Excellent presentation of Australia and it's immigration history from which I learned a lot. Also has lots of personal stories and perspectives which really bring it alive. Covers the dreadful impact immigration has had and continues to have on the indigenous peoples.

In Melbourne, everyone comes from somewhere else. Finding out about your origins is fascinating. The Immigration Museum was once the Customs House, and later the Commonwealth Parliament Office. Finding out about this Australian institution is fascinating..

Housed in the old Customs House on the banks of the Yarra River (well, separated from the river by Flinders Street train tracks and tram tracks and a road), this counts as a hidden gem as I'd never visited it before. The size of the building impresses upon the visitor how important immigration was to Australia, the rooms are full of very interesting historic artefacts and audio-visual records of immigrants past and present. The White Australia Policy (1901 to 1972 ) is carefully explained, as it did have an impact on immigration at the time.

A museum about immigration is such a lovely concept. So fitting to Australia, a country of immigrants. The displays really take you through the journey of immigration to Australia, starting with the first peoples of the land, early British settlers, through to the more diverse inflow of people that Australia has seen. The displays provide lots of in depth information about the history and dynamics of and of different aspects of immigration to Australia. It's a great place to learn about the country and I really enjoyed visiting.

This is a lovely museum with nice displays and collections. I especially loved the Passports Room, where the walls are all covered with passports from the different originating countries of Australian immigrants. A nice trip down social history if you have an hour or two. It would have been nice if they could have displays of Polynesian immigrants but, alas, there are no written records. They do have recorded spoken tales and displays by aboriginal people.

This was the second time I visited the museum - first time was about 10 years ago. I suggested to my family the visit. We all enjoyed interactive displays specifically with regards to changes of immigration policy in Australia and support to diversity and inclusion. The staff of the museum is very knowledgeable and friendly. Absolutely recommend visiting

Good experience, however the main attraction was removed 5 or 6 years ago and the room turned into a conference hall. That was the mini ship replica. The JOY expo was on, very uplifting, and the giant bunny rabbit definitely a winner with the kids.

Very good on the whole, but the experience diminished by noisy visitors (especially school groups). Also, some of the display items were a bit too politically correct for me by being dismissive of anti immigration views as being simply being based on pure racism, prejudice and bigotry, when other potentially valid objections to immigration (eg, sustainability, cost of living, etc) were not given enough attention. For a museum that “preached” diversity (especially of thought), I did not feel that always “practiced” it.