Cabinet of curiosities

Family program

Photo of a museum staff member showing a family museum specimens.

Autumn - Creature Feature

Get hands on at our interactive discovery station and handle plant and animal specimens, discovering the aquatic environments of their inhabitants. Run your fingers over a crocodile jaw peer up close at a sting ray spine, marvel at the chambers in a nautilus shell, or explore the kelps, corals and shells that ocean critters call home.

Sundays during school term.
11:00am – 12 noon and 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Suitable for all ages

Free for everyone

Photo showing a collection of shells, with hands reaching towards them.

Photo of a group of children looking at a table of specimens and objects they can touch, with a museum staff member.

Photo showing hands touching small sculptures in the shapes of sea creatures, made from recycled fishing line.

Photo of a woman holding a sculpture of a small stingray made from recycled fishing line, with children in the background.

Photo showing a collection of objects on a table, with hands holding a starfish made of recycled fishing line.

Photo showing a woman holding a starfish above a table of objects related to the beach.

Photo of a group of children looking at a table of specimens and objects they can touch

Photo showing a close up of a person holding a round object.

Photo showing children's hands feeling a textured crocodile skin.

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5 July - Saltwater Stories

Free Open Day - Celebrate NAIDOC

 Drop-in and explore touchable artworks and artefacts from our education collection in this hands-on discovery device.

Winter - Fighting Vikings

Wield Viking age weaponry, handle rune-carved amulets and run your hands over a reindeer pelt as you discover how archaeologists learn about the people of the past through excavation of the traces they leave behind.

Museum foyer

Daily during school holidays and Sundays during term
10.30–11.30am, 2.00–3.00pm

Suitable for all ages

Free for Everyone