School Holidays

Father and child enjoying school holidays at the WA Museum

September school holidays across all WA Museum sites

Stuck for ideas on how to entertain the kids these school holidays? Then you’ve come to the right place.

Our holiday programs are jam-packed with fun activities to suit kids of every age - even the grown-up ones!

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Experience Antarctica at the Museum of the Goldfields

A spectacular virtual reality adventure that takes viewers on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to the mysterious continent of Antarctica will open at the Museum of the Goldfields on Saturday 30 March.

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Circus performers dressed as crickets

Bugs OVOtake the Museum!

The Western Australian Museum has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil ® for a fun-filled Bug Wonders Workshop to be held at the WA Museum – Perth on Wednesday, May 1.

Cirque du Soleil is currently in Perth with OVO™, a show which takes audiences into the colourful world of insects.

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Two performers from Yirra Yaakin posing for a photo

Yirra Yaakin takes to the Museum stage

The first performances marking the three-year partnership between Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and the Western Australian Museum will take place today at the WA Museum – Perth.

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Students get up close to the Australovenator during a Dinosaur Petting Zoo performance at the WA Museum – Perth

Dinosaurs dock at the WA Maritime Museum

After a sold-out season at the Western Australian Museum – Perth, Erth’s Dinosaur Petting Zoo will head port-side to the WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle for a roarsome encore season from October 1 - 14, 2012.

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Dinosaur stuffed toys under a tree in a garden

Museum gets crafty with dinosaurs

The Western Australian Museum is hosting a free community craft day on Sunday 1 July and encouraging Perth sew-ers to come along to make toy dinosaurs.

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An artwork made of ropes

Exhibiting the art of reclaiming and regaining
  • Local ‘recycle’ artists show how common items can be transformed into practical pieces of furniture and art
  • Materials range from fisherman’s rope to wooden packing pallets
  • Coincides with the museum’s Climate Change exhibition and eco-themed school holiday program
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Setting up school holiday activities at the WA Museum

Creating an extraordinary Western Australian story

Acclaimed Performing Lines WA writer and director Sally Richardson has brought together an extraordinary artwork program to engage Western Australian Museum visitors with professional artists.

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A massive dinosaur puppet meeting a crowd of children

Dinosaur Encounters!

Come and see the fearsome and spectacular 4-metre tall T-Rex dinosaur brought to life and thrilling the crowds at the Western Australian Museum – Perth these school holidays!

FILMING OPPORTUNTY WEDNESDAY 13 JULY from 9am

Dinosaur Encounters

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