ARRR PIRATES! High seas and hidden treasures

School Holiday Fun

Fri 19 Dec 2014 – Sun 1 Feb 2015

9:30am – 4:00pm

Museum of Geraldton

Child wearing Pirate Patch

ARRR me hearties, there are hidden treasures at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton these school holidays with swashbuckling adventures on the high seas! 

The Pirates’ Cove is a place of activity, discovery and lots of fun for pirates of all ages.

  • Burying the Booty - a pirate’s game to test yer strategy, cunning and skill. Who can Captain Anne Bonny really trust to help get her treasure safely to the desert island?
  • Flying the Flag! – pirates were known at sea by the type of Jolly Roger they flew. Find out about this notorious flag and create your own.
  • Who’s who? Pirates and their flags – match the pirates with their Jolly Roger.  What does a Jolly Roger with a red background mean? Who would fly such a flag?
  • Arrr! So you wanna be a pirate! – try your hand at the skills needed to be a crew member on a pirate ship, including testing your sea legs, setting a course out to sea using a compass, and walking the plank. Will you be good enough to be the captain, or just one of the motley crew?
  • Thar be Puzzles to share with your scurvy crew. 
  • The Picture Perfect Pirate – dive into the dress-up box and deck yourself out as the perfect pirate. Don’t forget to bring yer camera!
  • You’ve chosen yer costume, now get yer swashbuckling pirate’s name. Will it be whimsically wacky or rudely reprehensible?   

Ages: all ages
Cost: free
No bookings required

Parrot ’n’ Patch

Make a pesky pirate’s parrot to sit on your shoulder and a patch to cover an eye; must-have accessories for any young pirate.

Cost: $3 ($2.50 for families and groups of 4 or more)
Ages: all ages
No bookings required

Trails

  • Non-readers – look for the pirate flags around the Museum to find the hidden treasures in the galleries.
  • Reader’s Trail – explore the drama of real shipwrecks: murder and mutiny, treasure and torment, suffering and survival. All this and more took place right here off the coast of Geraldton!

Cost: $3 ($2.50 for families and groups of 4 or more)
Ages: all ages
No bookings required

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