Australian Sports Museum
Highlights
- Discover interactive exhibits at the Australian Sports Museum, engaging visitors of all ages in Australia’s rich sporting history.
- Explore the largest collection of grassroots to elite sporting memorabilia, celebrating iconic moments in Australian sport.
- Climb statues and kick a football in Game On!, offering kids a hands-on experience that sparks joy and excitement.
- Enjoy a family-friendly atmosphere with on-site cafes and facilities, making your visit comfortable and enjoyable.
Discover Australia through the lens of sport at the new Australian Sports Museum, located at Gate Three of the MCG. This is no ordinary museum, with interactive experiences for all to enjoy. Here you’ll find touchscreens, instead of do not touch signs and climbable statues for the kids to play.
Visitors are invited to immerse themselves through wonders of sporting moments with their largest collection of grassroots to elite sporting memorabilia. While kids kick a football in Game On! at the Australian Sports Museum they invite you to expect the unexpected, just like sport itself.
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Accreditations
- Accessible Tourism Cognitive/Autism
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ATEC India Host
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Victoria Tourism Industry Council
Features
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair/scooter charging station (power point) in an accessible location is available.
- Portable hoist is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- A bathroom which is fully accessible and equipped with ceiling hoist and adult change table.
- Have a Changing Places or Lift & Change toilet with a hoist and adult change table
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://www.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/plan-visit/accessibility/
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