Tuesdays at 2pm | A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. By appointment only, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Group Tours: Group tours can also be accommodated on other days. We also offer specialty tours, information on these can be found on our Building Tours webpage.
May 21 @ 10:00 am - May 24 @ 4:00 pm Free The Basement* Plus bkg. fee Lantern Vaults A new immersive installation in the basement of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute as part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival The work is shaped by historical research and guided by the voice of Florence Batten, the twelve- […]
Thursday 21 May to Saturday 23 May , 3 tours: 11:30am - 12:30am - 1:30pm (aporoximately 45 minute duration). Sunday 24 May , 4 tours: 10.30am - 11:30am - 12:30am - 1:30pm (aporoximately 45 minute duration). May 21 @ 11:30 am - May 24 @ 12:15 pm $11 Plus bkg. fee Get Tickets Day Tours […]
May 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm $3 – $5 Hunffray Room Get Tickets Presented by Tales from Rat City Panic from the Skies is the fourth chapter in our multi award winning Call of Cthulhu liveplay series, delivering a fresh descent into mystery, suspense, and eldritch terror. Faced with unsettling events and unimaginable […]
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Fri 24 Apr – Tue 19 May
& Fri 12 Jun
Tour 1 at 7pm – Tour 2 at 9pm.
Linen & Lace Exhbition
Includes Devonshire Tea | $20
Sat & Sun 22, 23 Oct
10am-4pm
Remembrance Day:
A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook - Recent War Memoribilia
Wed 29 Oct & 5 Nov, 5.30pm.
Coming soon…
Rozzi Bazzani. Stella Day Out: Katia Ariel & Samah Sabawi, Rachael Johns
Coming soon…
Dianne Dempsey, Chrissie Bellbrae, Paula Gleeson, Rozzi Bazzani.
Coming in November…
Stella Day Out, Ballarat, Rachael Johns & Margaret Hickey
Australian Heritage Festival
Minerva's Secrets
25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets.
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 | $60
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.
2 course dinner & lots
of dancing
