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School holidays
For ages: 5-12
When: Daily during school holidays
Time: Hourly programs, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Cost: $7.00 per child. Free for Members & adults
Phone: (02) 9298 3777
Fax: (02) 9298 3660
Keep your children entertained during school holidays with a packed program of activities themed to complement a museum exhibition. There are activities in the Kids on Deck area and children's films each school holidays.
Spring school holidays: Kids on Deck – Travels with Sindbad
Childrens holiday activities
26 September 2010 - 10 October 2010
Explore the world of Sindbad the Sailor. Use block printing techniques to create a teatowel to take home. Design your own mehndi on paper- a traditional body art using henna. Discover a fragrant world of spices from Zanzibar and use Islamic art as inspiration to paint your own decorative tile.
For children 5-12
Cost: $7 per child or FREE with any purchased ticket. Adults/Members FREE.
Henna Painting in Kids on Deck
Sunday 26th September | 10.30am - 1.30pm
Children in Kids Deck can get their hand painted with cosmetic coloured powder in beautiful designs.
Cost: included in your Kids on Deck ticket
Workshops from the Arabian Nights
Monday 27th September - Friday 1st October | 10.30am, 12noon, 1.30pm sessions
Get creative in a series of half hour workshops celebrating cultures from the Middle East to the East African coast.
Monday 27 September: Drumming
Tuesday 28 September: Mosaics
Wednesday 29 September: Bellydancing
Thursday 30 September: Storytelling from the 1001 Nights
Friday 1 October: tbc
Ages: Recommended for children 8-12 years
Cost: Entry to workshops are included in the Kids on Deck ticket. Collect your session sticker on arrival as places are limited.
Pirate, pizza & pyjama night!
Childrens holiday activities / member events
2 October 2010
Saturday 2 October | 6.00pm - 9.00pm | Member child $25.00, guest $35.00
Take a well-earned night off while the kids enjoy an after-dark torchlight tour of Vampire, Endeavour and the museum with our resident Pirate, Grognose Johnny. There'll be pirate craft activities, a pizza dinner, then the kids can roll out a sleeping bag, grab a pillow and lie back in our Terrace Room to watch the fabulous family movie Peter Pan.
Cost and booking information
Cost: Members child $25, general $35. Includes pizza, refreshments, movie and craft activities. Bring a torch, pillow and sleeping bag. Children will be fully supervised (parents/carers not required to stay). Ages 5-12.
Bookings: Essential phone +61 2 9298 3644 or email members@anmm.gov.au or book online
Youth programs: Spitting Image Photography Workshop
Youth
8 October 2010
Friday 8 October | 9.00 am or 2.00 pm | Ages 8+ | Members $20.00, non-members $25.00
Be inspired by the images in Sons of Sindbad. Learn to use professional camera equipment to capture scenes in an outdoor photo shoot. You will get to have you best shot printed and framed to take home as well as a cd of all your photos.
Cost and booking information
For ages: 8+
Time: 9.00 am or 2.00 pm
Cost: Members $32.00, non-members $40.00 (includes prints of your photos)
Bookings essential: Phone +61 2 9298 3655 or email bookings@anmm.gov.au.
Group Bookings
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We welcome vacation care, scouts, guides or other groups to our school holiday program. Group bookings are essential. A fully organised day of activities is available for groups including: Bookings and more information: Phone +61 2 9298 3655 or email bookings@anmm.gov.au |
Monthly Highlights
 | Macquarie's Light 200th anniversary of the govenor's legacy. |
 | On Their Own A better life for child migrants? |
 | Endeavour Circumnavigation Voyage of a lifetime |
 | Quest for the South Magnetic Pole The history of magnetism |
 | Sons of Sindbad Capturing the 'last days of sail' |