MoPA Memberships
Represent Amazing Value

Over 5,000 Visitors have now joined the MoPA Community as Members. WHY? Because Members enjoy UNLIMITED free play sessions + 10% off at the Gift Shop

A MoPA Membership is designed to make it more viable for you to visit more often. With Memberships priced at less than 5 casual visits, you can be sure that even if you’re only able to visit a handful of times you’ll still find great value.

Got questions? See below FAQs or call the MoPA concierge on 1800 00 66 72.

Membership FAQs

How many times can a Member visit?

There is no limit to how many times a Member can visit the Museum, we only ask that members attend just once per day – in fairness to other guests that may wish to attend on the same day as you! Some members attend weekly, others every other month. Whether you attend 50+ or just 5 times in the year, a Membership represents exceptional value.

How is a Membership priced?

To ensure that anyone can get great value from their Membership, the packages are priced at less than 5 casual visits in a peak period. Most Members visit 10-12 times per year, but you needn’t visit more than a handful of times to unlock the economic benefits of being a Member.

Can I share a Membership?

No. It is not viable for MoPA to offer any kind of shared Memberships. Instead, the packages are priced very competitively, so that anyone with a membership only needs to visit a handful of times to get great value. Some members find that if a child is attending MoPA often, but their carer may be different on different days, it works better for the child to have a Membership but for the adults to purchase casual tickets each time. When the booking system identifies any sharing of membership details it will apply a non-refundable cancellation to that membership

Is there a Family Membership?

No there isn’t. Families come in all shapes and sizes and so individual Membership packages are offered that allow you to purchase Memberships for only those in your family that will find the value; be that a child, a single parent, a grandparent, a regular carer, and so on.

Can I “gift” a Membership?

Yes. In fact many of our Memberships are gifted to lucky recipients! Our website will trigger a ‘welcome email’ when you purchase the membership that you plan to gift, so please remember that if you’d like the gift to be a big surprise you should use your own email address when you buy the membership for someone else, and then we can change it (the email address) over to your recipients email later – It’s really a very easy process managed by our Guest Services Team who are available 7-days a week on 1800 00 66 72.

How do I book using my Membership?

As we have ‘comfy capacity’ limits set in place for all our sessions, we request that all our Members book their visit online before arrival. This ensures you have a spot saved when you arrive at the door and don’t miss out due to private functions, excursions or sold-out sessions! When you book, simply pop your Membership number/s in at the payment screen and the Free Play ticket price for Members will be reduced to $0.

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Today we’re launching our new theme “Happy Hearts, Happy Places” (Showing Sep 2 until Oct 12) and this gorgeous new ART HOUSE activity is a part of this theme. 

But why “Happy Hearts, Happy Places”? Because developing an understanding of COMMUNITY is one of THE most important early learnings. It helps children feel connected and valued. It helps them form a sense of identity and appreciate others’ perspectives. And, in effect, it empowers children to grow into compassionate, engaged adults who care for one another and the world around us. 

The ART HOUSE activity featured in this post is a key part of this new exhibition. Children can make a home, school, coffee shop, library, or any other building or feature of their community that feels important to them.

Seeing this paper bag community come to life is going to be very special…
🥰 WIN 1 of 3 TONIEBOX PRIZE PACKS 🥰

We’re still riding high after the amazing @tonies_anz launch featuring @emmamemmamemma at MoPA last week 🎉 

To keep the celebrations going, the tonies team is giving away 3 x Toniebox prize packs, each with one Emma Memma Creative-Tonie Unicorn, featuring her latest tunes plus Emma Memma’s new song – Coconut Tree 🥥🌴🎶 – exclusive to the Toniebox!

How to enter:
♥️ Follow @tonies_anz
♥️ Like this post
♥️ Tag 3 friends below

Entries close Friday 6th SEP 2024. GOOD LUCK 🤞🏼

Terms & Conditions:
3 winners chosen at random. Each winner receives 1 Red Toniebox and 1 x Emma Memma Creative-Tonie Unicorn. Aus residents only. Winner announced on Monday 9th SEP 2024. One entry per person. Winners will only ever be contacted directly via DMs from THIS account (@museum_of_play_and_art ).
“Hi Hungry. I’m Dad.”

The MoPA Teams’ Dad’s have come up with some brilliant ‘Dad jokes’ here... But we’d love to hear yours?

PS. If you happen to swing past MoPA this week, you’ll be encouraged to join us for a craft session where we’ll be making these cute flags for Dad or a significant other.

We can’t WAIT to hear your best Dad jokes...?

x MoPA
Book Week: When the gorgeous team (a team that love dressing up anyway, all day, err day) have a great excuse to REALLY dress up - for a full week!”

If YOU are planning a visit to MoPA this week, we’d LOVE to see you visit in costume!! 🕺💃 ❤️
It’s Officially (almost) Book Week (well… it starts tomorrow) @ MoPA 📖 💕☀️ 

From SAT 17th AUG, for ONE week only, we’re celebrating Book Week with a gorgeous activation our Educators are calling “TINY PAGES”. Children (and their carers!) are invited to write and illustrate a book of tiny pages, full of self-affirmations, things that inspire us, and the cutest reflections of self.

This activity is curated to support self-identity, positive interdependence and mental wellbeing - important skills for our lil’ ones to develop in their early years.

x MoPA
WIN TICKETS to see Emma Memma @ MoPA!! 🧡🎟️🧡

To celebrate the official launch of @tonies_anz in Australia the one-and-only @emmamemmamemma will be joining us for an exclusive performance, on August 15, at MoPA Sandringham - WOOHOO!!

For your chance to win tickets simply tag the lucky friend that you’d bring with you if you win!

Enter as many times as you’d like by tagging friends in seperate comments. We have 10 double-passes to give away to the launch event (1 child + 1 adult). Entries will close at 5pm this Friday 9th August. 5 entries will be drawn at random, and those 5 lucky winners will win a double-ticket for themselves AND a double-ticket for the friend they tagged. Make sure you’re following us on Insta and Facebook so that we can contact all the winners via DMs. Good luck!🤞❤️
We currently have a number of casual roles available at MoPA: Geelong - and we’re also now recruiting for a Manager at MoPA: Thomastown ❤️👨‍🎨🎨 Pretty please head over to the “Jobs” part of our interwebs page 😆 if you’re keen to learn more!! x
IT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!! This gorgeous collaboration with @doweljones features no less than 634 self-portraits contributed by MoPA guests, woven into a GIANT one-off rug by the team at @ghcommercial. Now on display @nationalwoolmuseum as part of the incredible new “Ten Years of Dowel Jones” exhibition. 

#visitgeelongbellarine @visitgeelongbellarine
People often ask… “How do you choose the colour each day?” The truth is that MoPA’s Art Car has taught us some valuable real-life lessons about colour theory 😵‍💫🏳️‍🌈🎨🖌️

TOP THREE LESSONS:
3 colours at once = Brown. ALWAYS brown!? 
1-2 colours on a dry base = Fun; but mix cautiously. 
Any colour on a wet base = So. MUCH. Brown.