Events 2025
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School Holidays: Bush Tucker with Sarah Corrigan
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Join us to explore the tastes of Australia with health practitioner and proud Darkinjung woman, Sarah Corrigan from Rainbow Crow Cultural Collective.
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School Holidays: The Mini Museum: Caring for our Coast – Drop In and Dive In!
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Bring the kids along for a hands-on adventure into our coastal habitats with Caring for our Coast, a fascinating mini museum experience from the Australian Museum!
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Journey without sight or sound - Deafblind Awareness Week
Friday 27 June 2025
Join us at Newcastle Museum for Deafblind Awareness Week, a global event. Let's celebrate the unique diversity of the Deafblind community!
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Story Hunter: Historical Fiction Day - 1910s
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Join the Newcastle Writers Festival’s dynamic Story Hunter program for an all-day creative writing workshop at Newcastle Museum.
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School Holidays: Organ Out Loud
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Drop into Newcastle Museum these school holidays to hear our incredible 1890 Pipe Organ live and loud!
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School Holidays: LEGO® Float and Sink STEM Challenge!
Wednesday 16 April 2025
In this LEGO® challenge children will be invited to use LEGO® bricks to build creations, test if they float or sink, and learn about buoyancy and design principles.
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School Holidays: Eye Eye! Science Shows
Monday 14 April | Tuesday 15 April | Thursday 24 April 2025
In the April school holidays Catherine will be looking closely at eyes! Kids can handle eyeballs, learn (and touch!) the important bits, experiment with optical illusions and learn why eyes are...
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Youth Week: MusicNSW 1-on-1 Sessions
Thursday 10 April
To celebrate Youth Week and the upcoming NM:PM Future Street Party at Newcastle Museum, MusicNSW is offering free 1-on-1 consultations with Newcastle MusicNSW Coordinator Maeve Grant for under 25s.
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Gums to Bums: School Holiday Science Shows
Monday 20 January | Tuesday 21 January | Tuesday 28 January | Thursday 30 January
Catherine is back in January with the most popular show in the history of Museum science shows - Gums to Bums!
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School Holidays: Dino-Night Adventure and Silent Disco
Thursday 9 January 2025
Calling all dino fans ages 7-12! Step into the wild world of dinosaurs for a night of thrills and fun at Newcastle Museum!
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Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction - Low Sensory Sessions
Wednesday 8 January | Friday 7 February 2024
Experience Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction before the Museum opens to the public, with sessions catering for visitors with a disability or low-sensory needs.
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