School holidays at the Discovery Zone Sat 23 Sep 2017 – Sun 8 Oct 2017 10:00am – 3:00pm Discovery Zone Discover and Explore The WA Museum’s Discovery Zone (at the State Library of WA) will be jam-packed with fun, learning and exploring activities. How are bones formed? What will you find in the special Cabinet of Curiosity? Do you know what the Nyoongar word Kwenda means? Find out all this and so much more! Bones! Bones! Bones! Dates: 23 September – 8 October Times: 11am – 11.30am Cost: Free Age: 4 – 13 Bookings: Not essential Join in the talks and learn about your bones and animal bones. You will even compare bones from different animals – including your very own! Learn how bones fossilise and about animals from the past. Learning Nyoongar Language – Exploring the Cabinet of Curiosity Dates: 23 September – 8 October Times: Available daily Cost: Free Age: 3+ Bookings: Not essential Explore our Cabinet of Curiosity, also known as Wunderkammer (mixture of scientific curiosities). Our cabinet is a collection of extraordinary objects and taxidermy specimens from the WA Museum’s Collection. Can you match the Nyoongar words to the correct object? Join us and learn the meaning of the Kwenda, Mulawa, Nyingarn and Wedee! Toy Box. Toys from Around the World! Dates:23 September – 8 October Times: Available daily Cost: Free Age: All ages Bookings: Not essential Come and see toys from the collections of the WA Museum’s Anthropology and Archaeology Department and History Department. We have a cabinet full of toys on display and fun trails and games for you to play. Toys have been selected from all around the world…do you think any of them will remind grown-ups of their childhood? Caption: Samurai Rubber Duck. Image courtesy Western Australian Museum