BMI FUNDRAISER | This event is proudly supported by the Fashions In Time Group.
RARE BOOK WEEK | This Vintage Book Sale will feature a variety of titles including fiction and non-fiction.
RARE BOOK WEEK | Introduction to the BMI Collection, rare and valuable items.
ROYAL SOUTH STREET SOCIETY | Freemasons Vocal Competition
ROYAL SOUTH STREET SOCIETY | Herald Sun Aria Semi Finals
THE WHEELER CENTRE | In conversation with Heather Ewart. Award-winning journalist hits the Back Roads to Ballarat to journey through her great Australian road trips.
AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: Innovation; rethinking museums | Lunch: Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: (un)Common Ground | Lunch at the Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 November 3.30pm - 5pm | Concurrent session: Challenging inequity from within | Program is subject to change.
AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 September 3.30pm - 5pm | Concurrent session: Coexistence through touring | Program is subject to change.
AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 19 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: Gatekeeping | Lunch: Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 19 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: Caring for collections | Lunch at the Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Night Tours
Fri 31 Oct – Sat 15 Nov
& Fri 12 Dec
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
