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Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems

Oct 22

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems

Free – $12

Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades

Oct 25

Featured 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades

$20

Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades

Oct 26

Featured 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Linen and Lace: An exhibition through the decades

$20

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook – Ballarat Connections to HMAS Sydney 2 in 1941

Oct 29

Featured 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | A Surgeon Commander & A Leading Cook – Ballarat Connections to HMAS Sydney 2 in 1941

$9.73 – $13.83

Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems

Oct 29

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems

Free – $12

Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

Oct 31

Featured 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

$27.50

Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

guides dressed in period costum

Oct 31

Featured 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

$27.50

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | Recent War Memorabilia – from WW2 to Afghanistan, Presented by David Wright.

Nov 5

Featured 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 4, Remembrance Day | Recent War Memorabilia – from WW2 to Afghanistan, Presented by David Wright.

$9.73 – $13.83

Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel ‘The Swift Dark Tide’ in conversation with Kelly Gardiner

Nov 5

Featured 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Stella Day Out Ballarat | Katia Ariel ‘The Swift Dark Tide’ in conversation with Kelly Gardiner

Free

Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems

Nov 5

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Kadampa Meditation Series | How to solve our human problems

Free – $12

Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi ‘Cactus Pear For My Beloved’ in conversation with Fatima Measham

Nov 5

Featured 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm

Stella Day Out Ballarat | Samah Sabawi ‘Cactus Pear For My Beloved’ in conversation with Fatima Measham

Free

In Conversation with Rachael Johns

Nov 6

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

In Conversation with Rachael Johns

$11.78

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Christmas Library closures

Monday 22 December,2 2025 – Sunday 4 January 2026 (open again Monday 5 January at 10am).

Library closures for the following Public Holidays

New Year’s Day
Thursday 1 January, 2026

Australia Day Holiday
Monday 26 January, 2026

Labour Day
Monday 9 March, 2026

Good Friday
Friday 3 April, 2026

Easter Monday
Monday 6 April, 2026

King’s Birthday
Monday 9 June, 2025

Friday before AFL Grand Final
Subject to AFL schedule

Melbourne Cup
Tuesday 4 November, 2025

Christmas Day
Thursday 25 December, 2025

Boxing Day
Friday 26 December, 2025

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Opening Hours

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10am – 4pm
Tue, Thu:
10am – 3pm
Saturday: 9:30am – 12pm

Christmas Library closures

Monday 22 December,2 2025 – Sunday 4 January 2026 (open again Monday 5 January at 10am).

Library closures on the the following public holidays

Australia Day Holiday
Monday 27 January

Labour Day
Monday 10 March

Good Friday
Friday 18 April

Easter Monday
Monday 21 April

King’s Birthday
Monday 9 June

Friday before AFL Grand Final
Subject to AFL schedule

Melbourne Cup
Tuesday 4 November

Christmas Day
Thursday 25 December

Boxing Day
Friday 26 December

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ABN 53004 034 575

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Thu 16 Oct – 19 Oct

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Australian Heritage Festival

Minerva's Secrets

25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
Tour 2 at 9.30pm – still tickets.

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Devonshire Tea & Fashion Parade

Bubbly on arrival & Featuring quality items from our Vintage Shop | $60

BMI Fundraiser tickets here

Christmas Holiday Closures | Library

Monday 23 December – Sunday 5 January

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

Performance – 18 May.

Performance tickets

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Australian Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

18 April to 18 May.

Spring Season, History Talks:

Ballarat's Henry Lawson - The Dragon's Den - Gold! Gold! Gold!

Wed 3, 17 & 24 September, 5.30pm.

Ballarat Heritage Festival Events at the BMI

16 to 25 May

Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

Performance – 18 May.

Performance tickets

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portrait of author with book cover

Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm.

portrait of author with book cover

Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm.

Coming soon…

Rozzi Bazzani. Stella Day Out: Katia Ariel & Samah Sabawi, Rachael Johns

Ballarat Heritage Festival BMI Day Tours

Two tours on 20 & 21 May

with Nicole Alexander

28 May at 6pm.

with Gail Holmes

Wed 4 June at 6pm.

Ballart Seniors Festival

Celebrate at the BMI.

October 2025.

Ballarat Pride Month

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The Month of June

Ballarat Winter Festival

Events at BMI

5 July – 27 July

Coming in September…

Gabriel Bergmoser, Tracey Lee Holmes, Dianne Dempsey, Chrissie Bellbrae.

with Michael Robotham

Wed 20 August at 6pm.

Tracey Lee Holmes: A Life Through Sport

Thu 4 September at 6pm.

Raise a Glass for Brass.

The Little Brass Band BMI Fundraiser

Sun 10 August at 2pm.

Coming soon…

Dianne Dempsey, Chrissie Bellbrae, Paula Gleeson, Rozzi Bazzani.

BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:

The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows.

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing