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Scienceworks Lightning Room
Two-million-volt lightning, ten metres from your kids
- Age
- 4–12 yrs
- Duration
- Half day
- Price
- ≈ $12 per child
- Distance
- 7.2 km from centre
- Season
- Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
- Setting
- Indoors
- Opening
- Daily, 10:00–16:30
- Where
- Spotswood — 2 Booker St, Spotswood VIC 3015
Why kids love it
Spotswood's hands-on science museum: the famous Lightning Room shows, a planetarium next door and acres of outdoor playground with a historic pumphouse to explore. The school-holiday program sells out — book ahead.
- Lightning Room electricity shows
- Planetarium under the dome
- Outdoor playground and maze
- School-holiday maker workshops
Take a peek2 photos
Lightning arcing inside the Lightning Room cage · Placeholder photo via picsum.photos
Special Passes & Promotions
School Holiday Super STEM Pass
Includes all-day Scienceworks exhibitions plus one Lightning Room or Planetarium ticket.
Sunday Family Maker Lab
Hands-on robotics and coding stations open all Sunday afternoon in Ground Up.
Hours & Operating Times
Daily, 10:00–16:30Victorian Spring School Holidays · 09:30–17:00
Daily Lightning Room explosive shows and Planetarium telescope workshops
Season window: 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-04
Accessibility & Inclusion
Step-free ramped access throughout, quiet room available for sensory decompression, sensory maps provided at front desk, and Companion Card honored with free carer tickets.