The Minecraft workshop was part of the QVMAG's holiday program, and had the children working together to build local icons such as Town Hall and the Launceston Post Office clock tower.

Organiser Nathaniel Bott said the children had been having a ball.

"It's a lot of collaborative work, so they're working with shy kids they might not have worked with. In the game they're not shy at all. They like to talk to people and they're building together," he said.

"It's also very good for creative skills, they look at a picture of a building and they imagine what it looks like on the inside and how they're going to build it using different blocks.

"There's limitations with a video game, but it's all about how they solve those problems."

The Minecraft workshop was one of a range of art, history and science based activities on offer through the holiday program.

QVMAG education officer Kellie Cook said the program allowed children to meet others with similar interests.

"We run a program that's based on insects, for example, and we get kids that are all interested in insects that are from different places," she said,

"It's nice to be able to group like-minded kids together.

"It's not just child minding, it's actually learning."