Thomastown
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Important Note: Only food from the Museum Cafe may be consumed on the premises, enabling us to manage allergen, food safety and insurance requirements. To ensure the Museum is never overcrowded all children and all adults must purchase tickets prior to arrival.
SNEAK PEEK
In addition to a top-to-toe inside-out renovation, every lil’ corner of this heritage-listed 100-year-old pottery barn now features thoughtfully-crafted experiences and exhibits – and they’re all built on foundations of creative, play-based learning. You can expect rich and modern learning experiences, sensory spaces, parent rooms, party rooms, art rooms, excursion rooms, a beautiful family cafe, world-class excursions for ELC, Foundation, Year 1 & 2, and so soooo much more.
Parking
More than 300 shared on-site car parks are available at MoPA Thomastown. Whilst we do anticipate some very busy days, please rest assured that there will always be plenty space for everyone to park for free, for as long as you’d like, very close to the entrance.
Accessibility
MoPA Thomastown is a single-level Museum with exceptional accessibility and amenity. The Museum even features Australia’s first wheelchair-accessible climbing structure, WHOA!
Accessible car parking is less than ten meters from the entrance, generous accessible bathrooms and change rooms are provided for all guests, as is plentiful seating, portable ramps on site for the more ambitious explorers that may wish to hop up on stage for a dance, and even a reading theatre fully equipped with wheelchair parking and a hearing loop.
Membership
5,000+ Members enjoy the extraordinary value of unlimited visitation. Most members visit 15+ times per year, however value is found after just five visits. Priced from $76 to $98.
Birthday Parties
Bookings are open for Birthday Parties at MoPA Thomastown and the first few months are already all but sold-out. MoPA is famous for its party experience, with packages including hosts, food packs, games, lolly-bags, balloons, plus chef-prepared platters and, of course, the very BEST dedicated party hosts
Literally EVERYTHING you need for an AMAZING party!
BOOK TICKETS
To ensure the Museum is never overcrowded all children and all adults must purchase tickets prior to arrival.
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AFTERNOON ART CLASSES: Bookings for Term 1 are Now Open!
Kaila and the amazing team of educators here @MoPA are VERY excited to meet our new students. Enrol now to secure the day that works best for your Term 1 schedule! x MoPA
WORST kept secret of 2025? 🤔 MoPA is coming to Nunawading!!!
No one imagined we’d find the perfect location for a Children’s Museum in Melbourne’s East so early in 2025. But it happened. It’s a thing. Work has already begun on a HUGE new Children’s Museum - right here in the heart of Melbourne’s EAST... On Whitehorse Road, Nunawading!
The Museum is set to open mid-2025. To learn more, watch the progress unfold, and get early access, be sure to join the mailing list. Head to the Nunawading page on our website for all the juicy deets.
LOVE YOU NUNAZ. SEE YOU SOON!
x MoPA
GET EXCITED!! Enrolments for Afternoon Art Classes @ MoPA - TERM 1 - are NOW OPEN!!
World’s BEST art teachers. Beautiful workshops. Small class sizes. Convenient afternoon class times (4 til 5.30). Available at our Geelong Museum, Thomastown Museum AND Sandringham Museum. Carers can ‘drop-and-run’ or ‘stay-and-play’ (use our wifi to smash out some work). Chef prepped snacks. HEAVEN for your lil’ CREATIVE!!
Loads of deets on the website. Classes are expected to sell out quickly. Soooooo excited!! x
Just some of our FAVE dress-up craft creations so far. Seeing what children do with such an open brief is truly magical. Love love love these works of art.
For the remainder of the school hol’s we’re exploring THE ART OF DRESSING UP at MoPA. This activity and many more activations are all included in each session. See post and website for deets. xx
THE ART OF DRESS UPS!
Showing From Jan 2nd til’ Feb 3rd
While activities like dress-ups may seem like harmless fun, these joyful shenanigans can actually be VERY. Serious. Business...
Children (and sometimes adults!) dress up because it’s just fun, of course. But children also use these make-believe opportunities to experiment with personas and scenarios that reach far beyond regular everyday life. The dress-up games they play enhance their creative skills, and it’s also now proven that children build fundamental social skills through play; and these skills pay dividends well into adult life.
All of MoPA’s new dress-up activities, and the materials required to participate in them, are all included with all regular tickets.
x MoPA
Why is it so important book ahead?
As we head into the holiday period, we thought it would be helpful to remind our gorgeous guests that you must book your tickets to MoPA online, prior to arrival.
We receive amazing feedback about limiting entry numbers in order to maintain a comfortable and safe environment.
Many of the team at MoPA are parents too, and so you can be sure that we all fully appreciate how difficult it can be to be super organised with your lil’uns 24-48 hours ahead of time. Booking your tickets online, however, does mean that you will never ever find MoPA to be overcrowded - even if it’s a rainy day in the middle of the school holidays ☔️🚗🎨🌈
The first week of school holidays are already 85-90% sold out, but there are LOTS of tickets available after Xmas and into January ♥️
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!! x
And the MOST popular Xmas Gift @ MoPA this year is? Our limited edition Xmas Membership Pack!!
$98 for UNLIMITED MoPA visits in 2025 + free tee + free paintbrush pen + free sticker pack!! WHOA!!!
🎨🎄Mo Mo Mo, Merry Christmas🎄💝
ATTN: IT’S FREE CRAFT SNOW DOME O’CLOCK.
From today right up until Christmas eve, ALL children visiting MoPA can work with our educators to create and take home their very own PERSONALISE-ABLE SNOW DOME!!
Yep. That’s right. Snow. In a dome. AND a drawing. Also in the dome. Cutest. Gift. Ever.
A tribute to Nonny? A nod to Uncle Lach? A gift for Auntie Paula? Or perhaps simply “The place where Iggy came from” (thanks Lily, Mum did clarify that Iggy is your lil’ plush penguin).
YOUR child’s snow dome can be whatever their imagination desires; and EVERY child that visits MoPA will receive one to make and take - from now and Christmas eve. Epic.
x MoPA
