Events 2024

Curatorial Tour: A Place Called Hollywood

Tuesday 15 October 2024
Join curatorial staff for a tour of A Place Called Hollywood, to learn more about the development of this exhibition.
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School Holidays: Parachute Play with Teddy

Tuesday 8 October | Thursday 10 October 2024
Enjoy an active outdoor 45-minute Parachute Play session filled with exciting movement songs and games
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Global Gathering

Saturday 5 October 2024
Experience the colour, sound, taste and diversity of our city as we celebrate the many diaspora that call Newcastle home.
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School Holidays: STEAM and Makers - Marbling and Marble Painting

Friday 4 October | Friday 11 October 2024
Join us for a fun and creative marbling and marble painting activity, where you'll explore vibrant colours and create unique, one-of-a-kind artworks.
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School Holidays: Excellent Engineers - Marble Run and Marble Mazes

Wednesday 2 October | Friday 11 October 2024
Join us to design, build, and test your own marble tracks and mazes while exploring the fun of engineering and physics! 
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School Holidays: Science Shows – Planet Earth

Tuesday 1 October | Thursday 3 October | Tuesday 8 October | Thursday 10 October 2024
Museum scientist Catherine will be talking about earthquakes, volcanoes and the extinction of the dinosaurs in the ever-popular free science shows these holidays.
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An Evening with Hugh Mackay: The Way We Are

Tuesday 3 September 2024
Join Hugh Mackay Australia's leading social psychologist to discuss his new book, The Way We Are: Lessons from a lifetime of listening.
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Hunter Science Festival

Sunday 18 August 2024
The Hunter Science Festival is back in 2024 and bigger than ever! This huge day is filled with FREE science fun and hands-on experiences for kids of all ages!
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School Holidays: LEGO® Challenge - Transport and Vehicles

Wednesday 17 July 2024
Use LEGO® and your imagination to build creations that get us from one place to another. We supply a tub of LEGO® but the rest is up to you.
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School Holidays: Cardboard Vehicle Construction

Tuesday 16 July 2024
It’s a cardboard traffic jam! Start with a cardboard box, and create your own vehicle - planes, trains and automobiles all welcome!
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School Holidays: Hogwarts Express

Monday 15 July 2025
You have your letter, you've made it to Platform 9¾. Now climb aboard the Hogwarts Express!
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School Holidays: Low Sensory Wayapa Wuurk

Friday 12 July 2024
This NAIDOC Week join health practitioner and proud Darkinjung woman Sarah Corrigan from Rainbow Crow Cultural Collective for a special inclusive Wayapa program for neurodivergent people and their...
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Film Screening: The Last Daughter

Tuesday 9 July 2024
Join us for NAIDOC Week at Newcastle Museum with an exclusive screening of The Last Daughter film.
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Native Plant Giveaway

Tuesday 9 July 2024
Come celebrate NAIDOC Week at Museum Park! Collect a free seedling at our native plant giveaway and start your own native garden.
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Bush Tucker with Sarah Corrigan

Tuesday 9 July 2024
Join us this NAIDOC Week to explore the tastes of Australia with health practitioner and proud Darkinjung woman, Sarah Corrigan from Rainbow Crow Cultural Collective.
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InsectMANIA! School Holiday Science Shows

Tuesday 9 July | Thursday 11 July | Saturday 13 July 2024
These school holidays we are going crazy for insects! We will MEET them and EAT* them! Learn about bee vomit and why pineapples are trying to kill you. Play Insect Heads and Tails for prizes. Don...
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NM:PM Go Rainbow Your Way for IDAHOBIT

Friday 17 May 2024
Party after dark at Newcastle Museum to celebrate IDAHOBIT and LGBTQIA+ inclusion!
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Earth Day: Planet vs Plastic

Monday 22 April 2024
Come celebrate Earth Day 2024 at Newcastle Museum. This fun school holiday event aims to honour and celebrate our planet on this extraordinary day!
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TAKEOVER!

