May 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $35.50 – $38.50 Minerva Space Get Tickets Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2017 - Adelaide Fringe Nominee 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most OUtstanding Show! The Maracas from Caracas is back with the best jokes he's ever told! After a decade of making Aussies laugh, […]
May 31 @ 10:00 am - June 1 @ 2:00 pm Free Lending Library Books priced from $1 - more for collectable items. Photo: Pexels - Clem Onojeghuo Don't miss our book sale this weekend. Admission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday, all day Sunday). There are hundreds of books - some of […]
May 31 @ 7:00 pm - 9:45 pm Free – $34.33 Get Tickets The Sweet Mona’s choir is on tour to launch their latest CD: Let the Good Times Roll. This time we are in our home town Ballarat at the majestic Minerva Space at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute. The evening promises to be packed […]
June 1 @ 9:45 am - 3:00 pm Free Our beloved Pride Month Market is back, and bigger than ever! Across two floors of the fully accessible Ballaarat Mechanic’s Institute, we’re delighted to present an even bigger array of stall holders than ever before! With art and craft stalls, trash and treasure and second hand […]
A colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. By appointment only, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Group Tours: Group tours can also be accommodated on other days.
June 4 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm $11.78 Humffray Room Get Tickets In The Margins Gail Holmes. Vivid, wise and moving - Suzanne Leal. A Sheer Delight - Sally Colin-James. Gail Holmes | Photo Kristian Gehradte In The Margins is an extraordinary debut. A chronicle of a woman who lived and wrote in the […]
May 21 @ 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 […]
May 21 @ 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 […]
June 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Archaeological Romance La Chimera is the latest film from Rohrwacher, a delightfully singular Italian writer-director who, with just a handful of feature-length films, has become one of the must-see filmmakers on the international circuit. Arthur, a British archaeologist just released from prison and grieving his lost love, soon […]
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 […]
June 19 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 19 June, Friday 20 June & Saturday 21 June at 7pm Saturday 21 June & Sunday 22 June at 2pm A Tony Award Nominated Play by Geoffry Nauffts Directed by Matthew Henderson Nominated for the Tony Award, Drama Desk […]
June 20 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm $10 – $25 Minerva Space Get Tickets Thursday 19 June, Friday 20 June & Saturday 21 June at 7pm Saturday 21 June & Sunday 22 June at 2pm A Tony Award Nominated Play by Geoffry Nauffts Directed by Matthew Henderson Nominated for the Tony Award, Drama Desk […]
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
Featuring the BMI Image Collection | Now $20
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
