School visits

Education programs

Touching History

Handling collection objects

For primary school students

Curriculum links:

Studies of society and environment

  • Investigation, communication and participation
  • Time, continuity and change

Objective:

  • To give students a hands-on experience with objects from our collection
  • To tell students some of the stories of people's experiences during war

The program:

Students will have an opportunity to handle clothing, equipment, and relics from a particular era and learn about the stories associated with them. The objects are held in trolleys located in the Memorial’s galleries.

Price: $3.85 per student, minimum charge $38.50 (incl. GST).

Duration: 40 minutes

Maximum number: 45 (groups of 15 to each trolley)

Available: Monday - Friday, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Memorial education staff facilitate this program.