Primary school age children were encouraged to think outside the box and use everyday objects as story telling tools, taking their cues from the museum’s 10 Objects 10 Stories exhibition.

QVMAG education officer Lyn Farrington said the program was about getting younger members of the community to engage with what was on display at the site.

“We really want them to connect with the collection,” she said.

“All this week, we have been doing activities which are linked with different exhibitions.

“When kids go home at the end of the day, they tend to talk about what is happening at the museum itself rather than the activity they participated in.”

Other sessions held as part of the week-long program have included making shelters from different materials as seen in the First Tasmanians exhibition, and drawing the town from a distance in the style of Frederick Strange.

The end of the holidays doesn’t signal the end of QVMAG’S educational contributions, with workshops run throughout the year for both primary and high schools.