School holiday activities
Kids doing craft around a table in the shipwrecks museum

Stowaway!

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Dates: 22 April – 3 May (excluding weekends and ANZAC Day)
Times: Activities between 10:00am – 2:00pm
Ages: 4 +
Cost: $2 per activity, of 3 for $5, $0.50 for Love Your Local Wildlife Panorama
Bookings: Only required for groups of ten or more on 9431 8455

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Kid at the ships wheel

Explorers Afloat

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Dates: 22 April – 3 May (excluding ANZAC Day and weekends)
Times: Activities between 10:00am – 2:00pm
Ages: 4+
Museum Entry: $3 Child entry, $10 Adult entry, $5 Concession entry
Cost: Activity range from free – $4
Bookings: Only required for groups of 10 or more on 9431 8455

Come and explore the wild wonders of the sea, sails and birds this April at the WA Maritime Museum!

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Stuffed Numbat puppet

Love Your Local Wildlife!

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Visit the WA Museum – Perth to ‘Love Your Local Wildlife’ (LYLW) and explore the special wonders of our native creatures.

Meet our clever new puppet friend for a Numbat Chat. You can go wild with crafty critters and make a Furry Fantastic soft animal, design a Night Eyes silver scratchboard, enter the Bugsploration Zone, decorate a LYLW Panorama, or join in the other craft, games and more!  

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Wildlife Wonders demonstrations 
21 – 24 April 11:00am
29 – 30 April 11:00am
1 May 11:00am

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Adelie penguins standing near a large iceberg

Wild Antarctica

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Enjoy the ultimate in cool these school holidays at the WA Museum - Geraldton! Come frolic with penguins, migrating whales and icy tales, and enjoy the many activities and workshops on offer.

Chill Zone Activity Corner

Dates: Wednesday, 20 March – Sunday, 26 May 2013
Times: 9:30am– 4:00pm
Ages: All ages
Cost: Free
Bookings: Not required

Get your fill of frozen facts with loads of free fun in the Chill Zone these holidays:

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Children participating in Papuan themed activities

Papuan Paradise

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Join us as we explore the mysterious island of Papua New Guinea at the Western Australian Museum – Albany these school holidays! There’s plenty to do, with different activities for each day of the week, and guided discovery workshops twice daily, there’s something for everyone.

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Stuffed animals toys and books about local wildlife

Love Your Local Wildlife

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Do you know which creatures you might see when exploring our local bushland? Do you know what some of those wonderful creatures eat and where they live? Let’s explore the Great Western Woodlands and find out at the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder these school holidays!

Story Time

Dates: Daily, 20 April - 5 May
Times: 10:15am
Ages: Bubs to 7 years
Cost: Free
Bookings: Recommended on 9021 8533

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Three actors posing for the camera

Yirra Yaakin – Kaarla Kaatijin

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Yirra Yaakin present a season of Kaarla Kaatijin during the 2013 April school holidays: 22 April – 3 May 2013.

Kaarla Kaatijin (Noongar translation ‘to understand fire’) is a theatre production, suitable for families with children aged four (4) plus. Performances involve four (4) actors and a variety of musical instruments.

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Treasure Quest!

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Avast, me hearties! Some pesky pirates have raided the Museum and hidden the Treasure of the Golden Dragon! Find the trail of the treasure and take a pirate’s share in the loot – your very own silvery coin to take home and a treasure chest to decorate. Trick your mateys and create a clever illusion with the Spin-Me-Treasure Pirate Thaumatrope, or hop into pirate game action!

Ages: 4+
Cost: $4 for Treasure of the Golden Dragon trail
$1 for Spin-Me-Treasure Pirate Thaumatropes
Other activities FREE

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Time Traveller – Olden Days!

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Travel back in time to the olden days at the WA Museum – Perth this summer holidays!

Time Traveller – Olden Days!
Dates
: Monday 21 January – Friday 1 February 2013 (excluding January 28)
Times: Activities between 9:30am – 4:30pm
Ages: 4+
Cost: Activities between $1 and $3 
Bookings: Only required for groups of 10 or more on 9427 2792

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Wild Antarctica

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

Escape the summer heat and chill out at Maritime Museum with our awesome Antarctic activities! Get constructive with your own Coolcraft Penguins activity, create a Wild Antarctica pop-up landscape, decorate a papercraft Rockhopper, or challenge your friends and show off your blizzard brains in our Games Chill Zone. Don't forget to explore the free Traversing Antarctica exhibition to get your fill of frozen facts!

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