Liverpool City Library often refers to 'terms' for the duration of our ongoing programs. Terms for 2024 align with the NSW Eastern school terms, and are as follows:
Term One: Thursday 1 February - Friday 12 April
Term Two: Tuesday 30 April - Friday 5 July
Term Three: Tuesday 23 July - Friday 27 September
Term Four: Monday 14 October - Wednesday 18 December
Exhibition launch event at Liverpool Regional Museum for the exhibition Keeping with Care: Highlights from the Heritage Collection 1800s to 1970s, 2023. Ben Williams photography
LITTLE CURATORS Ages 2 - 5 years
Join us for a fun and educational morning at the museum.
Each month children will learn about an object in our permanent collection and enjoy hands-on learning through music, craft, games and play.
Suitable for children aged 2 - 5 years and their parents/carers.
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Offers to educators
Liverpool Regional Museum is proud to offer various programs to educators and to home school families, please contact the Museum team for more information.
Phone: 0287117126
Email: liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
Resonances Gallery Museum Visit
Find and match social and cultural objects from Liverpool’s past to learn how people lived, worked and played in the local community. Students will have the opportunity to learn more about the objects and the role of museums’ in preserving artefacts for the future, with time for a question-and-answer session, a story, and craft activities.
- Download a copy of the Resonances Gallery Museum Visit (195 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Teddy Bears Visit to Collingwood House
Bring your students and their Teddy Bears for a guided tour of Historic Collingwood House, learn about the history of the house and play some old-fashioned games, craft activities or listen to a story. Students are welcome to bring their own food for a picnic in the grounds of Collingwood House.
- Download a copy of the Teddy Bears Visit To Collingwood House (229 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Collingwood House: Desperately Seeking Staff
Mrs Keeper, the housekeeper of Collingwood House, has a problem. A series of unfortunate events, has left her with no staff, and the Master and Mistress are due home any day now. There are chores to be done and no one to do them. Travel back in time to the 1820's and see if you and your students are suitable to become full-time employees of Collingwood House.
- Download a copy of the Collingwood House: Desperately Seeking Suitable Staff (231 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Collingwood House: The Case of the Mixed Up Muddled Curator
Step back in time at Collingwood House. Built in 1810, the house is one of the oldest farmhouses in Australia and is decorated to reflect the time. Students take a tour of the house and reflect on its history. However, some mistakes have been made by our mixed-up, muddled-up curator and the students help to find objects that do not fit and correct the mistakes made by the mixed-up, muddled-up curator.
- Download a copy of the Collingwood House: The Case Of The Mixed-Up Muddled Curator (185 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Collingwood House Project Based Learning Program
What is the significance of Collingwood House to Liverpool’s History? Who were the people that lived there? What industry took place on the land? What was life, like in the area before colonisation? These are some of the questions students may answer through our Collingwood House project-based learning program.
- Download a copy of the Collingwood House Project Based Learning Program (213 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Historic Liverpool Project Based Learning Program
What is the pre-colonial history of Liverpool? Who was Governor Macquarie and why is he important to the history Liverpool’s? What remains of the original convict designed and built buildings in Liverpool? These are just some of the questions your students may choose to answer through our Historic Liverpool project-based learning program.
- Download a copy of the Historic Liverpool Project Based Learning Program (310 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Immigration Learning Project
What are some of the reasons why people leave their homes to live somewhere else? This project asks students to become reporters and find someone who has travelled to Australia to tell their emigration story. The program, suitable for students in stages 3 to 5 has a cross-curricular focus of History, Geography, English and Technology. It will encourage developing skills in research, the use of technology and provide essential presentation experience.
- Download a copy of the Immigration Learning Project (173 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Resonances Now and Then: The Past in the Present
Objects can tell stories about people lived in the past. Use the museum’s permanent Resonance's gallery to consider what life was like in the past and compare it with current time. Students will have the chance to investigate and interact with objects from the Liverpool Regional Museums’ collection.
- Download a copy of the Resonances Now and Then (182 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
For more information on activities and events available in the museum, contact the Museum team via liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au or 02 8711 7126
Collingwood House Project Based Learning Program
What is the significance of Collingwood House to Liverpool’s History? Who were the people that lived there? What industry took place on the land? What was life, like in the area before colonisation? These are some of the questions students may answer through our Collingwood House project-based learning program.
- Download a copy of the Collingwood House Project Based Learning Program (213 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Historic Liverpool Project Based Learning Program
What is the pre-colonial history of Liverpool? Who was Governor Macquarie and why is he important to the history Liverpool’s? What remains of the original convict designed and built buildings in Liverpool? These are just some of the questions your students may choose to answer through our Historic Liverpool project-based learning program.
- Download a copy of the Historic Liverpool Project Based Learning Program (310 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Immigration Learning Project
What are some of the reasons why people leave their homes to live somewhere else? This project asks students to become reporters and find someone who has travelled to Australia to tell their emigration story. The program, suitable for students in stages 3 to 5 has a cross-curricular focus of History, Geography, English and Technology. It will encourage developing skills in research, the use of technology and provide essential presentation experience.
- Download a copy of the Immigration Learning Project (173 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
Objects: Telling Many Stories
Have you ever wondered about museum curators plan and design their exhibitions? Learn how to curate your own exhibition by attending a workshop run by museum professionals. Using the permanent gallery 'Resonances' as an example, students will learn the behind-the-scenes work and how curators tell the story of an object.
- Download a copy of the Objects: Telling Many Stories (210 KB, PDF) teacher brief.
For more information on activities and events available in the museum, contact the Museum team via liverpoolregionalmuseum@liverpool.nsw.gov.au or 02 8711 7126
Family History Centre
Liverpool Regional Museum is the home of the Family History Centre, an initiative of the Liverpool City Library and Museum Services. During the Museum's opening hours, volunteers from the Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc. are available to assist visitors to the Centre with their family history research. They have a General Meeting every month which people are welcome to attend.
If you require further research assistance, please submit your request by completing our Local and Family History Enquiry Form and one of our team members will get back to you.