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Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosTasmania, Australia501-1000 Employees
Museums Victoria (MV) is the largest public museum organisation in Australia, operating in the museums, historical sites, and zoos sector, and is based in Carlton, Tasmania 3053, Australia. MV manages the state's scientific and cultural collections and provides public access through Melbourne Museum in Carlton Gardens, Scienceworks and the Melbourne Planetarium in Spotswood, and the Immigration Museum in Flinders Street, along with custodianship of the Royal Exhibition Building. The organization maintains more than 16 million objects organized into Sciences and Humanities collections and supports a range of research programs, collection development, and education- and research-based websites. MV traces its history to the mid-19th century, originating with the National Museum of Victoria established in 1854, and was formed as Museums Victoria in 1983 under the Museums Act. The organization employs between 501 and 1000 staff.