School multi-venue visit

SCHOOL VISITS COMBINED WITH OTHER ATTRACTIONS

Joint, discounted visits can be arranged with the Powerhouse Museum, IMAX, Sydney Learning Adventures and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visiting school groups can take advantage of the Observatory’s maximum group of size of about 60 by organising an excursion of 120 students where one group of 60 visits Sydney Observatory and the other group of 60 visits another venue. The two groups then swap venues.

All Observatory day visits include: an awesome 3-D space theatre experience, a look at the night sky in our bean bag planetarium and a viewing through a telescope (weather permitting). During the day students can safely view the moon, Venus, bright stars and the Sun using a special solar telescope.

IMAX and Sydney Observatory
Visit IMAX to view the shows ‘Roving Mars’ or ‘Space station 3D’ and then an Observatory 3-D space theatre and telescope viewing.

TOTAL COST: $18.50 (day visit: $9 Observatory and $9.50 IMAX)/ $20.50 per student (night visit: $11 Observatory and $9.50 IMAX).

IMAX Theatre Sydney ph (02) 9213 1600 or email IMAX
Sydney Observatory ph (02) 9921 3485 or email Sydney Observatory

Sydney Learning Adventures and Sydney Observatory
Visit Sydney Learning Adventures for the Rocks Dreaming program then a tour of Sydney Observatory including the ‘Cadi Eora Birrung’ exhibition and (safe) telescope viewing of the Sun.

Rocks Dreaming TOTAL COST: $21.00 (day visit: $9 Observatory and $12 Sydney Learning Adventures)

Sydney Learning Adventures ph (02) 9240 8552 or email SHFA
Sydney Observatory ph (02) 9921 3485 or email Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum and Sydney Observatory
Visit the Powerhouse Museum exhibitions ‘Space: beyond this world’ or ‘Cyberworlds: computers and connections’ and then visit Sydney Observatory.

TOTAL COST: $16.00 per student ($7 Powerhouse and $9 Observatory)

Powerhouse Museum ph (02) 9217 0222 or email Powerhouse education bookings
Sydney Observatory ph (02) 9921 3485 or email Sydney Observatory

Museum of Contemporary Art and Sydney Observatory
29 March to 3 June 2012
Journey through time and space!
(Suitable for Stages 2-3)
Examine how artists have investigated themes of time and space in the exhibition ‘Marking time’. Explore drawings, video and multi-sensory installations that reveal how time is perceived in different cultures, from everyday moments, to the deep time of the Universe. Create artworks that respond to the passing of time in innovative ways. Then visit Sydney Observatory which has kept, measured and communicated time for the colony of Sydney since 1858.

Cost: MCA $150 (up to 15 students) 90 minutes duration.
Sydney Observatory $9 per student, teachers free

MCA phone (02) 9245 2484 or email MCA
Sydney Observatory ph (02) 9921 3485 or email Sydney Observatory

Please note: for combined visits, bookings and payments must be made separately at each venue. Packages do not apply on weekends or during school holidays.