mapiya lumi | around here

Please note: This exhibition will be temporarily closed for maintenance on Tuesday 12 May and will reopen on Wednesday 13 May.

We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming you to mapiya lumi | around here at another time.

mapiya lumi | around here is a specially-developed, age-appropriate museum experience for young children 0-7 years and their carers.

‘mapiya lumi’ means ‘around here’ in palawa kani, and reflects a focus in the exhibition on a sense of home and place that is unique to the islands that make up Lutruwita/Tasmania.

Designed with the child’s perspective in mind, the exhibition takes you through Tasmania as a ‘little big home’ – a place of deep oceans, soaring rock columns and tumbling waterfalls, but also a place for tiny nests, comfy kitchens, and fire pit stories.

With a dedicated space for ages 0-3 and a range of exciting spaces to discover for children aged 3 and over, mapiya lumi | around here is a unique new cultural experience for young families visiting TMAG.

From glowing rocks to a pre-historic fossil, from beautiful paper-cut worlds to an ancient story in the sky – what will you find ‘around here’?

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