March 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Contemporary Mumbai Drama/Romance The first Indian film to receive the Grand Prix at Cannes, and primarily set in contemporary Mumbai, All We Imagine as Light centres on three Hindu women, their everyday lives and the bonds that they share with one another as well as with the larger world. […]
March 15 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $79 – $129 Humffray Room Get Tickets DIY Workshop | Turkish Mosaic Lamp Bring colour, light, and creativity together in this hands-on Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop hosted by ArtIstanbul, right in the heart of Ballarat.Guided by our friendly instructors, you’ll design and build your very own mosaic […]
March 22 @ 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm $10 – $30 Minerva Space Scottish Country Dance is the social and special occasion dancing style of Scotland.And its heaps of fun! Our group meets on Monday nights at Ballarat North Community Centre.New dancers are always very welcome. Come along and try it or just check it […]
March 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets The Romanov Secret Chrissie Bellbrae A priceless Fabergé jewel. An empire on the brink of revolution. A love to dangerous to reveal. A celebrated artist’s painting holds clues to long-held family secrets and lives under threat, long after the fall of the […]
Brian Chapman & Friends A Trio of Stunning Piano Quartets April 12 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm $20 – $45 Humffray Room Brian Chapman & Friends Pianist Brian Chapman will be joined by violinist Susan Pierotti, violist Katharine Brockman and cellist Rosanne Hunt. The Program. Mozart: Quartet in G minor. K.478 Beethoven: Quartet in […]
April 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room French Darma/Thriller Following the disappearance of glamorous housewife Evelyne Ducat (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), the lives of five people who are linked to her are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case. Only the Animals starts off as an intimate rural […]
May 3 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $79 – $129 Humffray Room Get Tickets DIY Workshop | Turkish Mosaic Lamp Bring colour, light, and creativity together in this hands-on Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop hosted by ArtIstanbul, right in the heart of Ballarat.Guided by our friendly instructors, you’ll design and build your very own mosaic […]
May 4 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm $21 Minerva Space Get Tickets Presented by Pub Cinemas: In the Shadow of the Gallows In 1873 a frail figure was walked to the gallows at the Adelaide Gaol. She had been convicted of murdering her husband, and there would be de no reprise. The hanging of […]
May 9 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am $35 Insert venue... Get Tickets The ultimate live gig experience for young families. Adult friendly kids music played live on stage by real musicians? We got you!! The ABC Kids TV favourites and ARIA winners will entertain the whole family with the most wholesome live gig there […]
May 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Noir 'Dog Movie' A melancholic dead-pan drama about Lang, a former celebrity musician and stunt rider who, chastened by ten years in jail for manslaughter, returns to his dusty post-industrial hometown to find it run-down and over-run by abandoned dogs. Lang joins a group of […]
May 16 @ 8:30 am - 6:00 pm $140 – $150 Minerva Space Get Tickets The Victorian Occult Conference: 'Mercurialia' A day of finely curated lectures on Western Esotericism also featuring an occult market, speaker panel and door prizes. This year's theme is "Mercurialia"; celebrating and exploring all things Hermetic in Western esotericism. The Victorian […]
June 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Minerva Room Japanese Coming of Age Psychological Thriller This psychological mystery/exploration of growing up from one of Japan’s major filmmakers offers superb acting and an intriguing storyline that seems darker than it ends up being. A young boy’s mother feels that there is something wrong with him; […]
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
