Museum of Play and Art to Open in Adelaide in 2026
Popular family attraction the Museum of Play and Art (MoPA) will launch its first museum outside of Victoria in South Australia.
Thanks to the funding MoPA received from the Australia Council for the Arts (now Creative Australia), and the unwavering support from their sponsors, the MoPA team has announced that their next Children’s Museum is opening right here in the heart of Adelaide – and it’s going to be HUGE! A team of more than 100 incredible designers, architects, engineers, technicians, prop makers, artists, craftspeople, painters and more are now working to bring this amazing new Museum to life.
The innovative museum designed for children aged 1 to 7 operates at four locations across Melbourne and Geelong and is set to open alongside the popular AFL Max on Butler Boulevard, Adelaide Airport. The arrival of MoPA is the latest in a series of high-profile announcements of new Adelaide Airport tenants, including Tesla, Fleet Space and Prostek.
Adelaide Airport Managing Director Brenton Cox said two family-friendly venues alongside the Fleet Space Technologies global headquarters would combine to spark the imagination of our future scientists and creatives.
“MoPA is a wonderful, clever, quirky experience that combines science, art, innovative toys and games,” Mr Cox said. Kids will be running around in one venue and experimenting and learning in the other. Children will be able to connect innovation with play, then emerge from that experience and see the space tech business nearby in Fleet Space’s HQ and start to dream about what the future may hold.”
Museum of Play and Art Director Billie Georgieff said Adelaide’s MoPA was set to be its biggest and best venue yet.
“We couldn’t be more excited to secure a site at Adelaide Airport for our brand new Children’s Museum,” Ms Georgieff said. Finding a central location, with such incredible amenities, has been our number one priority for expansion here into Adelaide. Securing a brand-new building, in a location that’s central to so much of the population and being able to provide guests with safe and free car parking on-site, means that our Adelaide Museum will provide the level of accessibility to Adelaide families that we thought was only a pipedream.”
ABOUT MoPA
MoPA is founded on the belief that more play and creativity will paint a brighter future. Their facilities, exhibits and activities are crafted to provide rich opportunities for play-based learning and creative exploration.
MoPA host kids birthday parties and art classes, school excursions and offer general casual visits.
Adelaide Airport’s MoPA is expected to open in 2026.
You can follow MoPA on Facebook and Instagram
For more information and all enquiries please visit the MoPA website or the Adelaide Airport Property website.
What: Museum of Play and Art (MoPA)
When: Opening in 2026
Where: Butler Boulevard, Adelaide Airport
Who: Ages 1-7 years
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Image Source: MoPA
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