Come to explore the wonderful world under the waves these summer school holidays at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. We’ll have fish fever, be getting crab crazy, and going mad about marine animals! There will be hands-on experiences and exciting new resources available to explore, which tell you all about life under the water off the WA coast.
Join us to make beautiful schools of fabulous fish in the Discovery Centre!
Take a careful look around the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder to help you find the answers along our summer holiday trails.
Faces from the Front is an exhibition which showcases some of the soldiers who joined up to fight in World War One from the Goldfields region. March along the Soldier Trail and show how closely you looked at the display by answering the questions on your trail sheet.
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.
At the Shipwreck Galleries we are all about shipwrecks and maps these summer school holidays. Come and explore the challenges of shipwreck survival, finding your way through the unknown, and locating lost treasures.
As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Australians leaving in the Anzac Convoys for World War One battlegrounds, join us to explore the maritime communications, codes and courage of our ancestors. There will be hands-on opportunities to use old communication technologies, and you can craft your own name and wear it with our cool Morse code bead bracelets.
As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Australians leaving in the Anzac Convoys for World War One battlegrounds, join us to explore the maritime communications, codes and courage of our ancestors. There will be hands-on opportunities to use old communication technologies, and you can craft your own name and wear it with our cool Morse code bead bracelets. Take up the wartime challenge of the Indian Ocean Raider Mission activity trail, or make a memorial poppy wreath in honour of the brave sailors of yesteryear
Step back in time to almost 600 years ago when a man named Leonardo da Vinci was working away in his bottega (a workshop or studio). This man of unquenchable curiosity and inventive imagination gave the world art, inventions and discoveries that were well ahead of his time. Find out how da Vinci worked, and try your hand at creating and inventing machines that answer challenges of all sorts.
Follow the Stowaway! trail at the Shipwreck Galleries, as you collect cargoes from across the seven seas, piece together your cargo ship puzzle and craft your own treasure microbox as a precious cargo mini-container.
9.30am – 5.00pm (Monday 6 – Friday 10 October)
Follow the Stowaway! activity trail as you solve the clues, collect cargoes from across the seven seas, piece together your cargo ship puzzle and find the hidden passenger.