Melbourne Museum has announced it will be the home of LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition – a galaxy-first exhibition that brings the beloved Star Wars galaxy to life through LEGO bricks with brainchild Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught at the controls.
“Melbourne Museum welcomes this truly unique exhibition, which unites visitors across generations through the power of imagination and storytelling. By mixing the ingenuity of LEGO with the rich narratives of Star Wars, this galaxy-first exhibition will be a unique space for creativity, learning and inspiration,” said Museums Victoria CEO and director Lynley Crosswell.
Making its global premiere in Melbourne on 4 May 2025 – also known as Star Wars Day – this unforgettable new experience is the first and only LEGO Star Wars exhibition of its size in the world, inviting audiences of all ages to travel brick-by-brick through hyperspace.
LEGO lovers who revelled in Melbourne Museum’s 2022 Bricktionary exhibition will be blown away by the newest creation from Brickman and his team – one of the world’s leading LEGO® brick artists and the only LEGO Certified Professional (LCP) in the southern hemisphere.
LEGO Star Wars fans will step into a familiar world of epic battles, gargantuan starships and stunning landscapes from a galaxy far, far away.
With building already in progress, LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition will take more than 25,000 hours to complete. The builds are being meticulously crafted right here in Melbourne at Brickman headquarters and will use over 8 million LEGO bricks.
“Fans will be blown away by the scale of the experience. Building these iconic scenes and characters in LEGO Star Wars form is an extremely complex task – taking the humble LEGO brick and using it by the millions to translate into Star Wars builds and models at an epic scale the world has never seen before,” said Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught.
“My team and I are super excited to launch this mind-blowing experience right here in Melbourne. My inner 7-year-old self still can’t quite believe this is happening. I can’t wait till May the Fourth next year to be able to share this incredible galaxy-first exhibition with the fans.”
Melbourne Museum visitors will be the first in the world to come face-to-face with this new collection of breathtaking LEGO brick models – some of which are up to four metres high – and include a selection of the most-loved characters in the galaxy.
Fans can catch a sneak peek of a new build from LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition for a limited time only from 19 November – 2 December, when the exhibition’s LEGO brick model of the iconic X-wing Red 5 will be on display in the Melbourne Museum foyer.
Measuring in at over three metres high and built using an astonishing 64,759 bricks, this incredible model took 382 hours to make – just a glimpse of the epic scale and detail visitors can expect inside LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition when it opens on 4 May 2025.
Fans of the original Star Wars trilogy will delight in the exhibition’s nostalgia value, with beloved characters, iconic references and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the classic films on display, while fans of more recent Star Wars releases will be thrilled to also see their favourites up close and in impressive scale.
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition includes interactive activities and millions of LEGO bricks for fans of all ages, so you’ll be able to build, battle and explore the galaxy like never before.
Help piece together massive Star Wars landscapes, one LEGO brick at a time, or face-off against your mates, creating LEGO fighters and starships which will be digitally brought to life in epic space battles.
This interactive exhibition is designed to inspire collaboration, and with its cross-generational appeal, will compel all visitors to exercise their imaginations and explore the characters and stories that define the legendary Star Wars franchise.
“We’re bringing a Lego galaxy to Melbourne – this is an experience that will captivate fans of all ages and celebrate creativity on an unprecedented scale,” said Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Sport, Steve Dimopoulous.
“Securing this world premiere is a testament to Victoria’s position as a leader in major cultural events. It’ll back local businesses and jobs and create an unforgettable experience for visitors and locals.”
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition
Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton
Exhibition: 4 May 2025 – 26 January 2026
Tickets for the exhibition go on sale in early 2025. For more information and to join the waitlist, visit: www.museumsvictoria.com.au for details.
Images: Darth Maul the Sith Lord and Vader the Sith Lord (supplied) | Qui-Gon Jinn the Jedi Master and Darth Maul the Sith Lord (supplied)