9.30am – 5.00pm (Saturday 5 July – Sunday 20 July)
Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous – Prepare for a close encounter with some of the most extraordinary creatures to ever walk the earth. Featuring more than 20 moving, life-size dinosaur models, this is a dino-exhibition like none you’ve seen before! Kids can enjoy a range of informative, hands-on activities in the Play-laeontology Zone in the museum grounds.
Step back in time at the Shipwreck Galleries, to an era of traders, treasures and triumphant discoveries when merchant sailors and stately spice trade ships ruled the Indian Ocean.
10:00am-2:00pm, Monday 7 July – Friday 11 July
Explore the super-diversity of living and fossil sharks at the Maritime Museum, with Shark Show and Tell presentations by Museum curators, and a range of shark crafts.
9.30am – 5.00pm (Saturday 5 July-Sunday 20 July)
Explore the Whale Wonders play zone for fun facts, games and many things to discover about our favourite gentle giants of the sea.
Ages 3+ Cost: Free with Museum entry Bookings: No bookings required
Learn how da Vinci experimented and played with ideas about people floating on water and surviving underwater. Amaze your family and friends with your own little working diver.
Dates: Tuesday 8 July and Thursday 17 July Times: Tuesday 1pm and Thursday 10am Ages: Ages 6+ Cost: $5
Bookings: 9921 5080. Limited places, bookings are essential.
Worn by pharaohs, emperors and royalty throughout the ages, they can be the rarest and valuable material on earth or the most common, and are found on everyone’s dinner table. The WA Museum Albany will celebrate the International Year of Crystallography these July School Holidays by exploring the multi-faceted world of crystals.
10am – 4.30pm daily (5 July - 20 July 2014).
Ye Olde World Tournament
10:15am - 12:30pm, weekdays during the April holidays (excluding Good Friday & ANZAC Day)
Timor-Leste – Land of Mystery, Spice and Flying Dragons
How much do you know about the island of Timor-Leste, one of Australia’s closest neighbours?
KNEE DEEP IN NATURE
Tap into your intrepid inner-naturalist and give free reign to your curiosity as you take part in the action packed holiday program at the WA Museum – Geraldton.
The Hunter and the Hunted
Discover how insects interact with their environment. Create your own finger puppet collection based on real insects and re-enact the high drama of insect life.
Dates: 11 – 28 April
Ages: 6+
Cost: $3 ($2.50 per activity for families and groups of 4 or more children)
Shipshape Skills
11.00am, 14 – 17 and 22 – 24 April
Join us in the Life On Board activity zone for a demonstration that will get your sailing skills shipshape! Learn to load and fire a cannon and how to hoist a fine sail.
Ages: 4 + | Cost: Free | Bookings: Required only for groups 10 +
Rats & Hats
10am - 2pm, 14 - 17 April, 22 - 25 April (Note: The museum is open 1pm-5pm on ANZAC Day 25 April)
Under the Sea
10.00am – 2.00pm, 14 – 17 April & 22 – 24 April
Discover the secrets that lie under the sea’s surface these holidays at the Maritime Museum. Get crafty with sea creature stamps and paint to decorate your Under the Sea beach bag. Make your own collage using coloured sand and mosaic mini-stones. Explore our favourite gentle giants of the deep with toys, stories and more in the Whale Wonders play zone.
Ages: 3 + | Cost: $2 - 5 | Bookings: Required only for groups 10 +