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Spring school holidays at the Australian National Maritime Museum


  • Australian National Maritime Museum (map)

Dive into fun and make a splash at the maritime museum these school holidays with exhibitions, vessels, hands-on workshops, themed creative activities, performances, films and more. It’s a whole day of fun for the whole family!

  • Explore our newest exhibitions including James Cameron – Challenging the Deep and Wildlife Photographer of the Year

  • Get hands-on with creative artmaking 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

  • Catch a performance of Sea Tales

  • Relax with the Mermaid Melody colouring corner and book nook in Valerie Taylor – An underwater life

  • Adventure on a Sneaky Sharks activity trail

Plus

  • Mini mariners, Underwater drones, Creative workshops, Torchlight tour and more

Special performance - SEA TALES

Join in lively and interactive musical storytelling about wild storms, brave journeys to distant lands, lighthouse keepers and beat boxing whales.

Sea tales is performed by Miles Merrill and a collection of poets together with multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown to create a spoken-word musical journey exploring the reasons why we journey by sea: love, work, migration, amusement and adventure.
Sea tales is presented in partnership with Word Travels’ Story Week- an annual celebration of poetry slams, workshops and storytelling events.

Free - No bookings required

Friday 4, Saturday 5, Sunday 6 - Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October 11.30am, 12.30pm

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  • Date: From 28 September until 13 October 2024

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  • Notes: Our school holiday program includes a mix of free and paid activities. 
    Check each event page for more details.

More info & tickets here.