October 7 @ 5:45 pm - December 9 @ 6:45 pm $20 – $25 Doors open 5.30pm Event Dates October: Wednesday 7, 14, 21, 28. November: Wednesday 4, 11, 18, 25. December: Wednesday 2 & 9. (Originally published as Tuesdays and Wednesday - now only Wednesdays). About Feldenkrais Workshops | Awareness Through Movement Life is movement. And how we move influences how we experience our lives. In an Awareness…
October 28 @ 7:00 pm - October 31 @ 9:00 pm $15 – $30 Minerva Space Dead Man's Cell Phone is a surrealist play by Sarah RuhlDirected by Benj Beatty Dead Man's Cell Phone is about a woman named Jean who answers the ringing cell phone of a man who has just died at a cafe. She becomes entangled in his life, meeting his family, and in the process, begins…
October 31 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm $27.50 – $33 Doors open 30min prior to show-time Get Tickets An Intimate Hour of Magic With Barry Govan, Magician Ballarat's own professional magician Barry Govan performs a show that will take you back over 100 years when world famous magicians such as the Wizard Jacobs, Max Malini, Harry Houdini and many others performed in Ballarat and Melbourne…
October 31 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 – $33 Doors open 30min prior to show-time Get Tickets An Intimate Hour of Magic With Barry Govan, Magician Ballarat's own professional magician Barry Govan performs a show that will take you back over 100 years when world famous magicians such as the Wizard Jacobs, Max Malini, Harry Houdini and many others performed in Ballarat and Melbourne…
Fundraiser for Ballarat RSL & BMI
$33 per person
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
Tour 1 at 7pm – Tour 2 at 9pm.
Calling for Pre-loved books
These donation assist in our Library Fundraising Activities
We can take delivery during regular Library operating hours. See website footer.
Spring Season, History Talks:
Ballarat's Henry Lawson - The Dragon's Den - Gold! Gold! Gold!
Wed 3, 17 & 24 September, 5.30pm.
Bubbly on arrival featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop
Sunday 6 September at 2pm - Cost $65
The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2026 Calendar
Featuring illustrations from our Heritage Book Collection $40
Your gift will be tax-deductible this financial year if you make it before June 30.
Like many organisations the BMI faces significant funding challenges.
