Secondary - College 7-12
All secondary programs are designed specifically for students in years 7 – 12 and are delivered by TMAG’s Learning and Discovery specialists. Secondary school programs are available in a range of disciplines that complement TMAG exhibitions including Tasmanian Aboriginal culture, the Antarctic, art, history and the natural sciences and range from 45 minutes to 2 hours in duration. Programs tailored to students who may be interested in pursuing a career in the arts are also available.
Bookings are essential for all guided programs, and further information about planning your primary school group visit is available through our Bookings page.
Subject Areas
General museum
Aboriginal
Antarctica
Art
History
Natural sciences
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General museum programs
Discover your museum and art gallery
What is it? Is it real? How is it stuffed? How old is it? Can we touch it? This interactive program includes a tour of the site, uses a variety of objects and materials, and offers an introduction to collections, conservation and interpretation. This program is a prerequisite for all other museum programs.
Duration: 45 minutes
Suitable for all grades
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Aboriginal programs
Introductory tour of ningina tunapri - Tasmanian Aboriginal exhibition
This program introduces students to the ningina tunapri gallery and highlights key stories and objects, letting the students explore the exhibition displays that appeal to them personally.
Duration: 45 minutes
Suitable for all grades
Our land: parrawa, parrawa! go away!
Our land: parrawa, parrawa! go away! is the title of our new exhibition dealing with the invasion of lutruwita – Tasmania and the Black War between 1823 and 1831. This program looks at both sides of this story in a thoughtful yet provocative way; guaranteed to engage students.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Suitable for Secondary
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Antarctic programs
Introductory tour of Islands to Ice
Where is Antarctica? How big is it? Tasmania’s backyard is the wild Southern Ocean, remote sub-Antarctic islands and the icy expanse of Antarctica. This short introductory tour provides students with an overview of the connections between Tasmania and the far south and highlights real specimens and artefacts that would otherwise be inaccessible. This program is a prerequisite for all other Antarctic programs.
Duration: 45 minutes
Suitable for all grades
Climate change, or not?
Join us for National Science Week 2013 to investigate aspects of climate change that are being studied by scientists from around the world.
This is a hands on workshop and discussion with visiting key scientists who are currently studying the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Students will conduct experiments, make predictions and gain a practical and important insight into fundamental global issues surrounding climate change.
Duration: 2 hours
Suitable grades: 6 -12
Times: 9:30 - 11:30 am and 12:30 – 2:30 pm.
Dates: 12-16 August 2013
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Art programs
Contemporary art exhibition welcome talk
Visiting especially to see a contemporary art exhibition? A staff member can meet your group in the gallery to help focus the eyes and minds. This brief floor talk will introduce relevant facts and ideas, and answers any student queries. The aim is to support students to make informed personal interpretations during free exploration afterwards.
Duration: 20 minutes
Suitable for Secondary students
Drawing on the collections: using drawing as a way of seeing
Drawing offers powerful ways of understanding experience. In this program students will draw within the galleries, making their observations and responses visible, and engaging in lively discussion. This program can be run in most galleries and is an excellent way to enhance students’ experience of their museum visit.
Duration: 45 minutes for children
Suitable for all grades
Art and literacy
This specialised program uses visual art as both a stimulus and a tool for expanding literacy, in a relaxed and inspiring environment. Using discussion, drawing, writing and reading the thematic focus and structure of the program is tailored to the needs of participants. Particularly relevant to students for whom English is an additional language, or those undertaking other literacy support programs.
Duration: 45 minutes for children
Suitable for all grades
Artist in residence
A leading contemporary artist is coming to work with young people (and others) to create an exciting new project! Our regular guided art education programs will tie-in with this residency over its duration.
Artist and project dates soon to be announced!
Art Work – art careers
This program is for College, Polytechnic and University students interested in working in the arts industry. It provides insight into the reality of working at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and emphasises the breadth of roles in the creative and cultural sectors. An inspiration and reality-check all at once, this program involves background to the organisation, meet-and-greet sessions with selected staff, discussions about training and qualifications, and a behind-the-scenes tour of facilities.
Groups are limited to 10 students plus 1 teacher, and students are expected to actively engage to get the most from this experience.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Suitable for College, Polytechnic, and University students
*MACHINES
The annual *MACHINES art education program was established by the Tasmanian School of Art and AccessArt unit of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery to foster pathways between high schools, tertiary institutions and the cultural sector.
The goal is to extend grade 9 and 10 students’ experiences of art-making through working with professional artists, university lecturers and students, art educators and museum professionals. The program typically engages 70 students in a week of intensive workshops at the Tasmanian School of Art, followed by an exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery supported by a printed catalogue. Students from both government and non-government schools are eligible to participate. Numbers are limited and participation fees do apply.
*MACHINES takes inspiration from the annual City of Hobart Art Prize exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, which features two different art mediums every year. Programs to date have been:
- GREENMACHINES (sculpture), 2009
- SCREENMACHINES (clay and video), 2010
- DREAMACHINES (paper and wood), 2011
- SCENEMACHINES (paint and fibre), 2012
High demand and positive feedback demonstrates the *MACHINES programs make a positive contribution to learning through art.
For further information or to express interest, schools should contact Lynne Hanlon at the Department of Education.
Phone: (03) 6212 3319, Email: lynne.p.hanlon@education.tas.gov.au
*MACHINES is supported by the Hobart City Council, Tasmanian Education Department, Tasmanian Catholic Education Office and Independent Schools Association Tasmania.
Suitable for grade 9 & 10 students
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History programs
Introductory tour of the Bond Store
This program introduces students to the new Bond Store galleries; Our changing land: Creating Tasmania and Our land: Encountering an upside down world. Both galleries focus on 19th century Tasmania and the discoveries and changes that occurred.
Duration: 45 minutes
Suitable for all grades
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Natural sciences programs
Introductory tour of Earth and Life
Students will meet some of the locals as they discover Tasmania’s unique combination of geology, flora and fauna. This program is a good prerequisite for An Island Ark: The Unique Animals and Plants of Tasmania.
Duration: 45 minutes
Suitable for all grades
An Island Ark: The unique animals and plants of Tasmania
Tasmania, with its living cargo of plants and animals, has been a separate island for 12 000 years. The wide variety of landscapes and habitats has been protected from some of the effects of climate change, human impact and introduced species that have caused extinctions in mainland Australia. Through this program students discover Tasmania's ancient origins, unique biodiversity and the unusually high numbers of endemic animal and plant species that are present here.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Suitable for all grades