Sea Chest Secret is an exciting, highly interactive maritime mystery exhibition. Visitors use their hands and minds in a voyage of discovery to uncover facts and piece together clues to work out the identity of the intriguing diary found washed ashore in a sea chest.
Exhibition Themes
The themes included in Sea Chest Secret include:
- Environmental Science
- Marine Biology
- Maritime History and Archaeology
- Maritime Art
- Maritime Navigation
- Maritime Botany and Life at Sea
Audience
The exhibition is targeted primarily at children aged between 8 and 14 years old but can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
Number of Exhibits
Sea Chest Secret includes 28 interactive exhibits.
Questacon Provides
- Promotional materials
- Educational background notes & activities available on-line
- Consumables and some spare parts
Host Venue Provides
- Hire fee
- All return freight costs
- Insurance during travel and for static risk cover at the venue
- Forklift and cost of forklift driver
- Cost of one Questacon technician over two days to lead the installation of the exhibition and the cost of one Questacon technician over two days to lead the dismantling of the Exhibition
- Two local technicians over two days to conduct the installation and two local technicians over two days to conduct in the dismantling of the exhibition
- Basic toolkit
- Pallet jack
- Storage space for crates and spares box
Venue Requirements
Floor space
350 m2 of display space
Floor loading
Hard level floor capable of supporting 10 tonnes
Minimum Gallery Height
3.0 metres
Power
Standard 240 volt for exhibits
Install/Deinstall Time
It takes 2 days to install and 2 days to deinstall the exhibition.
Want to find out more?
For further information or to book this exhibition contact the Travelling Exhibitions team:
p +61 2 6126 2211
e exhibitions@questacon.edu.au