Museums Victoria will turn its school holiday program towards ancient Rome, wildlife, science and space, with activities spread across Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX and the Immigration Museum.
Melbourne Museum will give families another chance to see ROME: Empire, Power, People before the exhibition closes on 25 October, with a free children’s trail designed to guide younger visitors through its collection of ancient artefacts.
Children can also make their own gladiator helmet in the Creative Lab: Rise of the Gladiators workshop, while the free Mosaic Monuments activity invites visitors to create colourful tiles for large-scale pillars.
The museum’s Our Wondrous Planet exhibition will remain another focus of the holiday program, taking families through the diversity of animal life across different environments.
The popular Family Museum Sleepovers will also return, allowing families to spend the night inside Melbourne Museum. The program includes special tours, an IMAX screening, breakfast and the chance to sleep among the museum’s dinosaur displays.
Scienceworks will centre much of its holiday offering around its Colour exhibition, alongside activities examining the relationship between colour, light, nature and science.
The Nature workshop will explore iridescence, while the free Lights, Colour, Action! amphitheatre show will run during the holiday period.
At Melbourne Planetarium, Solar System Adventures: The Planets will introduce young audiences to the planets and the wider solar system.
IMAX will screen PENGUIN ISLAND 3D, following a King penguin as it crosses a remote volcanic island in search of a mate. The film uses large-format footage to document the island and its penguin population.
Football will form part of the program at the Immigration Museum, where Home Is Football: Belonging In Australian Soccer examines the role the sport has played in building community among Australians from different backgrounds.
The exhibition was co-created by Melbourne Victory Football Club and Professional Footballers Australia and tells the stories of players, supporters and communities whose experiences have been shaped by migration, identity and belonging.
The school holiday program combines ticketed exhibitions and workshops with a range of free activities across Museums Victoria venues.
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