Museum Express Science Shows

COVID-19 UPDATE:

To ensure the safety of our visitors and staff and as we comply with the latest NSW Public Health Orders, all public programming remains temporarily suspended. This includes Hunter Past in Photos, Tuesday Tales, school holiday programming, education and group bookings and events. In the meantime, enjoy our online programs through the Discover page.

Museum Express aims to deliver affordable high quality science education to primary schools in the Hunter and Central Coast regions.

All its products are curriculum linked and connected to the Museum's exhibition program to ensure they are relevant, engaging and outcome focussed for schools.

Museum Express is an outreach program presented by a qualified teacher.

Introduction

A marshmallow bazooka, slime-haired skull and bike pump rockets are just some of the awe-inspiringly cool things kids will see in the highly interactive Museum Express Science Shows.

Gums to Bums

The hilarious science of digestion, involving a real stomach and fake poo. Find out if you're a supertaster!

Explosive Pressure

With bike-pump rockets, imploding cans and marshmallow bazookas, this show about pressure will blow your mind!

Light Fantastic!

Welcome to the Museum Express Light Fantastic show! It’s illuminating…and enlightening and well - quite brilliant!

Sweet Vibrations

With a laser trombone and a Polar Bear song, this show gets young toes tapping and brains drumming about the science of sound.

Planet Earth

learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and the structure of the Earth with chocolate, custard and a lava lamp.

Poetry of Motion

With balloon helicopters, jet powered skateboards and over 300kmh leaf blowers, this show about flight will get you off your seat and into the air!

Power to the People

With solar-powered cars, flour-flame balls and a game of the Kilowatt-hour-is-right, we explore the science of energy, electricity, and explosions.

Science of Slime

With goopy hair, oobleck eyes and slimy brains, the Science of Slime show will disgust your students, but in a good way.

Science by ME

Watch Daisy and Pez try some good old fashioned fun science experiments you can do at home (and annoy your parents!).