Learning

Learning programs at the three ACT Historic Places sites: Mugga-Mugga, Calthorpes’ House and Lanyon offer students a wide range of experiences with an emphasis on heritage, history and the environment. Programs are held across the three sites and provide immersive and hands on components.

ACT Galleries, Museums and Heritage Education Showcase
ACT Galleries, Museums and Heritage Education Showcase

ACT Galleries, Museums and Heritage have a range of education programs designed to engage students in authentic, hands on learning…

Mugga Mugga: Humans and Nature
Onsite
Mugga Mugga: Humans and Nature
Mugga-Mugga Cottage · Years 1 - 2

How have humans, animals and the environment connected in the past? How do they change each other to shape our world? 

James’ Diary
Onsite
James’ Diary
Lanyon Homestead · Foundation - Year 2

How did children live during mid-19th century pastoral Australia, and how does this compare to contemporary childhood?

At The Garden Gate
Onsite
At The Garden Gate
Mugga-Mugga Cottage · Foundation - Year 2

How has Canberra’s landscape changed over time? What did it look like before it was a city?   

Dawn’s Surprise
Onsite
Dawn’s Surprise
Calthorpes House · Foundation - Year 2

What was life like for children growing up in Canberra in the 1930s? And how does that compare with childhood today?

CONVICTS
Onsite
CONVICTS
Lanyon Homestead · Years 3 - 6

Want to experience a day in the life of a convict?

Who Were the Convicts?
Onsite
Who Were the Convicts?
Lanyon Homestead · Years 3 - 6

What skills do historians use to understand how people lived in the past? 

Group Tours
Onsite
Group Tours
Lanyon Homestead

Book a tour for your community or class group

Artefact Chat
Outreach
Artefact Chat
Foundation – Year 2

Can artefacts tell stories? 

Dawn's Suitcase
Outreach
Dawn's Suitcase
Foundation - Year 2

A great hands-on addition to your classes visit to Calthorpes House. 

Convicts - Outreach Resource
Outreach
Convicts - Outreach Resource
Years 4 - 6

Inspired by the convict era of Lanyon Homestead

Exploring Place - Visual Art Teacher Resource
Online
Exploring Place - Visual Art Teacher Resource
Year 11 - 12

Designed to expose students to a variety of works of art with relevance to the concept of place at one of three ACT Historic Place sites

Natural Heritage And Ecological Management Of Mugga Mugga - Secondary Science Teachers Resource
Online
Natural Heritage And Ecological Management Of Mugga Mugga - Secondary Science Teachers Resource
Secondary students

Designed to introduce students to Mugga Mugga as a resource for the study of secondary geography. 

Learning Programs at CMAG
Learning Programs at CMAG
Foundation - Year 6

Engage with art works and gets hands-on in the CMAG studio!

Get in touch with ACT Historic Places

Group bookings are essential.
Please contact the Booking Officer: (02) 6205 0916