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Family activities

Thursday 2 October 2025 – Sunday 3 October 2027

Family activities

Thursday 2 October 2025 – Sunday 3 October 2027

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Spring Family Space

10:00am, Sat 27 Sep until Sun 12 Oct

Drop into our Family Space these school holidays for a range of free, creative activities to celebrate all things Spring.

A child playing with a flower in the Gallery

Portrait Play

10:30am, Mon 29 Sep until Fri 3 Oct

Join us these school holidays for Portrait Play, a gentle and creative program for families and young children.

Bookings required

Portrait Play

10:30am, Tue 7 Oct until Fri 10 Oct

Join us these school holidays for Portrait Play, a gentle and creative program for families and young children.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Wed 15 Oct

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Thu 16 Oct

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

9:30am, 10:30am, Fri 17 Oct

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

People drawing at easels in the Gordon Darling Hall

Drawn In

Pop Up Choir

1:00pm, Sun 19 Oct

Draw while listening to the Pop Up Choir as they weave together a collection of songs inspired by a sense of land, place and home.

Little Faces

10:30am, Wed 19 Nov

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Thu 20 Nov

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

9:30am, 10:30am, Fri 21 Nov

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Wed 28 Jan

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Thu 29 Jan

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

9:30am, 10:30am, Fri 30 Jan

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Wed 25 Feb

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

10:30am, Thu 26 Feb

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

Little Faces

9:30am, 10:30am, Fri 27 Feb

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bookings required

More events

Monday 4 October 2027 – Thursday 4 October 2029

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