Thomastown
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Important Note: Only food from the Museum Cafe may be consumed on the premises, enabling us to manage allergen, food safety and insurance requirements. To ensure the Museum is never overcrowded all children and all adults must purchase tickets prior to arrival.
SNEAK PEEK
In addition to a top-to-toe inside-out renovation, every lil’ corner of this heritage-listed 100-year-old pottery barn now features thoughtfully-crafted experiences and exhibits – and they’re all built on foundations of creative, play-based learning. You can expect rich and modern learning experiences, sensory spaces, parent rooms, party rooms, art rooms, excursion rooms, a beautiful family cafe, world-class excursions for ELC, Foundation, Year 1 & 2, and so soooo much more.
Parking
More than 300 shared on-site car parks are available at MoPA Thomastown. Whilst we do anticipate some very busy days, please rest assured that there will always be plenty space for everyone to park for free, for as long as you’d like, very close to the entrance.
Accessibility
MoPA Thomastown is a single-level Museum with exceptional accessibility and amenity. The Museum even features Australia’s first wheelchair-accessible climbing structure, WHOA!
Accessible car parking is less than ten meters from the entrance, generous accessible bathrooms and change rooms are provided for all guests, as is plentiful seating and even a reading theatre fully equipped with wheelchair parking and a hearing loop.
Membership
5,000+ Members enjoy the extraordinary value of unlimited visitation. Most members visit 15+ times per year, however value is found after just five visits. Priced from $82 to $118.
Birthday Parties
Bookings are open for Birthday Parties at MoPA Thomastown and the first few months are already all but sold-out. MoPA is famous for its party experience, with packages including hosts, food packs, games, lolly-bags, balloons, plus chef-prepared platters and, of course, the very BEST dedicated party hosts
Literally EVERYTHING you need for an AMAZING party!
BOOK TICKETS
To ensure the Museum is never overcrowded all children and all adults must purchase tickets prior to arrival.
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HUGE NEWS: MoPA is coming to ADELAIDE!
The design and construction of our Adelaide Children’s Museum is already underway and we could NOT be more excited for our next Museum to be opening in the beautiful state of South Australia!!
Loads of deets to follow. Sign up for updates on our interwebs! See you soon SA!!!! xx
NOW HIRING: 45+ Casual Positions @ MoPA Nunawading!!
Are you an EARLY LEARNING LEGEND? Are you studying to be the WORLDS BEST TEACHER? Are you a man all ‘round HOSPITALITY WEAPON with a soft spot for outstanding family experiences?
We are hiring for casual Museum experience team members, party hosts, art teachers and cafe staff — and even a handful of full time Assistant Venue Managers.
Pretty please — if you think MoPA could be a great fit for you — jump onto our interwebs page and look over all the roles we’ve got goin’ on right now — especially those at our brand new Museum in Nunawading — opening late SEP 2025!! xx
CLAY PLAY is ON NOW!! And it’s our most popular activation EVER!! Showing at MoPA Geelong, MoPA Sandringham, MoPA Thomastown (and from SEP, MoPA Nunawading!!) x
CLAY PLAY: LAUNCHING TOMORROW (July 14)!
To announce our brand new CLAY PLAY activities, we thought we’d let the devlishly-cute creations (that our local ELC children have been working on, in preview) do all the talking.
And YES... When you visit any of our Museums from 14 July to 15 August, all guests will be invited to make (and take home!) your very own.
CLAY PLAY? UM… YES PLEASE!
WIN — TODAY!!! At 5pm this afternoon (July 10th) we will randomly select TWO people who tag a friend in the comments below. One will winner will take home one of our Sensory Goodie Bag’s and the other winner will take home one of our MoPA Goodie Bags.
These gorgeous lil’ gift bags represent super-uber-exceptional value and are regularly available only when you book to visit MoPA (you can add it to your booking at the checkout). Heaps of deets on our interwebs. xx MoPA
NAIDOC Week is officially LIVE at MoPA!!
Programming will run from Sunday 6 July until Sunday 13 July at MoPA. This year, celebrations will include...
❤️ Gorgeous dreamtime stories for MoPA’s immersive storytime
💛 Take-home craft workshops that bring these magical stories to life
🖤 Dance parties full of First Nations inspiration - SO FUN!!
Our Museums are experiencing a very busy period this week - and so, as always, forward-bookings are absolutely essential!
xx MoPA
⭐️ INTRODUCING: MoPA Goodie Bags!! ⭐️
Choc full of fun, these gORgeous lil’ gift packs are the perrrrfect addition to your MoPA visit during the school hol’s!!
All Goodie Bags represent RIDICULOUSLY great value (we’re talking like… 60% off RRP!). And so to ensure every single lil’ Museum visitor has access to at least one Goodie Bag each over the holidays, for the time being purchases of the Goodie Bags are limited to just one per guest - and Goodie Bags must be purchased prior to your visit (just add one to your basket when you book your visit on our interweb site).
❤️ Available only while stocks last ❤️
xx MoPA
Did you miss a spot in term 2 🤯? Then NOW is a good time to book term 3 ❤️!!
Best. Afternoon. Art. Classes. Ever. x
YES, IT’S TRUE!! @katyperry & Daisy Dove Bloom visited MoPA this week. A handful of keen-eyed guests spotted the gorgeous duo exploring the Zoom Room, Painting the VW and singing along at the Dance Party. Thank you so much, Katy, for organising a trip to MoPA while visiting our great city of Melbourne — and for inspiring us all at your AMAZING concerts this week. Big love (til next time 😜). xx
((PS, thank you to our lovely Members who have just sent through some clips of Katy raving about MoPA at her Melbourne concert this week!!))
