Current Events

School Holidays: Make-It-Move

Friday 9 January 2026

Art and Culture Event Children and family Talks and workshops

Come along and make your own moving model using a range of recycled materials and cardboard.

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School Holidays: Pocket Pets and Wee Wildlife

Monday 12 January 2026

Event Children and family Talks and workshops

Get creative with colourful air-dry clay and sculpt your own pocket-sized pets and teeny critters.

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School Holidays: Model Newcastle – Minecraft

Friday 23 January 2026

Event Youth Programs Experiences Talks and workshops Children

Together, we’ll recreate our city in Minecraft, building iconic landmarks and exploring Newcastle in a whole new way.

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School Holidays: Surviving Dystopia

Friday 23 January 2026

Art and Culture Literature Event Youth Programs Talks and workshops Children

Taking inspiration from the Model Newcastle exhibition’s dystopian model film set, this writing workshop will have you creating a protagonist on a mission.

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City of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and recognise that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession. City of Newcastle reiterates its commitment to addressing disadvantages and attaining justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.