Trade Winds

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

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Vergulde Draeck (1656) coins, Western Australia.
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Step back in time to an era of traders, treasures and triumphant discoveries, as merchant sailors and stately spice trade ships ruled the Indian Ocean.
 
You can become a legendary spice captain, working for the Dutch VOC Shipping Company. Collect your Trade Winds clue sheet and set sail across the oceans of the world to buy exotic and valuable spices. Explore the power of the Super Silver Trade Coin through brass plate rubbings, designing your own trade coin stamp with metallic colour fun, and then test your skills with embossing tools and thin metallic film to create a super silver artwork magnet.
 
No bookings necessary except groups of 10 or more 

Ages: 4 years and above
Cost: $2 for Trade Winds trail
$3 for Super Silver Trade Coin activity
OR both craft and trail activities for $4 
Where: WA Museum – Shipwreck Galleries
Cliff Street, Fremantle 
Contact: 9431 8469