Friday 19 April 2024
Express. Empower. GET LOUD! 
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Science Shows

Tuesday 16 April | Thursday 18 April | Monday 22 April 2024
We are cramming all the smashing-est science into the April school holiday science shows!  It's the best of the bits you love the most!
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Seniors Festival: Clear the Pipes! Organ Recital with Violin

Saturday 23 March 2024
Newcastle Museum's beautiful and somewhat mysterious pipe organ will come to life under the very accomplished hands of Mr. David Drury.
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KABOOM! Explosive Science Show

Friday 22 March | Saturday 23 March | Sunday 24 March 2024
The maddest of mad scientists, Magnus Danger Magnus, is headed to Newcastle for the first time with a brand new, all ages electromagnetic extravaganza in KABOOM!
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Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition

Friday 22 March | Saturday 23 March | Sunday 24 March 2024
The Newcastle Museum is hosting three science comedy talks as part of the 2024 Newcastle Fringe. The show features 15 scientists from Newcastle who have partnered with comedians to infuse humour...
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The Queer History of Australian TV

Thursday 21 March 2024
Join TV historian, Andrew Mercado to watch his film, "Outrageous: The Queer History of Australian TV". Andrew talks about his groundbreaking documentary and gives special mention to series, "Number...
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Seniors Festival: Aussie Towns - Travel Writing Workshop

Friday 15 March 2024
Do you love travel? Would you like to capture your experiences in words? Join Bruce Elder, well known Australian author, journalist and avid travel writer, for a 90-minute workshop.
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Seniors Festival: Saucy Science for Seniors

Thursday 14 March 2024
A fun morning out for anyone looking for something a little out of the ordinary this Seniors Festival.
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OFFBEAT Launch

Friday 1 March 2024
Celebrate the opening of this weekend-long exhibition showcasing the emerging photography scene in Newcastle featuring a number of talented photographers working across a variety of mediums...
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The Gin Event 2024

Saturday 10 February 2024
Come and enjoy a day with 10 local distilleries, musical entertainment, food trucks this February at the beautiful museum lawn.
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Story Explorers

First Wednesday of each month
Join us for stories and adventures on the first Wednesday of each month, during school terms, exploring different items in the Museum collection.
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Brush Bot Maker Workshop with the T3 Alliance

Tuesday 23 January 2024
Unleash your inner inventor at the Brush Bot Maker Workshop!
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Design Thinking with the T3 Alliance

Tuesday 23 January 2024
Solving real problems in real communities. T3 Alliance Jasmine Johnson will have you practice the steps to be successful in managing your community problem-solving projects.  
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Cyber Security with the T3 Alliance

Tuesday 23 January 2024
How Cyber Secure ARE you?  Bring your device and we will explore how to keep ourselves safe by the T3 Alliance (MakeIT Secure) Sam Bourgeois.  
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Destination Moon show by Fizzics Education

Tuesday 23 January 2024
Discover the science required to reach the Moon and the space programs that made it all happen at the Destination Moon show by Fizzics Education.
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Badge Making Workshop

Monday 22 January 2024
Create your style and make great gifts at our badge making workshop these summer holidays.
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Starr's Planetarium at Newcastle Museum: Aboriginal Stories in the Stars

Thursday 18 January | Friday 19 January 2024
Explore the universe with Starr’s Planetarium, and be immersed in a stunning 360° 4K movie.
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CodeKids: International Space Station Scratch Coding Workshop

Thursday 11 January 2024
Celebrate Newcastle Museum's Australia in Space exhibition in a digital way! This is a coding workshop using Scratch coding for 8-12 year olds. Devices are provided, and no Scratch experience is...
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Australia in Space: Low-Sensory Sessions

Wednesday 10 January | Friday 9 February | Saturday 2 March 2024
Experience Australia in Space before the Museum opens to the public, with sessions catering for visitors with a disability or low-sensory needs.
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Gimme Some SPACE! Free Science Shows

Tuesday 9 January | Tuesday 16 January | Wednesday 17 January | Wednesday 24 January | Thursday 25 January 2024
Catherine is talking all things SPACE these holidays to celebrate Newcastle Museum's summer blockbuster exhibition Australia in Space.
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