10/09/2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $10 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.
11/09/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peacethrough meditation and Buddhist teachings.The in-person setting fosters a supportive community andoffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve ourdaily problems and find the lasting happiness we…
12/09/2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Classic Talking Heads Concert Viewing a filmed music concert has been a tradition of the BFS, so this year we are fortunate to have a new remastering of the very famous 1983 concert that Talking Heads did over four live shows at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Director Jonathan Demme is known for his…
18/09/2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: Innovation; rethinking museums | Lunch: Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
18/09/2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: (un)Common Ground | Lunch at the Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
18/09/2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 November 3.30pm - 5pm | Concurrent session: Challenging inequity from within | Program is subject to change.
18/09/2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 18 September 3.30pm - 5pm | Concurrent session: Coexistence through touring | Program is subject to change.
18/09/2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free – $15 – $15 These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our daily problems and…
19/09/2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 19 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: Gatekeeping | Lunch: Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
19/09/2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 19 September 11am - 12.30pm | Concurrent session: Caring for collections | Lunch at the Mining Exchange. Program is subject to change.
19/09/2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 19 September 3.30pm - 5pm | Concurrent session: Activism and climate. | Program is subject to change.
19/09/2024 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm AMaGA NATIONAL CONFERENCE | 19 September 3.30pm - 5pm | Concurrent session: Education and Public Programs | Program is subject to change.
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Tue 19 May with special visit to Lantern Vaults
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
