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The three pyramids of Giza, Cairo. Photographer unknown.

Museum Meet Up Term 2: Science & Technology and the Ancient World


Tuesday 3 June & Thursday 5 June 2025

10am – 2pm

Recommended for Year 7.

Queensland Museum Kurilpa
Map

$25 (includes entry to Discovering Ancient Egypt exhibition). Teachers and supervising adults are free within recommended ratios.

About

Meet an Archaeologist with this Museum Meet Up school program masterclass edition.

Spend a day at Queensland Museum with this immersive learning opportunity, focusing on The Ancient World and Science as a Human Endeavour. Explore technologies, past and future with this Masterclass edition which examines the historical evidence of ancient societies.

Join a Museum Archaeologist, who will share their expertise on techniques and technologies that help us reconstruct the ancient world. Students will also participate in a hands-on pyramid-building workshop, presented by the University of Queensland’s RD Milns Antiquities Museum.

Your Masterclass itinerary includes your group’s exploration of the touring exhibition, Discovering Ancient Egypt. An itinerary will be provided with your booking.

Curriculum links

Year 7 History: AC9HH7K08, AC9HH7K09, AC9HH7K010, AC9HH7K011
Year 7 Science: AC9S7H01

Competition

Learn how you can win a Free Bus Trip for your class to experience Museum Meet Up!

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.

Book your school visit now

Competition

Win a Free Bus Trip to Experience Museum Meet Up!

Thanks to the support of Morgans Foundation, we’re offering an opportunity to cover transport costs for a session of Museum Meet Up on Wednesday 4 June.

This competition is open to all schools classified with ICSEA value of less than 1,000 within the Gold Coast City, Sunshine Coast Regional, Gympie Regional, Toowoomba Regional, and Ipswich City Local Government Areas.

Entry is free:

  1. Read the Terms and Conditions and complete the entry form.
  2. In 100 words or less, tell us why your class would benefit from attending Museum Meet Up at Queensland Museum Kuilpa.

Enter now

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