Western Australian Museum – Perth
Perth Cultural Centre, James St, Perth
Under the Sea – explore the amazing marine life of our northern coast
Date: Saturday 29 September – Sunday 14 October
Time: Activities between 10am and 2pm, Recycled Reef activity available Thursday 3 0ctober – Sunday 14 October
Ages: 4+
Cost: Activities range from free to $2.50
Bookings: Only necessary for groups of 10 or more on 9427 2792
Dive into the Western Australian Museum - Perth during the October holidays and delight in the beautiful and strange animals living under the sea! Get crafty with different sea animals - you might find a jiggling sea jelly, a fun fish kite or you can ‘create-a-crab’ from modeling clay. Join local artists to make a large and colourful ‘Recycled Reef’ and some fantastic reef creatures to hide in it, using fun, pre-loved materials. Take a marine journey with your underwater eyes with our new ‘Goggle It’ discovery trail; or find extraordinary sea creatures in the Dampier Marine Gallery and enjoy new interactive activities like cool creature puppets, the ‘Explore-a-claw’ crab challenge and touch-and-feel sea creatures.
Western Australian Museum – Maritime
Victoria Quay, Fremantle
Dinosaur Petting Zoo
Dates: Monday 1 October – Sunday 14 October
Times: Performances at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm daily
Ages: Recommended for 5+
Cost: Adults $15 / children $12.50 (aged 3-15) / concession card holders $12.50 / Family $48.00 (2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children), Dinosaur Petting Zoo ticket holders will receive a 50 per cent discount on entry to the entire Maritime Museum
Bookings: Essential - tickets are available online at museum.wa.gov.au/erth-dinosaurs
After a sold-out season at the Western Australian Museum – Perth, where almost 20,000 people saw the show, Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo will head port-side to the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle for a roarsome encore season from October 1 - 14, 2012.
Dinosaur Petting Zoo is a captivating theatre performance featuring a cast of scientifically accurate, large-scale Australian dinosaur puppets. Included in the show is the carnivorous Australovenator (meaning southern hunter) discovered in Queensland, and a plant-eating Titanosaur who, at up to 50 tonnes in weight and 30 metres long, are the heaviest creatures to have walked the Earth.
Prehistoric Predators
Dates: Monday 1 October – Sunday 14 October
Time: Activities between 10.00am and 2.00pm Dinosaur Talks at 11.15am on October 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10
Ages: 4+
Museum Entry: $3 Child; $10 Adult; $5 Concession. Membership discounts apply. Dinosaur Petting Zoo ticket holders will receive a 50 per cent discount on entry to the entire Maritime Museum
Cost: Activities are $2 each or 3 for $5. Dinosaur Talks and games are free.
Bookings: Only necessary for groups of 10 or more on 9431 8455
Go prehistoric with amazing, massive predators this October at the WA Maritime Museum! Make a prehistoric 'monster' shark mobile, decorate your own dinosaur crafts with cool masks and dino-badges, and join our free palaeontologist Dinosaur Talks, dinosaur games and more.
Western Australian Museum – Shipwreck Galleries
Cliff Street, Fremantle
Mythical Maritime Monsters
Dates: Tuesday 2 October – Friday 12 October (excluding weekends)
Times: 10am – 2pm weekdays
Ages: 4+
Cost: $2 per activity
Bookings: Only necessary for groups of 10 or more on 9431 8455
Sail through the Shipwreck Galleries in search of strange and mysterious beasts of the deep. Set out on ‘A Monster Mission’ with our exciting new activity trail, and then decorate some mythical creatures of your own with our ‘Mermaid, Amphibaman, Dugong, Dolphin’ foam craft activity.
Western Australian Museum – Geraldton
Museum Place, Batavia Coast Marina, Geraldton
Friends 4 Ever
Date: Friday 28 September – Sunday 14 October
Time: Discovery Centre: 9:30am – 4:30pm, Special activities: 10:30am and 1pm on specific days
Ages: 4+ (Special activities are suitable for 6+, with ‘Play the Game’ for 8+)
Cost: Activities range from $2 - $5
Bookings: Essential for all activities except the Discovery Centre on 9921 5080
The Friendship Corner at the WA Museum – Geraldton Discovery Centre will be a place of activity, discovery and lots of fun for children and families this school holiday period. ‘Say G’day the International Way’ by learning the word hello in several different languages; play a giant game of tic tac toe, hide and seek and a thong-a-phone; make a link in the friendship chain; hit the stage and put on a show with six colourful finger puppets from around the world; or explore the dress-up box to see who you can become.
Special activities are also on offer - make a traditional Woolly Dolly in the ‘Making Friends’ activity (October 3, 10 at 1pm; October 9 at 10:30am); take part in ‘Footy Fanatics’ and join up with a friend to make your own football game (October 3 at 1pm); or play the traditional games played by the Yamaji (Aboriginal people of the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of WA) children in ‘Play the Game’ (October 3 at 1pm).
Western Australian Museum – Albany
Residency Road, Albany
Westerlies, Windmills and Whirligigs
Dates: Saturday 29 September - Monday 15 October
Times: Discovery Centre: 10:00am - 4:30pm daily, Special activities: 10:30am daily
Ages: Discovery Centre: All ages, Activities range 5 - 14
Cost: Discovery Centre ranges from 50c - $5; Special activities all $7
Bookings: Essential for all activities except the Discovery Centre on 9841 4844
The WA Museum - Albany will be in a whirl these October school holidays in celebration of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Join us as we take a look at ways we can help create a sustainable future through simple innovations and practices.
‘Westerlies, Windmills and Whirligigs’ is a series of hands-on, fun activities and workshops exploring how wind is formed and how it can be harnessed to produce sustainable energy.
In the special $7 10:30am activities, each weekday offers something different to do. Make a sail boat in ‘Wind in your Sails’ on Monday; make a table-top wind turbine in ‘Tumbling Turbines’ on Tuesday; create a kite in ‘Blowing in the Wind’ on Wednesday; make your own glider in ‘Hover, Glide and Spin’ on Thursday; and join us for a special trip to the Albany Wind Farm on Friday!
Niki Comparti
Western Australian Museum
9212 3840
niki.comparti@museum.wa.gov.au
