Forget the "no touch" signs at the museum.
A new exhibition in Invercargill wants children and their families to interact and play with many of its art pieces.
He Waka Tuia public programme and history curator Katie Green said after the popularity of He Waka Tuia’s exhibition Play last year, the team decided to bring it back with new additions.
It opened on Saturday with a range of options including colouring, twister, a light and shadow wall, and a Matariki light installation.
"Life shouldn’t be like serious and boring and we should enjoy all the fun things in life," she said.
He Waka Tuia art curator Bridget Duncan said the main idea behind the exhibition was to get families doing something interesting during the holidays.
She had help from their own children to set up the exhibit.
"As we know can be pretty unpredictable with the weather and I’m a mother.
"I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old and I know that Southland needs some places that we can take children for free during the school holidays."
It included a disco, Mindful Mondays where people were invited to come along to do some colouring or play some jigsaw puzzles during the lunch break, a Low Sensory hour for children and even a silent disco.
The exhibition runs until July 23.
