A shot of two school age children, taken from the side, showing them engaging with a colourful projection-mapped reef sculpture covered in brightly coloured coral and fish, in the Wildlife gallery at Boola Bardip.

School holidays

Join us at one of our WA Museum locations to take part in our school holidays 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. No matter where you’ll be in WA these school holidays, there is something for everyone!

A beige codebreakers guide with a central eye symbol is highlighted by strips of shadow running across it in lines, horizontally
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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!

Aboriginal men painted and holding traditional objects
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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.

Image of a singer singing out loud with dark hair and a wooden jumper.
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Second Wednesday of the month | 5.30pm - 7.30pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

QUoir

Perth's monthly family and community choir with Abbe May and the WA Bad Ass Gospel Choir

Egypt coffins standing up right in a display cabinet with a gold line texture pattern
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Saturday 1 July - Sunday 8 October | 9.30am - 5pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Beyond the Tomb!

Explore the afterlife through activities in the Beyond the Tomb activation space.

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Fridays & Sundays | 10.30am - 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Story Time

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.

on a dark table there are three popsicle stick planes pained different colours
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Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October | 9.30am - 3pm

Drop in program

Museum of Geraldton

DIY Popstick Biplane

Design and create the biplane of your dreams

a child stands in a park with a green tshirt on and a headband. they hold a paper plane in one hand and aim to throw it
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Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October | 9.30am - 3pm

Drop in program

Museum of Geraldton

Paper Plane Extravaganza

Fold and decorate a plane in your own style, then take it outside and test to see how far it will fly.

a collage of illustrated traffic signs on a road backdrop
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Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October | 9.30am - 3pm

Drop in program

Museum of Geraldton

Transport Trail

Crack the codes and find the clues to explore historic tales of travel.

a young girl looks at various mechanics tools
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Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October | 9.30am - 3pm

Drop in program

Museum of Geraldton

The Workshop

Stop by our mechanic's workshop as you visit our newest exhibition 'Bush Mechanics'.

Image of a young child wearing a captains hat
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Saturday 23 September – Sunday 8 October | 10am – 2pm

WA Shipwrecks Museum

Trade Winds
Take a holiday adventure to the Spice Islands!
A mother and three children stand and look out onto the moor. One is on her shoulders, the other two hold an arm each and lean away from her.
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Monday 25 September – Saturday 30 September 
Daily | 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

AWESOME Festival: Family Portrait

A dynamic platform through which children and their families connect with the arts.

a large collection of coloured paper fans arranged on a wall next to eachother overlapping with different coloured designs

Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October 2023 | 10am - 4pm

Museum of the Great Southern

Sensu Folding paper fan
urn a plain hand fan into something amazing using traditional Japanese printed paper and art materials.
collection of rectangular paper box shaped lanterns glow as they float on water in the night all glowing

Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October 2023 | 10am - 4pm

Museum of the Great Southern

Paper Lanterns
Make a colourful oriental paper lantern and learn about the Floating Lantern Festival. 
a row of highly deecorated full face masks are on a red wall displayed. each mask has a white colour base and decorated uniquely with many colours

Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October 2023 | 10am - 4pm

Museum of the Great Southern

Kabuki Mask
Design and create your stylised Japanese mask to take home.
two sets of hands, one of a child and one of an adult are arranging brightly coloured small shaped material greens reds and blues to make a koi fish

Saturday 23 September - Sunday 8 October 2023 | 10am - 4pm

Museum of the Great Southern

Koi Kite

Using colour diffusing paper, you can create your own colourful Koi Kite.
A child of approx 10 years is smiling and holding green kite with a yellow kangaroo and in the other hand they hold yellow and green spinning wheels. A blue sky is in the background

Saturday 23 September – Monday 25 September | 9.30am – 4.30pm
Tuesday 26 September – Sunday 8 October | 10am – 2pm

WA Maritime Museum

Wind Power!
Experience wind power sailing with Australia II during October holidays!
a drawing and painting of planets, rocket and astronaut in space
This event has now finished. Please visit Tours & events to see what’s on at the Museum.

Friday 29 September | 10.30am - 12pm

Museum of the Goldfields

Spacey Art

Create a beautiful outer space picture, complete with all you can imagine in this dreamy universe.

children hold museum objects in their hands

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.