A parent and child examining objects in a glass case

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!

Image of a child in a school holiday workshop brushing sand of a fossil cast
Public Program

Workshop: We Dig Dinos

In this exciting hands-on workshop, kids become junior paleontologists, learning the essential skills of fossil hunting.

Museum of the Goldfields

Tuesday 15 July | 10am - 11am & 1pm - 2pm 
Thursday 17 July | 10am - 11am & 1pm - 2pm 

under the dome
Public Program

Under the Dome: Cinema Experience

Join us for an immersive cinema experience Under the Dome.

WA Maritime Museum
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Screening daily | 10am, 10.45am, 11.30am,
12.15pm, 1pm, 1.45pm, 2.30pm, 3.15pm & 4pm

WAM staff member reading a book to toddlers
Public Program

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.

WA Museum Boola Bardip
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Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays | 10.30am - 11am

a landscape with ocean in the foreground and cliffs with waterfalls
Special exhibitions

The Great Kimberley Wilderness​

Experience a 35-minute VR documentary that transports you to one of the most spectacular and pristine landscapes in the world.

WA Maritime Museum
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Saturday 31 May – Sunday 24 August 2025

a comic book style graphic with the words Mega + Mini ?
Public Program

Trail: Mega or Mini?

Hunt down objects from the itty-bitty to the absolutely enormous, as you explore the Museum!

Museum of Geraldton
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Saturday 5 July -  Sunday 20 July 2025 | 9.30am - 3pm
Drop-in activities

a comic book style words saying creae your own comic book with two superhero characters in silhouette
Public Program

Create your own comic 

Get ready to ZAP! your imagination into action and create your own comic.

Museum of Geraldton
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Saturday 5 July -  Sunday 20 July 2025 | 9.30am - 3pm
Drop-in activities

a colourful artwork of people standing next to eachother looking up and each person is incrementally larger
Public Program

NAIDOC Week Activities

Join us at the Museum of Geraldton for a week of free, family-friendly activities in celebration of NAIDOC Week 2025.

Museum of Geraldton
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Saturday 5 July - Sunday 13 July 2025 | 9.30am - 3pm
Drop-in activities

A young boy with headphones on listens to various sounds while playing with GarageBand on an iPad, surrounded by Chinese inspired wooden carts
Public Program

Ancient China Activity Zone
School Holidays | Join us for some hands-on fun and games in the Ancient China Activity Zone!
WA Museum Boola Bardip
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Saturday 5 July - Sunday 20 July | 9.30am - 5.00pm

a startfish in a coral tank
Public Program

Discovery Centre: Ocean Explorers

This school holidays, nurture a lifelong love of the ocean.

Museum of the Great Southern

Saturday 5 July - Monday 21 July 2025 | 10am - 4pm
Drop-in activities

a hand drawn treasure map
Public Program

Navigate!
Explore the challenges of nautical navigation and marvellous map craft this July holidays
WA Shipwrecks Museum

Saturday 5 – Sunday 20 July | 10am – 2pm

Two girls playing with sawfish finger puppet colouring at the WA Maritime Museum for July 2025 school holidays.
Public Program

Kimberley Creatures

Take a journey to the North of WA and celebrate the Kimberley this school holidays!

WA Maritime Museum

Saturday 5 July - Sunday 20 July | 10am - 2pm

Two children crafting with paper
Public Program

Mini Makers Workshop

School Holidays | Unleash your creativity and explore your artistic flair with a day of making and creating!

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Friday 11 July | 10am - 4pm

Freo Builds promotional artwork featuring a LEGO(R) version of the iconic Fremantle public artwork Containbow (Artist credit: Marcus Canning)
Public Program

Freo Builds 2025: Films in Fremantle

Take a winter wander through Fremantle on the hunt for LEGO® displays!

WA Maritime Museum

Monday 14 July – Sunday 20 July | 10am – 4pm