In Conversation with Kylie Ladd

BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

June 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Mix-Up Kylie Ladd. One Tiny Mistake, Two Families affected Kylie Ladd A beautifully told and thought-provoking novel about a mix-up that leaves two children wondering who they really are and where they belong. What would you do if you found out […]

$11.78

Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations for Relaxation

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

June 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library 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 […]

Free – $12

Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations for Relaxation

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

June 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library 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 […]

Free – $12

Exhibition | Marionettes, Mesmerism and Magic Lanterns (postponed from Heritage Festival)

Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

July 5 @ 10:00 am - July 25 @ 3:00 pm Heritage Reading Room, Ground Floor Exhibition | Curated by Ellen Becker: BMI Heritage Collection Curator The past is a foreign country as the saying goes, and they certainly did entertainment differently there. While esteemed intellectuals like Mark Twain graced the stage of the Mechanics’ […]

Author Talk | J.S. Davidson ‘Hunted’ & ‘Tethered’

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

July 8 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm $11.78 TBA Get Tickets J.S. Davidson Hunted: The Aztec Saga If one should fall, they each will fade... Tethered: The Aztec Saga Darkness will come, no one will evade... Hunted: The Aztec Saga | J. S. Davidson Tethered: The Aztec Saga | J. S. Davidson I don’t […]

$11.78

Author Talk | Ella Stone – ‘Breakfast With You’

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

July 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 TBA Get Tickets Ella StoneBreakfast With You Breakfast WIth You | Ella Stone The plan is simple. Nicole will return to her hometown of Riverbanks for the funeral and provide a eulogy for a father she no longer knows.Afterwards, she will slip back to Sydney where […]

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In Conversation with Matthew Spencer

BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

July 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Broke Road Matthew Spencer A Murder at home - A community on edge - Someone is watching. 'A tightly plotted, fast moving, beautifully written whodunnit' - Jane Caro 'Enthralling, Matthew Spencer nails it' - Chris Hammer From the bestselling author of Black […]

$11.78

Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations for A Clear Mind

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

July 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library  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 […]

Free – $12

with Kylie Ladd

 Wed 25 June at 6pm

Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective

Wed 2-30 April, 5.30pm

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The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 2025 Calendar

Featuring the BMI Image Collection | Now $20

Devonshire Tea & Fashion Parade

Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60

Christmas Holiday Closures | Library

Monday 23 December – Sunday 5 January

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

Australian Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

18 April to 18 May

Ballarat Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

16 to 25 May 

with Gail Holmes

 Wed 4 June at 6pm

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

portrait of author with book cover

Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm

guides dressed in period costum

Australian Heritage Festival

Minerva's Secrets

25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets. 

portrait of author with book cover

Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm

Ballarat Heritage Festival BMI Day Tours

Two tours  on 20 &  21 May 

 

with Nicole Alexander

28 May at 6pm

BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:
The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows. 

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing