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MoPA is founded on the belief that more play and creativity will paint a brighter future. Our facilities, exhibits and activities are crafted to provide rich opportunities for play-based learning and creative exploration.
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All the new activities on offer at MoPA are designed by a team of educators with over 220-years collective experience in early learning. In these articles below, our team announce the new activities on offer and share their thoughts and insights to help us parents and educators to be the best we can be.
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THIS JUST IN: MoPA UNLIMITED!! As of TODAY our Memberships provide unlimited access to EVERY Museum, ALL year ‘round!! WHOA!!
Think play dates, think meet ups, think weekly routines, think rainy days… All year around, at all our Museums. Huge value. 2026 SORTED!!
MoPA Geelong: YEP!
MoPA Sandy: YOU BET!
MoPA Thommo: ERR’ DAY!
MoPA Nunawading: YEEHAH!
MoPA Adelaide: LET’S FIFO BABY!
x MoPA
“We learn through free play, through imaginary play”
“If you are going to be creative, you must be in a state of play” 🙏❤️🕺
Yep. It’s official — STICKER SUNNIES is our most popular activation ever!! And the best bit? It runs for 5 five FIVE more weeks; right up until the end of FEB. AND YES Grandparents are free for this entire summer season too. So… Yeah… Just sayin’… You do NOT wanna miss this!! xx 😘
Until FEB 27, Grandparents are FREE at MoPA!!
Why? Because we are celebrating these special humans and the priceless role they play in our children’s development. You ROCK Yaya, and Bubbe, Babushka, Nonnie, Nana, Gran, and おじい 5₺h, Mimi, Meemaw, Nene, Gigi, Glam, Pa, Zayde, Pop, Babu, 4743, and Grandad, Gramps, Abuel; we’ll see you all soon!! 🕺🥳😍
FREE Sunnies!! Whoa… Do. NOT. Miss. This!
Every lil’ munchkin that visits MoPA this summer is invited to sticker-up and take-home their very own pair of personalised sunnies. One of our most popular ever activations - so so so so cute!! 😎❤️
Grandparents are FREE… Right NOW!!!
QUICK. Call Mum & Dad. Right NOW!!!
Each year we celebrate our wisest, most patient, and most awesomely unconditionally loving family members of all - our dear grandparents!! And we call this special celebration FOREVER YOUNG. (And Yes, our own folks help us name the celebration 🤣)
To celebrate these special humans, we welcome them to the Museum any time and any day, for FREE. No special codes or passwords are required — you’ll see in the checkout that adding grandparents tickets to your booking shows a $0 price. Simple as that.
At this time of year in particular, during these extended holiday breaks and the grown ups ‘return to work’ period into February, we know how many grandparents are chipping in to help juggle family life; but one great example of the integral role our grandparents can play in the family unit. And we hope all our wisest family members take full advantage of this special time of year.
Ok. So this is happening. All grandparents tickets FREE - right NOW… And right up until February 27th. Yeehah!!
We are soOoOoO proud of our partnership with MacKillop Family Services (MFS). The beautiful families from the MFS Foster Care Community all enjoy free access to our Museum’s all year around and our team have formed some really special friendships with the children and carers that frequent our network of Museums. Some of the most precious memories our team have made in 2025 have been these special interactions.
This year, some our educators also volunteered their time to support the annual gift appeal, and throughout the uber busy school holiday period we have been collecting donations to help support the huge array of foster care services provided by the MFS community.
Meeting the families from this community and hearing their stories is one of the most humbling experiences you will ever have. Just so much ❤️ packed into one small organisation.
If you’re in a position to help, in any capacity, you won’t regret reaching out to learn more.
Dear @mackillopfamilyservices , from our team to yours, we wish you a safe and happy year ahead full of immeasurable impact on one part of our community here in Australia that needs it the most. You are truly incredible people, and an inspiration to us all.
xx MoPA 😍
130 million babies came into the world this year (just 300,000 of whom started their lives in Australia). And whilst the world that these bubba’s entered seems less certain than ever, there are some beautiful reassuring certainties that give us reason for incredible optimism for their futures.
- The love and kindness they have for one another, and the world(s?) they live in, has the potential to make life better for them than it ever has been for us. May we teach them to love and care like no one has before ❤️
- Technology can be scary and challenging, but it also gives us the tools to build an understanding of our existence that our ancestors could only have dreamed, and to do more good with that comprehension in future, than any of us can imagine today 🤖
- Life is a journey of discovery, adventure and learning. And these bubba’s stand on the shoulders of all of us who came before, to discover, adventure and learn things that will make our hearts soft with pride well beyond our lifetime watching on.
From the MoPA family to yours, wishing you the most incredible year ahead! May it be full of play, creativity and learning, to pave the way to a bright future.
x MoPA
