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WA Museum Boola Bardip

School holidays

Join us at WA Museum Boola Bardip to take part in our school holiday activities! There’s always something new to learn. We have a heap of fun filled activities, where you can express your creativity, learn and explore. We've got something for everyone!

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Available for hire | Daily until 2pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Codebreakers

Part scavenger hunt, part escape room — get ready for a self-guided family tour with a twist!

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Every Saturday | 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Nyumbi

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.

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Sundays | 10am - 10.30am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Remarkable Reptiles Up Close

Discover WA's reptiles and meet some of our resident reptiles in Wildlife

A bird's-eye view of a child on a colourful rug playing with plants and seeds

Fridays & Sundays | 10.30am – 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Three Journeys Story Time

Join us for a half-hour of storytelling, the ideal opportunity to introduce your child to the wonder of the written and spoken word in our Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn exhibition.

The Old Gaol and the WA Museum Boola Bardip illuminated with imagery from Alice in Wonderland

Daily | Sunset till late
7pm – 10.30pm
Saturday 18 November – Thursday 4 January
Night projections at Boola Bardip

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Illuminate: Christmas in Wonderland

Delight in the spectacular Illuminate: Christmas in Wonderland night projection at WA Museum Boola Bardip, as part of the City of Perth Christmas Lights Trail.

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Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays | 10.30am - 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Discovery time
Join us for 30 minutes of early-learning activity time in one of our galleries.
Cardboard car with crafting tools on a white bench

Daily | 10am - 3pm
Friday 5 January - Thursday 25 January | Excludes Sundays

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Tinker Lab

Designed for curious minds of all ages to dive into the world of tinkering, experimenting, and inventing.

This image is looking over the right hand shoulder of a boy using a laptop to play Minecraft.

Tuesday 9 January | 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 24 January | 10am - 4pm 
Drop and Leave Program

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Minecraft Heads to the Desert

Young gamers embark on a thrilling journey to the desert, navigating the vast and mysterious landscapes of the virtual world.

This image shows a burds eye view of a child on the floor using a laptop computer to program a robot to follow a pathway printed on black and white a floormat.

Wednesday 10 January | 10am - 4pm
Drop and leave program

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Mindstorming Mayhem

Become a coding whiz using drag and drop coding blocks. Then dive into forever loops and sensor coding, before executing your commands and watching your creation come to life.

This is an image of a colourful squid swimming in the ocean

Friday 12 January | 10am- 1pm
Thursday 18 January | 10am - 1pm

Drop and leave program

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Art v Science: Squid Dissection

Delve into the anatomy of squid, gaining a deeper understanding of their unique biology and evolutionary adaptations.

Derek with two girls at a smoking ceremony

Tuesday 16 January | 10am - 4pm
Drop and leave program

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Aboriginal Science

Come and spend the day with deadly Nyoongar maaman local legend, Derek Nannup to explore Aboriginal knowledge systems in this full day program.

a young child has set up a filming station on a table with lights, a mobile phone and small clay animals in a lightbox

Friday 19 January | 10am - 4pm 
Drop and leave program

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Claymation Creations

Delve into the fascinating world of claymation, honing your skills of crafting and manipulating characters, designing backdrops and settings before capturing frame-by-frame sequences to create your story.

In the imnage there is a close up of a red Mario Kart car with the character Mario sitting inside .

Tuesday 23 January | 10am - 4pm
Drop and Leave program

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Mario Kart: Outback Racing Adventure

Compete in high-speed Mario Kart races and face unique challenges navigating through bush, driving across creek beds while encountering amazing plants and animals on the way.