Family
Explore everything the WA Museum Boola Bardip has to offer, together!
Engage with catered programs fit for the whole family, designed to create memories that will last a lifetime.
Enjoy quality time together as you laugh, learn, and delve deep into Boola Bardip’s collection of family focused programs and activities.
Spend a ‘deadly’ morning with Nyoongar maaman (man) and local legend, Derek Nannup and investigate Aboriginal science and knowledge.
Drop and Leave
Experience the colours of the Museum collection with free use of colour blind glasses during your visit!
Available for hire | Daily
Do you want to go on a dino hunt? Find the markers throughout the Museum and see some special visitors come to life on your device!
Daily | 9.30am - 4pm
Join us for a half-hour of story-telling, the ideal opportunity to introduce your child to the wonder of the written and spoken word amongst the colourful Museum galleries.
Every day | 10.30am - 11am
9.30am - 5.00pm
Level 1
Drop in for ocean-inspired holiday fun at the Museum! Explore, create and play with hands-on activities designed for little explorers and primary-aged ocean adventurers.
Daily at 10am - 3pm
Build an epic racetrack, race augmented reality karts and unleash your creativity in this action-packed SPACEJUMP workshop. A fun-filled drop-and-leave holiday program combining building, gaming and teamwork.
Drop and Leave
Join artist Charlotte Meagher and the 2026 AWESOME Festival in this collaborative visual art experience where children and families work together to imagine, design and build a city fit for everyone
Dive into coding and robotics as you build and program a LEGO® EV3 robot for an underwater research mission inspired by real OceanXplorer technology and deep-sea exploration.
Drop and Leave
Join Author Mark Greenwood and the 2026 AWESOME Festival for an exciting literary workshop.
Discover the ocean through art in this creative printmaking workshop. Explore the Museum, design your own stencils, create colourful ocean-inspired prints, and take home your unique masterpieces.
Drop and Leave
Tuesdays & Saturdays | 10.30am-11am
Dive into an ocean adventure after dark!
Dive into an ocean-inspired Minecraft adventure where you'll build, solve challenges and work as a team. Explore the galleries, unleash your creativity and complete an epic underwater mission together.
Drop and Leave
Investigate a mystery beneath the waves! Excavate an underwater dig, examine artefacts, solve a historic mystery and curate your own museum display.
Drop and Leave
Investigate squid biology through a real dissection, create museum inspired art with squid ink and take on an Ozobots coding challenge in this hands-on marine science adventure.
Drop and Leave
Take a closer look at the WA coast. There’s more than meets the eye.
Part scavenger hunt, part escape room - get ready for a self-guided family tour with a twist!
10 kits available for hire | Daily until 2pm
Excluding Christmas Day and Good Friday
Access one of our sensory backpacks on your visit to the museum for a treasure trove of tools to both calm and stimulate a child's sensory system.
Available for hire | Daily
Nyumbi means celebration dance in Nyoongar language. Experience a celebration of Nyoongar culture through song, dance and language, as local performers share their rich culture and history.
Every Saturday | 11am
