Things to do in Melbourne this weekend

See the new Treasures of the Natural World exhibit

Treasures of the Natural World features 200+ items from the Natural History Museum’s enormous (and world-famous) collection. Every item holds some kind of significance within our understanding of the natural world. Treasures of the Natural World is now open at Melbourne Museum. Tickets are on sale right now.

Event website: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/treasures-of-the-natural-world/

Address:11 Nicholson St Carlton Melbourne 3053

Price: $15-$29

Eat up at Queen Victoria Market’s doughnut festival

It won’t matter how you like your doughnuts though as the Donut Festival arrives at Queen Victoria Market this July. The Donut Festival is free to enter and will take place on Sunday, July 4 from 9am to 4pm at Queen Victoria Market. 

Event website: https://qvm.com.au/whatson/donut-festival/

Address: Cnr Elizabeth & Therry Sts Melbourne 3000

Price: Free

Visit the NGV’s new French Impressionism exhibit

From June 25, you can see some of the artist’s most beautiful and well-known works at the NGV’s new Winter Masterpieces exhibition, French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Event website: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/french-impressionism/

Address: 180 St Kilda Rd Melbourne 3006

Price: $10-$30

Let it all go at Frozen the Musical

Arriving just in time for Christmas in July, Disney’s smash-hit Broadway musical Frozen is swooshing in from Sydney to make Melbourne as frosty as Arendelle.

Event website: https://frozenthemusical.com.au/

Address: 219 Exhibition St Melbourne 3000

Price: $49.50-$199.50