Dirk Hartog Festival 2016 at WA Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Museum Sun 16 Oct 2016 9:30am – 5:00pm WA Maritime Museum Visit the WA Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Museum on Sunday 16 October 2016 as we join Fremantle in celebrating the Dirk Hartog Festival! Join in the fun as the Museum hosts: Special kids activities -Follow the Trade Winds Trail at the Shipwrecks Museum. -Create your own 3D Dutch trading ship and make rubbings of the replica dish that Dirk Hartog left at Cape Inscription at the WA Maritime Museum Shipwrecks Museum - Trade Winds Trail Ages 5+ Cost: Free Maritime - Dutch Sailing Ships Ages: 6+ Cost: $2 Maritime - Memorial Dish Rubbing Ages: 4 Cost: Free Sustainability Forum, presented by Curtin University – WA Maritime Museum, NWS Theatre 11:00 Dutch Heritage in the Indian Ocean Region Professor Marieke Bloembergen (Leiden University) and Dr Tod Jones (Curtin University) 11.50 Accelerating the transition to sustainability Dr Leen Gorissen (Flemish Institute of Technology) 12:40 A world apart, but common ground: Urban Form and Mobility Behaviour Professor Carey Curtis (Curtin University) & Prof Marco te Brommelstroet (University of Amsterdam) Curatorial talk, Shipwrecks Museum 1606 onwards – Why were they here? VOC and the Spice Trade. Jennifer Rodrigues, WA Museum 2.30pm – 3.00pm Free No bookings required Along with the above events at the WA Maritime Museum and Shipwrecks Museum, there are lots of activities on Victoria Quay from 12noon – 5pm, including: Heritage walk Victoria Quay Dutch migrant arrivals and departures at Victoria Quay 1906-1962 led by Dr Nonja Peters, historian, anthropologist, museum curator and social researcher 1.30pm – 2.00pm Family activities and Interesting Stalls Dutch Food Van – Stroopwafels, Proffertjes, Kroketten, Bitterballen Dutch Family History Stall …and lots more fun for the whole family