Scienceworks, Science museum in Spotswood, Australia.

Scienceworks is a science museum in Spotswood, Melbourne, housed in a purpose-built building styled along industrial lines beside the Spotswood Pumping Station of 1897, whose steam engines form part of the exhibit. Inside are hands-on experiment areas, the Melbourne Planetarium and the 120-seat Lightning Theatre with its giant Tesla Coil.

Scienceworks opened on 27 March 1992, while Joan Kirner was premier of Victoria, with first permanent exhibitions on Inventions, Energy, Travel and Materials. It was built beside the Spotswood Pumping Station of 1897, whose steam engines became part of the museum. The Melbourne Planetarium opened on site in 1999, the first in the Southern Hemisphere with a digital star projector.

The place connects Melbourne's industrial past with modern perspectives, showing how people have used and continue to use technology across generations. Visitors experience how craftsmanship and innovation shaped the city.

The site is accessible and largely flat, making it manageable for visitors with limited mobility. Plan to spend at least two hours to properly explore the exhibitions and demonstrations.

The Lightning Theatre seats 120 people, and its giant Tesla Coil can generate two million volts, throwing lightning bolts three metres long. The museum also holds CSIRAC, moved from the Melbourne Museum in 2018, and the planetarium was the first in the Southern Hemisphere with a digital star projector.