We are planning an AWESOME October these school holidays, and we want you to tell the world what you love about your Museum! The WA Museum – Perth will be hosting a number of exciting events as part of the 2015 AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things. There will be exciting shows and wonderful stories featuring the extraordinary lives of caterpillars, a secret suitcase mission, a cloud expert’s special dream, and Jay’s Jungle star Jay Laga’aia!
28 Sep 2015 – 9 Oct 2015 10am – 3pm
Survivors ahoy! Construct and decorate your own junk craft rescue boat out of interesting and recycled materials for your next maritime mission. Challenge yourself with the Rescue Mission game to help all survivors to safety.
Cost: $3 junk boat activity, Rescue Mission game free* Ages: 4+ Bookings: required for groups 10+
Did you know we can use the Sun and wind to create power? You can’t see the energy created, but we can show you what it can do.
Come to the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder these school holidays to see how the Sun can be used to cook some food! See the effect wind can have on your creations, and the energy used by some of the objects on display.
Tuesday 29 September 2015 – Friday 2 October 2015 & Monday 5 October – Friday 9 October 10.30am
This is your chance to explore the Museum in ways that most people never do and have a heap of fun! Get up close to special Museum objects, discover our galleries with our team and take on our skill-testing, brain-bending Time Trekker challenges.
Join your junior explorers, future palaeontologists and amateur archaeologists at the WA Museum – Perth for a shared family friendly experience, and rediscover for yourself what makes the Museum a marvellous place to learn about our amazing world. A half-day of fun for everyone!
In honour of the International Year of Light, explore the dazzling science of light and colour through prisms, lenses and photography. Discover how rainbows happen and why sunrises and sunsets are so spectacular. Experience the wonder of the lens, one of the most amazing inventions of the modern world, and use light and shade to create masterpieces.
26 September – 11 October 10am – 4.30pm
Track down these pesky and adventurous sailors in the Riddled with Rats trail before they nibble all of our ship’s biscuits! With the sharp eyes of a Rat Detective, you’ll have to search high and low to find these experts at hide-and-seek.
Cost: $2 Age: ages 4+ Bookings: required for groups 10+
Venture into the secret world of submarine warfare as you go on a tour of HMAS Ovens. Find out what is needed to keep war-time vessels afloat, then design, build and test your own balloon powered battleship.
Join your junior explorers, future subsea engineers and amateur maritime archaeologists at the WA Maritime Museum for a shared family friendly experience, and rediscover for yourself what makes the Museum a marvellous place to learn about the amazing world under the sea. A half day of fun for everyone!
Health & Safety Information:
Fremantle has embraced winter this year and so has the WA Maritime Museum!
Get your skates on and head to the Museum to enjoy free winter themed movies.
Date: Friday, 10 July Time: 2pm Cost: free*
*Museum entry fees apply
Date: Wednesday, 8 July Time: 2pm Cost: free*