School Excursion Open Days

The museum has scheduled a number of School Excursion open days throughout the year as an excursion alternative.  This provides a one and a half hour excursion visit to the museum, but can accommodate up to 100 students at the one time. The prices is just $7 per student.

The open day program includes

• Flag Raising Ceremony
• Live Tent Pegging Demonstration
• Overview of the museum for groups of 15, covering topics appropriate to each year level. Details of topics covered are below.

Dates for Open Days

Dates proposed for Open Days are as follows: Many have been chosen around a significant WWI Centenary Dates.  Select a date and contact the museum to see if its available – make sure you don’t miss out on an important date!

• Thur 20 March 2014
• Wed 23 April 2014  Special ANZAC commemoration
• Thur 1 May 2014     Special ANZAC commemoration
• Mon 4 August 2014 Special WWI Declaration of War Centenary
• Thur 11 September 2014
• Fri 31 October 2014 Beersheba Day Commemoration
• Thur 6 November 2015 Remembrance Day Commemoration

Session times:

Choose from one of the following times for you school:

• 8.45 am
• 10.45 am
• 12:45 pm

 Overview topics for year levels

The following show indicative topics to be covered for each year level:

Year 3

• ANZAC Artefacts
• Beersheba Battle
• Caring for the wounded
• Weapons
•  Horses
•  Life on a Dairy Farm during WWI

Year 9: World War I

• ANZAC Artefacts
• Beersheba Battle
• Trench logistic
• Weapons
• Horses
• Women’s Role in WWI

Year 10. WW2 and Modern Conflicts

•  WW2 weaponry
• Signals  & Communications
• National Service
• Vietnam and Jungle warfare
• Troop Rations
• Horses in WW2