World-class play-based learning excursions, now taking bookings!

MoPA is filled to the brim with sensory, immersive, play-based learning experiences. The Museums, and all the activities your children will encounter during their visit, have been carefully curated to support both Early Learning Outcomes and the Victorian Curriculum associated with foundation and Year-1 year levels.

Already, thousands of Kindergarten, Foundation and Year-1 students have enjoyed play-based learning excursions at MoPA, and we are so excited to offer this same rich experience to your pupils.

DESIGNED TO SUPPORT EARLY AND FOUNDATION LEARNING PRINCIPLES

Our Museums have been specifically designed to support early learning principles, which means the connections through to the Early Years Learning Framework (“EYLF”) are plentiful. The strongest connections specific to our excursion programmes are below, but the education team will happily build a focus to suit any context/focus

VICTORIAN EARLY YEARS LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK (VEYLDF)

Children have a strong sense of identity

Children are connected with and contribute to their world

Children have a strong sense of wellbeing

Children are confident and involved learners

Children are effective communicators

VICTORIAN CURRICULUM

English: VCELT148, VCELT150, VCELT171

Maths: VCMMG082, VCMMG081

Science: VCSSU048, VCSIS051

Visual Art: VCAVAE017, VCAVAV018

Personal & Social Capability: VCPSCSE002, VCPSCSO004, VCPSCSO005, VCPSCSO006, VCPSCSE001

Critical & Creative Thinking: VCCCTR005, VCCCTM009

Dance: VCADAE017

Drama: VCADRD018

Health & Physical Education: VCHPEP060, VCHPEM064, VCHPEM065, VCHPEM068, VCHPEM070

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Excursions typically book out 8-10 weeks in advance. To secure your preferred date, select your local museum:

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🎫 TERM 2 - ON SALE NOW!! 🎫 

Term 1 classes filled up in just a few days - and all our students are re-enrolling, so we’ve decided to DOUBLE the intake spaces for Term 2!! 🥳 

All the group sizes are small, the activities are wickedly fun, and the educators are the most talented, engaging, creative teachers ever. This gorgeous little video is just a sneak peak of the action you’ll miss if you don’t enrol in MoPA’s Term 2 ART CLASS ❤️

Heaps of deets on our website - Or call us any time on 1800 00 MOPA (6672).
After a lil’ pause for Harmony Week celebrations, our regular programming (“THE ART OF NATURE”) is back. 

Here’s a sneak peak at just some of the beautiful creations - we LOVE the inspiration nature provides for wonderful creativity!! Just gorgeous. xx
Harmony Week is well underway at MoPA and the Museums are filling up with gorgeous lil’ artworks that represent the exact diversity we’re celebrating!

The joy these community contributions create is hard to put into words. Just… LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. 

Join in on Harmony Week celebrations - all activations are in play all the way up until close of play Sunday (23rd March). 

xx MoPA
WE CAN’T THINK OF A MORE IMPORTANT CELEBRATION… 

Every one of us (including YOU!) is unique and special. Harmony Week is a celebration of these differences. 

To help visualise and celebrate the diversity of our gorgeous MoPA community we’re inviting guests to decorate their own character and we’ll add your art to our community collage in the museums. Starts Monday!
BE INSPIRED... BY NATURE!

As the Autumn breezes blow in, and the bugs fill the garden, we’re reminded that nature truly is one of the greatest sources of creative inspiration. MoPA’s educators have been digging in the dirt (not even joking)... and, inspired by all the furry, wriggly, winged things they found, they’ve designed some gorgeous new activities that celebrate nature.

“THE ART OF NATURE” runs from March 3 to May 31. All the activities and art supplies are included with your ticket.
WE ARE HIRING!! 

OK, so… We may look like a full pack of pencils, but we’ve always got room for more greatness.

Are you the best Barista in the WORLD? Or the most passionate student of the Early Learning profession in the entire UNIVERSE? ORRR… The loudest advocate of creative learning that this milkyway has ever seen? Well then we’d lurrrrve to meet you!

All the available rolls at MoPA are advertised on our website, but we’d like to call special attention to our barista roll at MoPA Sandringham - the families of Bayside LOVE our coffee, and with your help we’re levelling up up up!! ☕️🍭🍬 xx MoPA
Working with people and organisations that are values-aligned has always been such an important aspect of the work we do at MoPA. Our guests, our team, our partners, they’re all hugely passionate about play and creativity. 

And when the team at @tonies_anz chose to celebrate their Australian launch at MoPA, and arranged for @emmamemmamemma to drop in for a dance party, we were absolutely THRILLED. 

The team were a true delight to work with and the launch of @tonies_anz was a huge success. Wishing you all a happy and successful 2025!! x
Mmmmm… Heavenly! 😍🎨🧑‍🎨

Q: Is it a real car?
A: Yes, and each has a special place in our ♥️ 

Q: Do you ever clean it?
A: Yes, but the timing is a hot debate. 🧽 There is so much beauty in the layers, but also purity and timeless charm in its bare form. 

Q: How do you choose the colours?
A: Have you ever stirred up a slurpy? 🥤 If we’re not careful, it ends up brown; our team have become experts in avoiding that! 😆 

Q: Why? Just why?
A: All our exhibits are thoughtfully crafted to support early learning and creativity. Our world is full of boundaries and conformity (in most cases, for good reason!). The MoPA Art Car exhibit 🚗 is designed to give children an opportunity to do something that doesn’t “feel” within the confines impressed upon us; to help them see, experience first-hand, and learn, that creativity can so often be found in media and forms we never imagined would combine. 

🏆 WIN WIN WIN 🏆 

Hands up if the Art Car is one of your faves 🤚? We’ll choose one hand up, tomorrow (25/2/25) at 5PM Melbourne time, from the comments below, completely at random, and if your name is the one that comes out of the hat you we’ll be sending you over a $100 Gift Voucher to come and lay down the next coat of paint on the Art Car 🎨❤️ 

PS, Don’t forget — it’s “Forever Young February” at MoPA this month and you still have a few days to enjoy FREE entry for Grandparents!! xx
Dear Casual Job Seekers of Geelong, MoPA would ❤️ to meet you! 

If you know someone that might be a great fit at MoPA Geelong, please tag them below (or FWD this post and let us know via PM)... And if your friend ends up joining the team, we’ll happily gift you a free annual membership to say thanks!! 

PS. Pic for attention only (is it NOT the cutest pic ever ❤️)

ART CLASS ENROLMENTS NOW OPEN FOR TERM 2!

Suited for children aged 5 to 12, with options for carers to ‘drop-and-run’ or ‘stay-and-play’. 4pm weekdays. Limited spots available.

Classes occur weekdays (select your museum for times)

All of the art materials & textiles required are provided

Chef-prepared snacks are available for extra convenience

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