Market Discovery Tour
Discover Melbourne’s favourite market with a fun and educational guided tour. On this 60-minute guided tour, students will explore the vast array of fresh produce whilst discovering Melbourne’s multicultural history and enjoying the hustle and bustle of the Market. Students will have fun meeting our vibrant traders and hearing their stories whilst our friendly guides explain seasonality, provenance and the importance of fresh, healthy food.
Includes:
- 60-minute guided walking tour
- Seasonal Dessert
When: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings
Cost: $15 per student
Numbers: To ensure a pleasant and safe tour, we allocate one tour guide per 12 students and we ask that all groups are accompanied by a teacher or carer. The maximum number of students we can currently accommodate is approximately 50 per session. For larger groups, we are happy to run multiple back to back sessions.
Bookings: Due to the popularity of our tours program, we are fully booked for the remainder of 2024. For enquiries and bookings, please contact our Tours Program Coordinator from January onwards via email at bettina.dechateaubourg@qvm.com.au. Please note that our tours program coordinator will be on extended leave until Christmas so will be unable to respond to enquiries until after then.
Sustainability Tour
On this guided tour, students and teachers will explore the vast array of fresh produce whilst discovering the Market’s sustainability measures and the many ways in which traders and producers are embracing the sustainability ethos.
Includes:
- Guided walking tour (60 minutes)
- Seasonal Dessert
When: Thursday and Friday mornings
Cost: $15 per student
Numbers: To ensure a pleasant and safe tour, we allocate one tour guide per 12 students and we ask that all groups are accompanied by a teacher or carer. The maximum number of students we can currently accommodate is approximately 50 per session.
Bookings: Due to the popularity of our tours program, we are fully booked for the remainder of 2024. For enquiries and bookings, please contact our Tours Program Coordinator from January onwards via email at bettina.dechateaubourg@qvm.com.au. Please note that our tours program coordinator will be on extended leave until Christmas so will be unable to respond to enquiries until after then.
Self-Guided Heritage Trail
In its 140 years, Queen Victoria Market has had a colourful and sometimes controversial history. During that time, the site has been a cemetery, a livestock market and a wholesale fruit and vegetable market. Each of these operations has its own history and an element of controversy. Students can explore the historic landmarks and architectural features at their own pace when they take our Self-guided Heritage Trail.
Download the Self-guided Heritage Trail map or pop into our Visitor Hub and pick one up.
Testimonials
“I took my students and another class (Year 1 and 2) on an educational tour of the Vic Market. It was a truly tailored experience that the students thoroughly enjoyed…I can’t wait to go back again, I forgot how many wonderful things there were. Very impressed.”
“What a wonderful experience our students had today at the Vic Market with the amazing tour guides and stall holders. This was such a big experience for some of our students as many of them had not been into the city before, or tried a lot of the cuisine that they got to taste today. Our students were fully engaged for the extent of the tour which is a testament to the guides and cannot recommend it enough.”
“Thank you for having us! All of us teachers, and of course students were raving about how much we loved the tour. In particular it was great getting to know and meeting the traders, and being able to show the students the unique history and the multicultural influences that have shaped Melbourne’s food culture. Could you please pass our thanks onto the wonderful tour guides for hosting us today, they were fantastic!”
