Mini mariners - under 5s program

Family program

*Summer holiday sessions start earlier at 10am and 11am

Creative and educational activities for 2-5 year-olds and their parents/carers.

Explore the galleries, sing and dance in interactive tours with costumed guides. Enjoy creative free play, craft, games and story time in our themed activity area.

Entry to Mini mariners includes access to exhibitions that are within the tour. During school holidays it also includes access to our Kids on Deck activity space.

Booked playgroups welcome.
Online bookings essential.

If you plan to buy a See It All ticket and wish to join the tour, please reserve your space by emailing bookings@sea.museum or book at the front desk on the day*.

*Capacity is limited. On the day bookings are subject to availability of spaces.

Photo of smiling boy wearing a blue hoodie with shark teeth, siting in front of a bright pink tent, holding a book.

Photo showing a woman and little girl, getting creative at a craft table

Photo of a toddler standing a holding a book in a bright, indoor space with colourful decorations.

A little girl uses paintpens to decorate a rock.

Photo of a child with curly brown hair and a white frilly top next to a woman with black hair, tanned skin, glasses and a black singlet top.

A photo of Little girl getting creative in the studio with Dad / carer.

Photo of a young toddler holding on to a weaving activity in a kids activity space

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January - Fun in the Sun

Tuesdays 6, 13, 20 and 27
Saturdays 10, 17 and 24

*Summer holiday sessions start earlier at 10am and 11am

Let’s slip, slap, slop and head to the seashore. Discover intertidal animals and beach life as we sing, dance and tour through the museum’s galleries all the way to The Beach exhibition.

Settle in for a musical story time, then get hands-on with craft and sensory play. Decorate your own silly starfish sunglasses, create a jellyfish sculpture or make a crafty crab puppet to take home.

February - Drip, Drop, Splash!

Every Tuesday 3, 10, 17 and 24
Saturdays 16 and 21

Swish, Bubble, Splash and Dive into the wonderful world of water in a character guided through the museum galleries. Discover stories about water and how we use it every day. Sing songs, enjoy messy play activities and make your own bubble painting to take home.

March – Pirates Ahoy

Every Tuesday 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31
Saturdays 14 and 21

Let's follow the treasure map around the museum to find the secret treasure cave. Learn how to sing, dance and scrub the deck like a pirate. Then you can decorate your own pirate hat or parrot puppet to take home and enjoy some special pirate science experiments.