Four children in colourful shirts and dresses smile and laugh as they stick coloured stickers onto various skull replicas in a classroom

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!

A beige codebreakers guide with a central eye symbol is highlighted by strips of shadow running across it in lines, horizontally
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Available for hire | Daily until 2pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Codebreakers

Part scavenger hunt, part escape room — get ready for a self-guided family tour with a twist!

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Every Saturday | 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Nyumbi

Nyumbi means celebration dance in Nyoongar language. Experience a celebration of Nyoongar culture through song, dance and language, as local performers share their rich culture and history.

Image shows a close up of a bearded dragon resting on a branch
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Sundays | 10am - 10.30am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Remarkable Reptiles Up Close

Discover WA's reptiles and meet some of our resident reptiles in Wildlife

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Fridays & Sundays | 10.30am - 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

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.

An adult dressed in a pirate costume holds a picture book and reads to a group of children who gather in front to look and listen
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Saturday 30 March - Sunday 14 April | 10am – 2pm
Storytelling | 11am

WA Shipwrecks Museum

A Monster Mission and Mythconceptions
Listen to some stories of adventure on the seas.
A brick toy assembled like a deep sea diving machine

Saturday 23 March - Sunday 28 July | 9.30am - 5pm

WA Maritime Museum

Davina and Dave's Deep Dive Discovery
Join Davina and Dave, our LEGO® minifig diving explorers and learn about the deep sea.
two children in 1912 costimes stand in front of a backdrop representing interior of the Titanic ship

Saturday 23 March - Sunday 28 July | 9.30am - 5pm

WA Maritime Museum

Titanic dress-up & photo booth
Step back in time and picture yourself in history with our costume photo wall.
Little blonde preschool girl playing with new trend sensory toy - rainbow pop it. Antistress toy for children and adult. Colorful toy simple dimple. Squishy soft bubble toys rainbow color. Happy child

Available for hire | Daily

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Sensory Backpacks

Access one of our sensory backpacks on your visit to the museum for a treasure trove of tools to both calm and stimulate a child's sensory system.

children hold museum objects in their hands

Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays | 10.30am - 11am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Discovery time
Join us for 30 minutes of early-learning activity time in one of our galleries.
A tour group looking at one of the Museum's dinosaurs

Sundays | 11.30am - 12.30pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Family Tour: WA Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of all sizes once walked the ancient plains of Western Australia. Join us for a one-hour dinosaur tour where you will learn about different species, marvel at gargantuan life-sized models and meet our Augmented Reality resident.

A mother and two children looking up at a giant glowing Moon structure

Wednesdays | 10.30am – 11am
Starting Wednesday 27 March 

WA Museum Boola Bardip

To the Moon: Discovery time
Join us for 30 minutes of early-learning activity time in our Origins Gallery.
Person sitting down on a bright red chair with an open book in hand with colourful pictures, happy expression and children in the foreground.

Fridays | 10.30am – 11am

Starting Friday 5 April

WA Museum Boola Bardip

To the Moon: Story Time

Join us for a half-hour storytime session and introduce your child to the wonder of the written and spoken word in our Origins Gallery. This session has a space theme with books chosen to ignite imaginations.

a family smiles and looks at a display in the exhibition while the younger children point with their small torches

Tuesday 2 July | 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Thursday 4 July | 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Thursday 11 July | 5.30pm - 7.30pm

WA Maritime Museum

Challenging the Deep: Torchlight Expedition

As the sun begins to set, the deep ocean comes to life in a special tour of JAMES CAMERON CHALLENGING THE DEEP by torchlight.