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Program
TMAG Children’s Festival
Wednesday 26 – Sunday 30 April 2017
Free admission www.tmag.tas.gov.au Dunn Place, Hobart
Welcome to the 2017 TMAG Children’s Festival! This year the festival will explore all things ANIMAL. For five days TMAG turns itself over to you, our younger visitors, with a range of special events, displays, programs and activities for and by children. Make animal puppets with Trash Puppets, our Festival Artists in Residence, come party at the Kids’ Disco, meet people who work with animals every day, and much more.
Join in! Things to show up to and do Festival Artist in Residence Things to book in for Things to see Daily planners Kids’ Disco
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All festival activities and events are free!
Festival Opening Event
Cover artwork by Marley Pedersen, age 11. Marley is the winner of the TMAG Children’s Festival Animal Artwork Competition judged by the TMAG Children’s Reference Panel from many wonderful entries.
Help get this festival started! Join us to officially open the 2017 TMAG Children’s Festival. There will be live music and every child has a chance to win the lucky door prize. Location: Courtyard Wednesday 26 April 10:00 am – 10:30 am
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Things to show up to and do A great range of fun activities for all ages that you can drop-in to and enjoy.
Daily LEGO Challenge Attempt a different building challenge each day and see what animals you can create. Location: Central Gallery Wednesday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Thursday – Sunday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Animal Stampede
Take the festival to the streets! Help fill the footpath with chalk animals. Location: Dunn Pla ce Footpath Wednesday – Sund ay 10:00 am – 4:0 0 pm
Print Ecology Art Station Explore the relationships humans and animals have with different types of plants. Using printing, drawing and collage, contribute to a collaborative artwork with artist Sara Wright.
Energetic Afternoons Get your body moving with these high-energy participatory sessions. Appropriate footwear required, some activities are weather dependent. Location: Courtyard Wednesday – Saturday 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Tai Chi Animal Antics Aboriginal Dance Zumba® Kids
Location: Courtyard Wednesday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
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Wildlife Workers Chill-out Zone
Meet some amazing people who work with animals, and find out what their jobs involve.
Need a break from all of the Festival buzz? Visit the Chill-out Zone to read a book, play with shadow puppets, enjoy a board game, or just sit and relax.
Location: Dunn Place Lawn Wednesday – Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Bond Store Basement Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Activities in the Chill-out Zone Puggle Club An hour of stories, songs, and games for under-fives and their carers.
Ages 0-5
Wednesday 10:30 am – 11:30 am Thursday – Sunday 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Daily Film Screenings Enjoy a selection of short films by children presented by Kickstart Arts. Wednesday – Sunday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
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Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary Derwent Estuary Program and Birdlife Tasmania Marine Mammal Conservation Program Save the Tasmanian Devil Program Reptile Rescue
MONA 24 Carrot Garden Join MONA’s 24 Carrot Garden team to explore the amazing lives of the little heroes working away in the gardens, farms and forests of Tasmania. Discover amazing facts about cannibal slugs, aphid zombies, masquerading lace wings, and farming ants. Location: Courtyard Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
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Tasty Tidbits
Story Readings: Winnie-the-Pooh and friends Settle back and let your imagination wander through the Hundred Acre Wood with Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. Location: Salon Gallery Wednesday – Sunday 11.30 am – 12:00 pm
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Join TMAG’s experts and learn about the eating habits of different animals. Location: Various, details below Wednesday – Sunday 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Jack Jumper Ants (Earth and Life) Coral (Earth and Life) Whales (Link Foyer) Marine Molluscs (Earth and Life) Whales (Link Foyer)
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Visit the ‘Suggestasaurus’ and let us know what you would like to see at next year’s Children’s Festival. Location: Courtyard Verandah Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Kids’ Voices Want to know what other kids think about TMAG? Listen to the Kids’ Voices audio guides to find out. Locations: Look for the telephones in the Central Gallery, ningina tunapri, Earth and Life, The Thylacine, Power of Change and Islands to Ice Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Animal Tracks Learn about Tasmanian native animals and how they are used by Tasmanian Aboriginal people today and in the past. Location: Central Gallery Wednesday and Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
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Seascapes
Beetle Box
Discover some remarkable creatures that live under the sea. Create a miniature underwater scene using found objects to take home with you.
What’s so special about beetles, and why are there so many different sorts? Take a closer look, listen to a poem, and make a little beetle house to take back home.
Location: Central Gallery Thursday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Fantastic Creatures Bring animals from the furthest corners of your imagination to life using drawing and collage. Location: Bond Store Ground Thursday and Saturday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Central Gallery Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Origami Animals Practise your origami skills. What animal shapes can you make to take home? Location: Islands to Ice Sunday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Festival Finale
Millions of years ago the ancestors of whales walked the earth. Discover the evolutionary journey of whales.
The final day of the Festival is a hive of activity, with lots to do across the whole museum including face painting, live music, animal demonstrations, puppet performances and more. See daily schedule for full details.
Location: Central Gallery Saturday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Various Sunday 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
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Festival Artists in Residence
Puppet Performance Workshop
Meet Katie Boon and Jhess Knight from Trash Puppets (VIC), our Festival Artists in Residence. They empower people of all ages to be creative using recycled and reusable materials. Drop in to the Puppet Studio and take inspiration from recycled materials to create your own trash puppet, write or draw your puppet’s story for The Trashy Tales of an Elusive Tail storybook, track the Tasmanian Devil puppet through the exhibits, and enjoy a performance by young workshop participants.
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Swing by the Studio to make your own trash puppet and add a story or picture to The Trashy Tales of an Elusive Tail story-book. Location: Puppet Studio (Centre for Learning and Discovery)
Trash Puppets Roving Performances
Wednesday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Various
Thursday 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Watch out for the “trashy” Tassie Devil as he roams the museum.
