School Holiday Program |
Plus…
- Building is the game in Zoe’s House
- Play with your friends on Cogs’ Playground
Activities
Create this jolly jester's hat
You can clown around as a joking jester
Make these comical stick masks
These funny face masks will make you and your friends laugh.
THE ODDITOREUM SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
11 – 26 July 2009
Roll up! Roll up! Roam the Powerhouse Museum’s Odditoreum during the July school holidays, complete with strange oddities, a robotic petting zoo, storytelling, craft and even a bearded lady. All activities free with general Museum admission unless otherwise stated.
The Odditoreum
10am – 4pm
A small display of the weird, wonderful and wacky objects uncovered from deep within the Museum’s vaults. It features imaginative labels written by celebrated author Shaun Tan.
The Odditoreum guided tours
Regularly between 10.30am and 3.30pm
Enjoy a fun guided tour of The Odditoreum with Madame Zelda or the Bearded Lady. Ages 4 - 12.
Beasties: The Robotic Petting Zoo
10am – 11.30am, 12pm – 1.30pm
A zoo experience like no other! A menagerie of strange, wondrous electronic creatures, set up as a petting zoo, and overseen by a pair of unusual keepers. Ages 4 – 12.
The Hill of Heads
10am – 3pm
Dare to place your head in a box and become one of the wonders of the museum world – a great photo opportunity! Discover what is in the mystery box when the curtain is drawn daily at 12.15pm and 2.15pm. Ages 4 – 12.
Storytelling in the Kings Cinema
Hourly from 10.30am – 3.30pm
Enjoy a reading from Shaun Tan’s much loved book The lost thing and then view puppets from the Jigsaw Theatre Company production of the book.
The Slime Show
Daily, 11am, 2pm, 3pm
Discover the wonderful world of slime and even learn how to make your own at home!
Media MashUp
15, 16 and 17 July
Make a movie, become a DJ, record a song or edit video at the Museum’s digital media learning centre. The Media MashUp school holiday program offers creative one day courses (as above) as well as a four day school holiday program in movie making (21–24 July). Cost: $60 / $54 members.
Book online
Ages 12 – 16
Theatre of Image: Oddities Creative Workshop
13 - 14 or 15 – 16 July, 9.30am - 4.30pm
Here we are upside down at the bottom of the world in The Land of Oz...how odd is that? This workshop invites you to create an odd world full of weird, funny and beautiful things. Create oddball characters in Drama, fantastic sounds and freaky noises in Music and images of the strangest things you have ever seen in Art. Ages 5 – 12. Cost: $185. Bookings on (02) 9518 8458.
ATYP dramatic play: Things that go bump in the night
20 - 24 July, 10am – 3pm
A five day workshop where you can create your own dramatic night-time tale. Through brainstorming exercises and focused drama games, cook up a huge array of strange happenings, then improvise your inventive ideas and put them together in a weird and wonderful story that will be acted out on the final day. Ages 5 – 7. Cost: $270. Bookings: www.atyp.com.au or 9251 3900.
ATYP acting for camera: Script to screen
20 - 24 July, 10am – 3pm
In this screen-acting workshop, you will pick up tips and techniques for building a confident on-camera performance. Write and film your own scenes and develop your skills through playback sessions and tutor feedback. With an emphasis on practical tasks, this is a chance to spend a fun week transforming words on a page into engaging screen work that you can present on the final day. Ages 8 – 12. Cost: $270. Bookings: www.atyp.com.au or 9251 3900.
