World-class play-based learning excursions, now taking bookings!

MoPA is filled to the brim with sensory, immersive, play-based learning experiences. The Museums, and all the activities your children will encounter during their visit, have been carefully curated to support both Early Learning Outcomes and the Victorian Curriculum associated with foundation and Year-1 year levels.

Already, thousands of Kindergarten, Foundation and Year-1 students have enjoyed play-based learning excursions at MoPA, and we are so excited to offer this same rich experience to your pupils.

DESIGNED TO SUPPORT EARLY AND FOUNDATION LEARNING PRINCIPLES

Our Museums have been specifically designed to support early learning principles, which means the connections through to the Early Years Learning Framework (“EYLF”) are plentiful. The strongest connections specific to our excursion programmes are below, but the education team will happily build a focus to suit any context/focus

VICTORIAN EARLY YEARS LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK (VEYLDF)

Children have a strong sense of identity

Children are connected with and contribute to their world

Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

Children are confident and involved learners

Children are effective communicators

VICTORIAN CURRICULUM

English: VCELT148, VCELT150, VCELT171

Maths: VCMMG082, VCMMG081

Science: VCSSU048, VCSIS051

Visual Art: VCAVAE017, VCAVAV018

Personal & Social Capability: VCPSCSE002, VCPSCSO004, VCPSCSO005, VCPSCSO006, VCPSCSE001

Critical & Creative Thinking: VCCCTR005, VCCCTM009

Dance: VCADAE017

Drama: VCADRD018

Health & Physical Education: VCHPEP060, VCHPEM064, VCHPEM065, VCHPEM068, VCHPEM070

Ready to book?

Excursions typically book out 8-10 weeks in advance. To secure your preferred date, select your local museum:

GET OUR NEWSLETTER

Socials

❤️ 🕶️ FREE SUNNIES 🕶️ ❤️ (starts TODAY!)

YES... This is happening. It’s a thing! Say hello to “Sticker Sunnies”; Our brand new activation where every little artist that visits MoPA in JAN will choose a pair of sunnies to decorate and take home!* 

Free sunnies for all the kids? Yep.

Stickers, shapes, textures and colour? Yep.

A whole lot of open-ended creativity? You bet ya!

All of MoPA’s activities are designed to inspire learning and creative-exploration through play, and this adorable acitivity is no exception. The kids are gonna LOVE it!
Yes!!! All of our Museum’s 🕍 are open ALL DAY, every single day of the school holidays, including Boxing Day (26/12) New Years Eve (31/12), New Years Day (1/1), and Australia Day (26/1). ❤️
Just…. Adorable. That’s all. ❤️
And YOU get a snow globe, and YOU get a snow globe… WE ALL GET SNOW GLOBES!! 

From now until Christmas eve, every child that visits MoPA is invited to join in and create the most gorgeous DIY take-home snow dome — to display at home, gift to a special someone, or show off at kindy!! 

⛄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ⛄️
LAUNCHING TODAY: Holiday Goodie Bags!!!

When you visit MoPA between NOW and JAN 25, you can swoop up one of these gorgeous Goodie Bags. Details can be found on our interwebs and purchases can be made from NOW (you’ll see the Goodie Bags in the checkout when you’re booking your next visit). 

MOPA GOODIE BAG:
On sale for just $24
JAM PACKED with $74 of value!!!

SENSORY GOODIE BAG:
On sale for just $36
SQUISHED with $89.30 of value!!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️ FREE snow domes are back, baby! ❤️ 

All of our new holiday activities start TODAY - Including one of our most popular activations ever… 🥁 DIY Personalised SNOW DOMES!! 

Every child that visits MoPA between now and Xmas is invited to join us to design their very own personalised snow dome!! 

Gift it to the grandparents, take it to show your friends at kindy, or display it at home for all your holiday guests to see!!

It’s pretty hard to beat the gorgeousness of a hand drawn snow dome creation.🧿
💝 TOP TOP TOP 3 Most Popular Gifts @ MoPA? 💝 

1. Membership! + FREE $39 Gift Pack (DEC only)
2. Gift Card! + FREE $8 Reindeer Cuddles (DEC only)
3. A Gift Shop Curation! (Gifts from $2 to $200)

PLUS PLUS PLUS Memberships purchased any time during December don’t expire until December 25th NEXT YEAR!! Whoa…

AND AND AND all Gift Cards can be used to purchase anything, any time, from any Museum, in the Museums or online — and they don’t expire for THREE THREE THREE YEARS!! Yeeeew!!!

WHO NEEDS A HOLIDAY?! 🤚Well, the countdown has official started - and we… can’t… WAIT 😜 !

Love, MoPA ❤️
Stuck for Gift Ideas? We’ve sprinkled EVEN MORE MERRY on all the most popular gifts at MoPA to make gifting just that teency bit easier!! 💝 

Gifting a Membership? FREE Gift Pack (RRP $39)!!

Gifting a Gift Card? FREE Reindeer Plush (RRP $9)!!

Plus a HUGE new range of sensory and crafting delights available from all of our curated gift shops - Gift ideas from $2-200!!

Heaps of deets on our interwebs. All specials are available for December only!! 👀 YEEEEWWW!!
This week in Afternoon Art Classes we went under water!! 

Such AMAZING creations! And such beautiful friendships flourishing. 

Mid-term enrolments are still open with select availability - we’d LOVE you to join our afternoon crew! 

x From the MoPA Art Teachers