Winter School Holidays at the Museum
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Go wild this winter at the Maritime Museum with exhibitions, vessels, hands-on workshops, themed creative activities, collaborative LEGO® building, films and more. It’s a whole day of fun for the whole family!
- Explore our newest exhibitions including Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Tunku and Ngaadi and Ultimate Depth: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea.
- get hands-on with creative artmaking and experiments in our Kids on Deck maker space
- explore touchable objects and specimens at the Cabinet of Curiosities
- climb on board the Museum’s fleet of vessels
- Join a collaborative largescale LEGO® build with the Brickman team
- Create your own imaginative bricktastic creatures in our Great Southern LEGO® Reef free-building space
- Relax with a sketching activity and a soothing screening of deep sea ROV footage in the theatre
- Adventure on our sea country activity trail
PLUS
- An unmissable wday of performances, tours, workshops to celebrate NAIDOC WEEK on Sunday the 6th of July
- Fintastic Fridays, Mini Mariners, underwater drones, creative workshops and more
Family favourites
Epic Whale Build
Roll up your sleeves and join The Brickman team as we build something truly epic, a three-metre-tall breaching humpback whale made entirely of LEGO® bricks, rising right out of the museum floor! Work side by side with fellow builders in one of eight action-packed, 40-minute sessions each day.
Just bring your passion for LEGO®, your best team spirit, and get ready to help us create something unforgettable.
15 – 17 July, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Suitable for ages 5 to adult
Ticketing Entry included with any paid ticket
Members and annual pass holders FREE
Great Southern Lego® Reef
Unleash your inner builder! Construct the enchanting Weedy Seadragon and explore Australia's secret Great Southern Reef with LEGO®!
Daily during school holidays, 10.00am – 4.00pm
Suitable for ages 4–12 years with accompanying adults
Ticketing Entry included with any paid ticket
Members and annual pass holders FREE
Deep Sea Screenings
Relax in our theatre with calming, creative activities. Try scientific sketching using our field guide and pencils, or watch deep-sea ROV footage from the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
5–19 July, 10.00am – 4.00pm *screenings not available on 10 July and 20 July
FREE - No bookings required.
Weaving Wednesdays with Wanita Lowe
Join Dunghutti Biripi artist and educator Wanita Lowe as she shares her beautiful artmaking, stories and weaving practices. Learn techniques to create your own unique piece to take home at these drop-in open-age workshops.
Wednesdays 10 and 17 July, 11am and 2pm
Suitable for ages 7 to adult
FREE, no bookings required
Fintastic Fridays – Dress up disco day
Grab your fins and tails! Celebrate mermaids and sharks inspired by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, with costumes, photo ops with a real-life mermaid, a shark puppet and tunes by our Jellyfish DJ.
Fridays 11 and 18 July, 11am – 2pm
Suitable for all ages
FREE, no bookings required
Creative workshops
Kids aged 8–14 can learn new creative skills with industry professionals and educators in our hands-on workshops every school holidays.
