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Museum activities

There is something for everyone at Subiaco Museum - schools and families, art and heritage lovers, researchers or anyone with a passion for Subiaco!

Join in our events or visit our changing and permanent exhibitions. Outside of the regular opening hours, guided tours are available by appointment on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Admission to the museum is free! Explore the City’s events page for upcoming activities or contact us at city@subiaco.wa.gov.au for more details.

Subiaco Museum offers hands-on, interactive history programs for Year One and Year Two students. Each program is led by museum staff and meets the needs of the requirements of the HASS Curriculum. The program runs in Term 2 and Term 3, the 2025 calendar will be available soon.

For school program enquiries please email city@subiaco.wa.gov.au 

"The children, teachers and parents all enjoyed it. It was terrific for the children to see and touch a lot of items we had talked about in our History lessons."
Year Two Teacher Subiaco Primary School

"We appreciate the great activities set up, the story sharing and the explanation of olden day objects that could be viewed and explored."
Year Two Teacher St Augustine's Primary School

"Thank you again for the wonderful and highly relevant learning experiences provided to visiting students from Subiaco Primary School. We are so lucky to have a resource like the Subiaco Museum on our doorstep and see the rich history of Subiaco on show".
Year One Teacher Subiaco Primary School

The students explore the galleries and discover stories from our past.

Year 1:

  • Dress up in costume

  • Handle objects that belonged to families from the past

  • Role play daily lives of Subiaco families from the early 1900s

Year 2:

  • Play old fashioned games

  • Discover and play with olden day technologies

  • Learn about life in the past through hands-on games and activities

Museum Mornings are a series of activities for Seniors, such as ancestry research, learning to care for paper memories like photographs, letter and cards, and talks on Subiaco's interesting history and the Museum's collection over a tea or coffee.

Museum Mornings are run by Subiaco Museum and the City's Positive Ageing programme. Download the February to July calendar of events or visit the City's events calendar for more information. 

Enjoy heritage outdoors with the popular Walking Subiaco self-guides and See Subi on Sunday free guided walk program.

Night at the museum is a repeat of the popular Museum Mornings event series at a later time afterhours for those unable to attend during the day.