Events
To support A Day in Pompeii the Western Australian Museum has developed a range of activities for the whole family including lectures, a community-based exhibition and activities for the kids.
Graffiti Columns
FREE Children's Art Activity
Western Australian Museum - Perth
10.00am and 2.00pm
8, 9, 15 & 16 July
Come to the Western Australian Museum - Perth and enjoy a family fun activity where YOU can draw on the graffiti columns, just like the messages and artwork found on the walls of Pompeii during Roman times. What is your message to the future?
Graffiti Columns is proudly supported by Lotterywest and Friends of the WA Museum.
Gladiator helmet
$3 each School holiday activity
Discovery Centre, Western Australian Museum - Perth
10:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday 3 July to Monday 19 July
Gladiatorial combat was the most popular form of entertainment in Pompeii. Come to the Discovery Centre where you can make your own gladiator helmet, based on the real decorated helmet you can see in the A Day in Pompeii exhibition. Will your helmet please the Emperor?
Junior Explorer's Trail
Ages 5-12
FREE self-guided trail (collect on arrival)
Western Australian Museum - Perth
Daily, 21 May - 5 September
Explore ancient Pompeii and discover the way that the citizens lived from day to day. Locate the objects that have been recovered by archaeologists and find out the amazing they stories discovered!
Junior Explorer's Trail is proudly supported by Lotterywest and Friends of the WA Museum.
Header illustration: Mount Vesuvius, © Museum Victoria