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School holidays

Illustration created for the Paradise on Earth exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. Illustration (c) Illuminart
Workshop

Cyanotypes Workshop

Photography and installation artist Izabela Pluta will lead this hands-on workshop where participants will explore the early photographic process of cyanotype

Wednesday 28 January 10.30am–12.30pm
Workshop

Natural Dyeing Workshop

Harness nature’s beautiful colour palette to create your own unique tie-dyed item, using natural dye, food waste and foraged materials, in this hands-on workshop with artist Alacoque Dash

Tuesday 20 January 10.30am–12pm
HomeGrown School Holidays January 2026
Workshop

Bee Magic

Explore the world of bees in this hands-on workshop that’s buzzing with creativity and fun

Friday 30 January 10.30am–12pm
Miss Fox in the schoolroom delivering the silkworm lesson during Lessons from the Past at Rouse Hill Estate
Onsite

Life in the Past: A Schoolhouse and Farm Adventure at Rouse Hill Estate

Join us for a fun-filled adventure at Rouse Hill Estate, where kids will learn firsthand what daily life was like for children who attended school and lived on a farm in the late 19th century

MHNSW Christmas garland
Activities

Make a Christmas garland

Get crafty this Christmas and make some homemade garlands

Students laying in the hammocks at Hyde Park Barracks on the Home: Convicts, Migrants & First People Learning program
Onsite

History Adventures at the Barracks

Join us in the school holidays for a one-of-a-kind museum experience, where kids will discover what life was for the convicts at the Hyde Park Barracks!

Woman and child seated at large wooden table with makings of lemonade; the woman is pouring lemonade out of a jug.

Old-fashioned lemonade

Make some cooling lemonade for those hot summer days