Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

Living Heritage Exhibition
2023-05-20 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-19 11:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Meet Thursdays in the Humffray Room

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The chess table in the photo (which is part of a collage of portraits of old BMI members) is possibly one of those still in use in the BMI Library on the ground floor. The date of the picture, at a rough guess, is believed to be between 1866 and 1875. C.J. Harvey (shown on the picture), J.Tatham (on the collage) and W.D. Battan (secretary of the BMI, on the collage and who presented the collage to the BMI in 1910) were active chess-players in 1866-67. They played, amongst others, in the infamous Smythesdale handicap-chess tournament, which lasted 8 months, and ended in controversy.

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The Heritage Collection | Special Program
2023-05-19 10:30 - 12:00 | Lending Library, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Ballarat Film Society - A Hero (Ghahreman)
2023-05-18 19:30 - 21:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
2023-05-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Ground Floor, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2, Session 2
2023-05-10 17:30 - 19:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2, Session 1
2023-05-03 17:30 - 19:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

The Reading Room
2023-05-02 10:30 - 11:30 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Digitisation Workshop | AMaGa | Geraldine Brault
2023-05-01 10:30 - 14:30 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow | Ballarat
2023-04-30 19:30 - 22:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Meet the Author | Olivia Wearne & Elizabeth Coleman
2023-04-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

BMI Autumn Maker Market
2023-04-16 09:00 - 14:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

BMI Autumn Book Sale
2023-04-15 09:00 - 2023-04-16 14:00 | Library Ground Floor, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Book Launch | Look Back on Languor: The memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian male
2023-04-14 17:00 - 18:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Ballarat Film Society - Both Sides of the Blade
2023-04-13 19:30 - 21:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Meet the Author | Bill "Swampy" Marsh
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Feeling Out Loud: Writing Poetry
2023-03-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

The Reading Room | Now rescheduled to 2 May
2023-03-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Heritage Reading Room, Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Ballarat Film Society - Brooklyn
2023-03-09 19:30 - 21:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350

Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1
2023-03-08 17:30 - 19:00, 2023-03-01 17:30 - 19:00 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia

Embrace the Begonia Festival Workshop | Location now changed
2023-03-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up, 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, 3350, Australia

Class Clowns | Ballarat Heat
2023-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350
