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Museum Meet Up
Arrival time of 9:30am required
Year 5 – 10
Connect students with Queensland Museum industry professionals at Museum Meet Up, a dynamic event series exploring real-world science, culture and history through museum collections and exhibitions.
Each Museum Meet Up includes a full-day itinerary of activities hosted at Queensland Museum Kurilpa. Students take part in an interactive presentation and Q&A, practical activity and exhibition visit.
Themed programs are offered on select dates in Terms 2–4, with a rotating schedule of experiences, led by Queensland Museum scientists, curators and researchers. These sessions align to curriculum content, bringing Science as a Human Endeavour to life, with authentic examples of research processes, collaborations, technologies, challenges, achievements and lifelong passion.
2026 Program
Term 2: Meet up with a Scientist - Ecosystems and Biodiversity
13 - 14 May
Year 5–10
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Term 3: Meet up with a First Nations Conservationist - Animal Adaptations featuring First Nations connections
2 - 3 September
Year 5–9
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Term 4: Meet up with a Palaeontologist - Finding evidence of ancient life
28 - 29 October
Year 7–10
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Museum Meet Up – Subsidy for Schools
Apply for funding to make your school visit to Queensland Museum possible.
Thanks to the support of Morgans Foundation, we’re offering subsidised booking and travel costs for eligible schools to participate in Museum Meet Up in 2026.
This offer is open to all schools experiencing socio-educational disadvantage (ICSEA below 1000) within the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Gympie, Toowoomba and Ipswich City Local Government Areas. If your school meets these criteria, and has not yet visited Queensland Museum Kurilpa, we warmly encourage you to apply.
Applications open November 2025.
Book your program
School visit information
See our Visit as a school page for information on visiting the museum and booking a group into a program. The minimum for a group booking is 10 students.
For more information, please contact (07) 3153 4401 or email us (Monday to Friday).
School programs
Museum Meet Up Term 2: Ecosytems and Biodiversity
Connect with a Queensland Museum expert in this special Museum Meet Up and discover how biodiversity supports healthy ecosystems.
Museum Meet Up Term 3: Animal Adaptations featuring First Nations connections
Explore the deep connections between crocodiles, Country, and culture in this special Museum Meet Up.
Museum Meet Up Term 4: Finding evidence of ancient life
Meet Up with a Palaeontologist this Museum Meet Up and dig into Queensland’s prehistoric life, megafauna and geological treasures.
Visit as a school
Everything you need to know to plan your school group visit to Queensland Museum Kurilpa.
Plan your school visit
What you need to know to plan your school visit.
School booking form
Book your school visit to Queensland Museum Kurilpa today.