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Visit the Puppet Studio
Wednesday – Friday 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Sunday 10:30 am – 11:00 am 11:30 am – 12:00 pm 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Friday 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
An opportunity for passionate young creatives to work with the Festival Artists in Residence. Limited spaces, see page 13 for full details and how to book.
Festival Finale Puppet Show
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Thursday
10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ages 5-7) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (ages 8-12)
Friday
10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ages 5-7) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (ages 8-12)
Backyard Wildlife Surveillance – Camera Trap Tricks Join the crew from Hobart Hackerspace to learn how to make and set up a camera trap to capture wild animals on film. Children must be accompanied by an adult for this workshop. Saturday
10:30 am – 12:00 pm (ages 5-7) 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (ages 8-12)
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Things to see Special displays just for the TMAG Children’s Festival. Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Winnie-the-Pooh and friends Get an insight into the creation of one of the world’s most loved children’s characters. A selection of original drawings by British artist Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976), including preliminary illustrations for the children’s classics Winnie-the-Pooh and Wind in the Willows. Location: Salon Gallery
MONA 24 Carrot Garden Pop-up A veggie patch has sprouted at TMAG thanks to MONA’s 24 Carrot Garden Project. Visit to learn about this program and the role of beneficial insects in organic gardening.
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Take a peek at some of th e wonderful entered into artworks the TMAG C h ildren’s Festiv Artwork Com al Animal petition, inc luding the o winning work riginal by Marley Pe dersen featu the cover an red on d throughou t this progra m. Location: C entral Gallery
The Megafauna Return TMAG’s much-loved models of giant extinct marsupials come back specially for the Festival. Let’s give them a REALLY BIG welcome! Location: Central Gallery
Young Collectors Showcasing the collection of one young Tasmanian collector. Location: Link Foyer
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Daily planner – Wednesday, 26 April 2017
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What Page 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM + Puggle Club 4 + + Trash Puppets – Puppet Studio 11 Trash Puppets Roving + + Performances 10 Central Gallery Daily LEGO Challenge 3 Dunn Place Lawn Wildlife Workers 5 Bond Store Ground Fantastic Creatures 8 Central Gallery Seascapes 8 Courtyard Live at Lunchtime 6 + Story Reading 6 + Tasty Tidbits 7 + Daily Film Screenings 4 Courtyard Energetic Afternoons 3 Dunn Place footpath Animal Stampede 2 Various Kids’ Voices 6 Courtyard Verandah Suggestasaurus 7 Bond Store Basement Chill-out Zone 4 Various Things to see 14-15
Daily planner – Thursday, 27 April 2017
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What Page 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM Festival Opening 1 + + Puggle Club 4 + + Trash Puppets – Puppet Studio 11 Trash Puppets Roving + + Performances 10 Central Gallery Daily LEGO Challenge 3 Dunn Place Lawn Wildlife Workers 5 Courtyard Print Ecology Art Station 2 Central Gallery Animal Tracks 7 Courtyard Live at Lunchtime 6 + Story Reading 6 + Tasty Tidbits 7 + Daily Film Screenings 4 Courtyard Energetic Afternoons 3 Dunn Place footpath Animal Stampede 2 Various Kids’ Voices 6 Courtyard Verandah Suggestasaurus 7 Bond Store Basement Chill-out Zone 4 Various Things to see 14-15
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Page 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM + 4 Central Gallery 3 Dunn Place Lawn 5 Bond Store Ground 8 Central Gallery 8 Courtyard 6 + 6 + 7 + 4 Courtyard 3 Dunn Place footpath 2 Various 6 Courtyard Verandah 7 Bond Store Basement 4 Various 14-15
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What Puggle Club Daily LEGO Challenge Wildlife Workers Fantastic Creatures From Feet to Fins Live at Lunchtime Story Reading Tasty Tidbits Daily Film Screenings Energetic Afternoons Animal Stampede Kids’ Voices Suggestasaurus Chill-out Zone Things to see
Daily planner – Saturday, 29 April 2017
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Special Event: Kid’s Disco 5:00 pm – 8.30 pm
Central Gallery
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Daily planner – Friday, 28 April 2017
Trash Puppets – Puppet Studio 11 Trash Puppets Roving Performances 10 Daily LEGO Challenge 3 Wildlife Workers 5 MONA 24 Carrot Garden 5 Animal Tracks 7 Live at Lunchtime 6 Story Reading 6 Tasty Tidbits 7 Daily Film Screenings 4 Energetic Afternoons 3 Animal Stampede 2 Kids’ Voices 6 Suggestasaurus 7 Chill-out Zone 4 Things to see 14-15
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Daily planner – Sunday, 30 April 2017
What Page 10 AM 11 AM 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM + Puggle Club 4 Trash Puppets Roving + + + Performances 10 Central Gallery Daily LEGO Challenge 3 Courtyard Verandah Face Painting 9 Wildlife Workers 5 Dunn Place Lawn Island to Ice Origami Animals 9 Central Gallery Beetle Box 9 Courtyard Live music 9 + Story Reading 6 + Tasty Tidbits 7 + Daily Film Screenings 4 Festival Finale Puppet Show 11 Dunn Place footpath Animal Stampede 2 Various Kids’ Voices 6 Courtyard Verandah Suggestasaurus 7 Bond Store Basement Chill-out Zone 4 Various Things to see 14-15
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Friday 28 April
Kids’ Disco Dress-up as your favourite animal and bring your family for a wild night at the museum.
Open late until 8:30 pm, activities from 5:00 pm
Dance at the Disco, visit the Puppet Studio, strike an animal pose at the photo booth, and much more!
Food vans onsite for purchased meals.
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