Education programmes
Waikato Museum's education programmes explore and develop the curriculum through classroom-based sessions, exhibition tours and activities.
Explore Art, Science, Social History and Tangata Whenua history and culture through our changing exhibitions. We will work with you to develop a programme to meet your teaching and learning needs.
Education programmes 2021
Primary schools (PDF download)
Secondary schools (PDF download)
Admission fees
| Short education programme |
$6 per student |
| Extended education programme (Big Day Out half-day) |
$8 per student |
| Full education programme (Big Day Out full-day) |
$10 per student |
| Exscite and Inventors and Innovations: Waikato Bright Sparks Education programme |
$8 per student |
| Exscite and Inventors and Innovations: Waikato Bright Sparks + a gallery programme |
$10 per student |
Prices vary according to the programme selected, duration of your visit and consumables used.
Ratios
Early childhood - 1 adult: 4 students
Years 0-6 - 1 adult: 8 students
Years 7-10 - 1 adult: 15 students
Years 11-13 - 1 adult: 30 students
These ratios include teachers/supervisors.
NOTE: One adult per the ratios listed above may attend free as a supervisor; additional adults who wish to attend beyond that ratio are charged the student fee.
For information on class times, length, ratios and how to book, check out Information for teachers. Booking is essential for all programmes.
Our programmes
Bookings are essential, email education.museum@hcc.govt.nz
Science
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ExsciteOpen now The Exscite gallery is jammed-packed with great interactive ways to learn about science. The programme includes a classroom session (tailored to your group), exhibition tour and interactive fun – inclusive cost $8. |
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Inventors and Innovations: Waikato Bright SparksOpen now People have brilliant ideas everyday but how do these ideas get transformed into something bigger and real? Inventors and Innovations: Waikato Bright Sparks examines some of our region’s problem-solving success stories through an immersive experience that will take you on a journey through time and space. Learn how bridges work then design and build your own. Power up an electric fence and find out what’s in the DNA of an innovator. This exhibition is sure to motivate the avid inventor and endless tinkerer in everyone. |
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Art
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Marti Friedlander – Portraits of the ArtistsOn now until 25 July 2021 Marti Friedlander (1928-2016) is one of our most prominent and highly regarded photographers. Her work has been central to New Zealand’s social and cultural life. This exhibition is full of novel and compelling images of both well-known and now ‘forgotten’ or little-known artists, writers, craftspeople and actors, who were prominent players in expanding and vitalising cultural fields in New Zealand in the 1960s, 1970s and later. Curated by Dr Len Bell, toured by New Zealand Portrait Gallery. Image: Detail, Marti Friedlander, Don Driver in his studio, New Plymouth, 1978. Courtesy the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust. |
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Social History
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Shaping Hamilton Huringa KirikiriroaOn now Maps, historical artefacts, art, photographs and installations tell the story of the changing demographic and geographic shape of Hamilton. |
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The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band – New Zealand Bluegrass IconsOn now until 29 August 2021 It may surprise you to know that one of the longest running internationally renowned bands in Aotearoa New Zealand today is not from the genres of pop, disco, punk, metal, hip-hop, house or trance: it is bluegrass. The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band has been making bluegrass music together since 1966! This exhibition honours the longevity of a band that began here on the green grass of the Waikato but has its musical roots in the blue grass of Kentucky and the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. From their beginnings, the prolific discography and musical triumphs and losses, this is an exhibition about music excellence, friendship and family as a way of life. |