Exciting family-friendly activities, exhibitions, workshops and cultural experiences will engage and inspire young minds and relieve family budgets these school holidays, thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s $5.9 million investment providing free admission to museums and galleries.
Minister for the Arts Ben Franklin said free general admission to Australian Museum, Museums of History NSW, Powerhouse Ultimo and the Art Gallery of NSW, plus a range of free activities across the State\u2019s cultural institutions will provide families and young people with plenty of ways to feed their curiosity and imagination during the school holidays.
\u201cThe Liberals and Nationals know families are seeking enriching and memorable cultural experiences, which is why our cost-of-living initiatives ensure art and culture is accessible for all,\u201d Mr Franklin said.
\u201cWe also know that keeping the kids entertained over the holidays can be costly for families, so these free activities will help to relieve the financial pressure on family budgets these school holidays.\u201d
Holiday activity highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a> Powerhouse Ultimo, Powerhouse Castle Hill and Parramatta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sydney Opera House<\/strong> Exciting family-friendly activities, exhibitions, workshops and cultural experiences will engage and inspire young minds and relieve family budgets these school holidays, thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s $5.9 million investment providing free admission to museums and galleries. Minister for the Arts Ben Franklin said free general admission to Australian Museum, Museums of History NSW, Powerhouse Ultimo and … Continue reading “Feast of free cultural experiences on offer these school holidays”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19677,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19676\/revisions\/19677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Art Gallery of NSW Director Michael Brand said the newly opened Art Gallery extension will captivate children and parents alike with a range of immersive activities in the new gallery.
\u201cThe opening of the new building of the Art Gallery of NSW expands significantly on an already wide range of free activities available for children and families on site. These include wearable art workshops, digital art workshops, story time, drop in and make sessions and tours tailored for children,\u201d Mr Brand said.
What\u2019s On Throughout January School Holidays<\/strong>
Art Gallery of NSW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Wild City Exhibition<\/strong><\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Centre for Creativity, 3-15 January 2023 2-5 pm daily
State Library of NSW <\/strong>
\u2022 Imagine \u2026 the Wonder of Picture Books<\/em><\/strong><\/a> exhibition <\/strong>
Suitable for young children. You\u2019ll see original illustrations from old favourites such as Grug<\/em>, Macca the Alpaca <\/em>and Mr McGee <\/em>and meet some new friends as well.
Free Imagine Exhibition Tour <\/strong>1 \u2013 1.30 pm, Dates: 16 Jan, 19-20 Jan 23-25 January
\u2022 Online Drawing workshop with Matthew Lin 10am Tuesday 17 Jan <\/em><\/strong>
\u2022 Online Book quiz \u2013 11am Wednesday 18 Jan <\/em><\/strong>
\u2022 Drawing in the galleries<\/strong><\/a>, 1pm Friday 20 Jan
\u2022 Storytime in Polish<\/strong> with Ewelina, Children\u2019s Library 11am Monday 23 Jan
\u2022 Author workshop with Kris Darell<\/strong><\/a>, (Author of Football Fever<\/em> Junior Fiction) 10am Wednesday 25 Jan
\u2022 Drawing birds with Andrea<\/strong> \u2013 free online drawing workshop, 2pm Wednesday 25 Jan
Australian Museum<\/strong>
\u00b7 Drop In and Paint<\/strong><\/a> your favourite shark in an immersive art adventure. 10am – 4pm Every Monday and Tuesday from 9th<\/sup> January 2023. Ages: 5+ Hintze Hall (outside Wild Planet)
Museum of Sydney<\/strong>
\u00b7 PlayScapes<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 from 17 December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"