Deep sea mysteries and torchlight adventures at the museum
by Jude Timms on 26 Feb 2015
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These school holidays families are invited to spend the day having a deep sea adventure at the Australian National Maritime Museum as it presents a range of activities for children inspired by its family exhibition Voyage to the Deep: Underwater Adventures. Have fun making deep sea creatures, take part in a Claymation workshop and get hands on with the Cabinet of Curiosities. Take the family on a special after dark torchlight tour from the Antarctic to the wonders of the deep.
Kid craft activities: Deep Sea Mystery (5– 12 years)
5 – 19 April 2015, 10am – 4pm
Investigate the mysterious world of the deep oceans in the museum’s interactive craft and play activities. Create your own neon creature prints, a sea creature softie or crazy steampunk goggles complete with squid tentacles. Investigate the science of the ocean’s depths through interactive games and sea creature costumes.
Entry included in the Big Ticket - $27 adult, $16 child/concession, $70 family, no booking required.
Theatre show: Captain Nemo’s Nautilus (All ages)
5 – 19 April 2015 (excluding Sun 12 and Sat 18 April), 11.30am and 2pm
Due to popular demand Captain Nemo’s Nautilus theatre show returns to the museum for the April school holidays.
The show features a cast of quirky and captivating characters inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues under the Seas who take families on a thrilling undersea adventure.
Specially written and produced by the acclaimed Monday Baa Theatre Company children and adults alike will laugh, dance and have lots of fun while learning about all sorts of undersea creatures and the importance of conserving our beautiful and precious oceans.
Entry included in the Big Ticket - $27 adult, $16 child/concession, $70 family, no booking required.
Torchlight Tour: Penguins to Periscopes (4 – 12 years and adults)
Friday 17 April 2015, 6pm- 7.30pm
Take a special guided tour and go on a treasure hunt through the museum with resident night watch keeper Spanker Boom. Start your journey in the chilly Antarctic and discover the brand new exhibition Shackleton – Escape from Antarctica then become submerged in the deep oceans in Voyage to the Deep. Make your own souvenir snow globe to take home, have your face painted and enjoy themed refreshments.
$20 per child, $17 per adult. Bookings essential: 9298 3655 or book online.
Cabinet of Curiosities: Weird Science (All ages)
5 – 19 April 2015, 11am – 12pm and 2 – 3pm
Visit the museum’s interactive touch trolley to get hands on and explore wonderful and curious scientific artefacts and specimens.
Entry included in the Big Ticket - $27 adult, $16 child/concession, no booking required.
Claymation workshop: Deep Sea Critters (Ages 8 – 14 year)
Friday 10 April 2015, 10am – 3pm
Join an all-day workshop to discover how to produce your own stop-motion and clay animations inspired by the Voyage to the Deep. Create your own animation to take home and have your work featured on the museum’s youtube channel.
$50 per child (includes all materials). Bookings essential: 9298 3655 or book online.
Exhibition: Voyage to the Deep – Underwater Adventures
Based on French author Jules Verne’s 1870 classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, the Voyage to the Deep exhibition brings to life the deep-sea adventures of Captain Nemo, his fantastical Nautilus submarine and the mythical world he inhabited.
At the centre of this fantasy world is the giant Nautilus where kids can climb aboard and discover the inner workings of a deep-sea submersible…they can take up the controls at the helm, peer through the periscopes, crank the propeller before slipping on a dive suit and venturing through the world below the waves.
Entry is included in the museum’s Big Ticket $27 adults, $16 child/concession or $70 families (two adults + three children).
Voyage to the Deep has been developed by the Australian National Maritime Museum and will remain on show until 26 April 2015. For more details about the exhibition and all the associated school holiday activities, click here or call 02 9298 3777.
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