Penguin Party at Exscite
8 November 2024
5.30pm to 7pm
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Get your family together and waddle down to Exscite for our Penguin Party!
We're proud that Waikato Museum's 30 million year old fossil of the Kaawhai giant penguin is now permanently on display in our interactive centre for discovery, Exscite. This after-hours event will celebrate the remarkable discovery with fun family activities and a special talk by members of the Hamilton Junior Naturalist Club, known as 'Junats' for short.
Activities include:
- After-hours access to Exscite
- Talk by Junats about discovering the penguin in 2006
- Penguin-Waddle racetrack
- Penguin crafts
- Pen Guin Bowling and other cool penguin-themed games
This event will suit families with tamariki aged 5 to 12 years.
Tickets
- Child (3-15 years) $10
- Child (2 years and under) Free
- Adult $15
- Family $45 (two adults and up to four children)
Children cannot attend unaccompanied. Your group must include a parent or caregiver.
Booking fees apply.
More about the Kaawhai giant penguin
The Penguin - Hamilton Junior Naturalist Club website
Fossilised penguin identified as new species - The Guardian newspaper, 16 September 2021
Waikato Museum welcomes giant penguin fossil - Media release, 15 February 2017
