May 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library, ground floor 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 […]
June 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets Where Truth Ends Mark Smith What if everything you believed in was a lie? Truth and betrayal collide in the new Mark Smith thriller, perfect for fans of Christian White and Lisa Jewell. Meg Maher thought she was doing the right thing. […]
May 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library, ground floor 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 […]
July 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.00 Humffray Room Get Tickets For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Sherryl will be in conversation with author Tracey Rolfe Tough and gutsy PI Lou Alcott returns with a terrifyingly gritty new case that takes her deep into the dark web. While juggling a missing person […]
July 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library, ground floor 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 […]
July 3 @ 8:00 pm - 9:15 pm $49 – $59 Get Tickets "Joscho Stephan is the future of Gypsy Jazz guitar. He has absorbed the music of Django Reinhardt and interpreted it on his own terms." — Acoustic Guitar Magazine "He plays with the clarity of a classical guitarist, the improvisation of a jazz musician, […]
July 4 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am $30 – $130 Minerva Space. Get Tickets Aria-nominated musical duo, Whistle & Trick are always ready to sing, dance, and cause a bit of mischief. Writing original music for kids and their big people, a Whistle & Trick show is bound to get the whole family up […]
July 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library, ground floor 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 […]
Due to popular demand we have a second evening session. Saturday 11 July at 7pm > July 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:50 pm $38.50 – $77 Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Written by Jenny Davis A compelling true story from WWII, honouring the bravery strength, love and hope of Australian Army Nurses in the face […]
Due to popular demand we have a second evening session. Saturday 11 July at 7pm > July 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:50 pm $38.50 – $77 Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Written by Jenny Davis A compelling true story from WWII, honouring the bravery strength, love and hope of Australian Army Nurses in the face […]
Due to popular demand we have a second evening session. Saturday 11 July at 7pm > July 11 @ 11:00 am - 12:50 pm $38.50 – $77 Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Written by Jenny Davis A compelling true story from WWII, honouring the bravery strength, love and hope of Australian Army Nurses in the face […]
July 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:50 pm $38.50 – $77 Minerva Theatre Get Tickets Written by Jenny DavisA compelling true story from WWII, honouring the bravery strength, love and hope of Australian Army Nurses in the face of adversity. Directed by Stuart HaluszFeaturing Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Rebecca Davis, Michelle Fornasier, Alex Jones, Tegan Mulvany and […]
Minerva's Secrets Night Tours
Fri 24 Apr – Tue 19 May
& Fri 12 Jun
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
