July 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Seen Again: Light On MatrescenceBenita Bensch Seen Again is a modern companion through matrescence, the profound transition of becoming a mother. Matrescence is a biological, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual transformation that can leave mothers without the language or support to make sense […]
July 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Documentary Tribute to David Guylpilil David Gulpilil, from the Mandjalpingu (Djilba) clan of the Yolngu people, was discovered by a visiting British film-maker and recruited into the world of film. Adventurous, talented, intelligent and ambitious, he became one of Australia's best-known and charismatic actors. Following Walkabout (1971), […]
July 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $30 Minerva Space The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another round; adults edition. God of Carnage is a one act black comedy […]
July 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $30 Minerva Space The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina RezaDirected by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another round; adults edition. God of Carnage is a one act black comedy play. […]
July 25 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm $10 – $30 Minerva Space The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina RezaDirected by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another round; adults edition. God of Carnage is a one act black comedy play. […]
July 25 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm $10 – $30 Minerva Space The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another round; adults edition. God of Carnage is a one act black comedy […]
July 26 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm $10 – $30 Minerva Space The Tony Award Winning Play by Yasmina Reza Directed by Ruby Abbott After the event of school yard bullying, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another round; adults edition. God of Carnage is a one act black comedy […]
August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 8:40 pm $44.90 Minerva Space Presented by KEG Touring Get Tickets A Bit ScaredBlake Pavey rose to online fame at just 17 years old through his character based sketch comedy on TikTok.Since then, he has amassed over 1 Million followers across social media. He's now converted his online presence […]
August 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Frock Shop Sophie Green Meet the Ladies of The Frock Shop Where clothes are just the start of the story Australian bestseller Sophie Green returns with a sparkling story about the beauty of the second-hand, the power of second chances, and becoming who […]
August 13 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Brazilian Dystopian Sci-fi The Blue Trail depicts a dystopian world, one that functions as a wry social critique rather than containing any lasting sense of terror or gloom. In a futuristic Brazil, retirement has questionable consequences. 77-year-old Tereza is hailed as a ‘national living heritage’, yet she […]
September 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Māori Roadtrip Film The Māori celebration of New Year in July, marked by the rising of the stars in the Matariki constellation, is an occasion to mourn the deceased, celebrate the present, and prepare the ground for the coming year. While driving the length […]
October 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Dustbowl Folk Singer Elegy Folk legend Woody Guthrie, an extraordinary hard-driving, ‘truth-telling man’ from the Oklahoma Plains, who left the American mid-west Dust Bowl in the 1930s for the promise of California and on his journey became one of America’s most noted poet-folk singers. Guthrie, […]
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
