School holidays

Photo (c) Andy Kelly
Workshop

Ceramics workshop with Kevin ‘Sooty’ Welsh

This hands-on ceramic workshop with Wailwan artist Kevin ‘Sooty’ Welsh explores the cultural significance and living legacy of scar trees in Australia

Wednesday 8 July 10.30am–12pm
Students sitting in the garden, sketching the summerhouse.
9 & 10 July
Workshop

Jade Goodwin Illustration Workshop

Join Jade Goodwin this NAIDOC Week for a special illustration workshop for kids and families

Thursday 9 July 11am–12pm
Young visitors participate in the weaving activity, facilitated by Gabrielle and Vivienne Cornish
Workshop

Weaving on Country with Malima

Malima, a family business from the La Perouse Aboriginal Community, share traditional Aboriginal weaving techniques. In this immersive workshop, learn about cultural knowledge and practices that connect weaving to Country

Thursday 16 July 11am–12.30pm
Miss Fox in the schoolroom delivering the silkworm lesson during  Lessons from the Past at Rouse Hill Estate
Onsite

Life in the Past: A Schoolhouse and Farm Adventure at Rouse Hill Estate

Join us for a fun-filled adventure at Rouse Hill Estate, where kids will learn firsthand what daily life was like for children who attended school and lived on a farm in the late 19th century

MHNSW Christmas garland
Activities

Make a Christmas garland

Get crafty this Christmas and make some homemade garlands

Students laying in the hammocks at Hyde Park Barracks on the Home: Convicts, Migrants & First People Learning program
Onsite

History Adventures at the Barracks

Join us in the school holidays for a one-of-a-kind museum experience, where kids will discover what life was for the convicts at the Hyde Park Barracks!

Woman and child seated at large wooden table with makings of lemonade; the woman is pouring lemonade out of a jug.

Old-fashioned lemonade

Make some cooling lemonade for those hot summer days