The Melbourne Tram Museum will open according to its published open day schedule, unless there is a declaration by Government of broad social distancing measures under the National Pandemic Plan, or if it is identified that a high-risk individual has visited the museum. The Museum Committee of Management is actively monitoring the Coronavirus situation, and should it be required to close, will publicise the decision on the museum website and its social media accounts as quickly as possible.
Please do not visit the Melbourne Tram Museum if you have symptoms of respiratory illness, been diagnosed as having been infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19), have recently arrived in Australia from high-risk areas, or have been in contact with a high-risk individual.
For the latest information on coronavirus precautions, symptoms and status, consult the following websites:
If, subsequent to a visit to the Melbourne Tram Museum, a museum visitor discovers they have:
we ask that they notify us as soon as practicable.
If you are unable to visit the Melbourne Tram Museum at this time, we recommend that you browse the following areas of our website to discover more about:
Museum volunteers must:
We ask all museum volunteers to be vigilant and to change their habits where necessary to minimise risk to themselves and to others. Museum volunteers must notify us immediately, if:
If a museum volunteer falls into any of the above four categories, they must not attend the Melbourne Tram Museum in any capacity, until they can demonstrate that they have been free of symptoms for a period of not less than fourteen (14) days since they fell into any of the above categories, or they can produce a medical certificate stating that they are free of coronavirus (COVID-19). The latter is a mandatory requirement if they have been diagnosed as being infected by Coronavirus (COVID-19).