, exactly? New, non-destructive analytical techniques can answer these questions, trace the technological developments of ancient cultures, and show how Indigenous peoples interacted with each other and with early settlers across Australia and the Pacific. Ultimately, this research reconnects communities with their precious cultural heritage.

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This Science at Melbourne Masterclass is part of the Faculty of Science’s Science at Melbourne Festival. For more information about other events held during the festival, visit https://festival.science.unimelb.edu.au/