Night at the Museum
A NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Limited tickets available for each event
Friday 16 December 2016 SOLD OUT and
Wednesday 11 January 2017 SOLD OUT
5:30 – 8:00pm
DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THIS EVENT, WE ARE PLANNING ANOTHER NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM LATER IN 2017. STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS.
A special night time adventure designed with our younger visitors in mind. Discover what happens at night when the Museum closes and see the dinosaurs before they go to bed.
Catch appearances by T-bone (our own teenage T. rex), make a fossil to take home, have your face painted, meet some live prehistoric-looking animals and much more.
Come dressed as your favourite dinosaur or palaeontologist and win some great prizes.
TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON
Adult $20
Child (3-15 years; children must be accompanied by a paying adult over 18 years of age) $15
Concession / Full-time Student $15
Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous Exhibition
Prepare for a close encounter with some of the most extraordinary creatures to ever walk the earth. Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous features 20 moving life-size dinosaur models, including T. rex and Muttaburrasaurus.
Night at the Museum Activities
Hands on Wildlife show
Join Ranger Dan, our very own dinosaur-keeping expert, to find out what modern reptiles can teach us about looking after live dinosaurs.
5:45pm, 6:15pm, 6:45pm, 7:15pm & 7:45pm
Fossil casting
Make and take home your own trilobite, ammonite, dinosaur footprint or prehistoric tooth. One fossil per child. Spaces for this activity will be limited and you'll be able to sign up on the night at the Knowledge Trolley.
5.45pm, 6:30pm & 7:15pm
T-bone (the teenage T. rex)
A night at the museum would not be complete without a T. rex skeleton coming to life. Cameo appearances by the fast moving T-bone.
6:00pm, 6:30pm & 7:30pm
Palaeo lab talks and demonstrations
Meet real palaeontologists and learn about the fossils our palaeo volunteers have been uncovering in the palaeo lab.
5:30 – 7:45pm
Face-painting and balloon dinosaurs
Transform into your favourite dinosaur or take home a baby dinosaur balloon.
5:45 – 7:45pm
Dress up comp
Come dressed as your favourite dino or fossil hunter. Great prizes to be won.
Judging at 7:00pm by Ranger Dan.
Food and drink
‘Build your own burger’ and gourmet sausage sizzle available for purchase from 5:00 – 7:00pm.
The event is licensed. ID will be required to purchase alcohol.