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  • Twilight Talks: Focus on Ballarat – What We Watched Before Cinema: ‘Entertainments’ at the Mechanics’ Hall, 1863–1919

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    May 6 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 – $13 Humffray Room Get Tickets What We Watched Before Cinema: ‘Entertainments’ at the Mechanics’ Hall, 1863–1919 Speaker: Ellen Becker When the Mechanics’ Hall opened in 1863, the people of Ballarat flocked to see some strange and spectacular contemporary entertainments — mesmerists, automata, waxworks, human curiosities, and the magic of the first moving image technologies. Join Curator Ellen…

    $9 – $13

  • Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    May 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50
  • guides dressed in period costum

    Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    May 19 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50

  • Two performers in Victorian costumes holding lanterns outdoors

    Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm $27.50 Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours!

    $27.50
  • Two performers in Victorian costume holding lanterns beside projector

    Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour

    Featured
    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    June 12 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm $27.50 Meet at the BMI entrance  Get Tickets Explore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! This beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a…

    $27.50

  • 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke, a THEATRE 180 production

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    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 of adversity. Directed by Stuart Halusz Featuring Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Rebecca Davis, Michelle Fornasier, Alex Jones, Tegan Mulvany and Helen Searle. Vivian Bullwinkel was one of 65 Australian…

    $38.50 – $77

  • 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke, a THEATRE 180 production

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    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 of adversity. Directed by Stuart Halusz Featuring Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Rebecca Davis, Michelle Fornasier, Alex Jones, Tegan Mulvany and Helen Searle. Vivian Bullwinkel was one of 65 Australian…

    $38.50 – $77

  • 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke, a THEATRE 180 production

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    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 of adversity. Directed by Stuart Halusz Featuring Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Rebecca Davis, Michelle Fornasier, Alex Jones, Tegan Mulvany and Helen Searle. Vivian Bullwinkel was one of 65 Australian…

    $38.50 – $77

  • 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke, a THEATRE 180 production

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    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 Helen Searle. Vivian Bullwinkel was one of 65 Australian nurses who…

    $38.50 – $77
  • Pressed dried flowering plant specimen with roots on paper

    Arresting the Ephemeral: The Beautiful Usefulness of a Victorian Herbarium

    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    July 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Free Humffray Room Get Tickets The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact surviving set of the Educational Collections of Victorian Plants (1874–1876). A herbarium and series of books compiled by the first Chief Botanist of the Colony of Victoria, Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller. This presentation reveals the history and significance of this remarkable collection,…

    Free
  • Historic building with Building Tours sign at twilight

    Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute

    Library Ground Floor Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    July 28 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm $11.00 Tuesdays at 2pm | 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. We also offer specialty tours, information on these can be found on our Building Tours webpage.

    $11.00

  • Pressed dried flowering plant specimen with roots on paper

    150 Years of Botanical Communication

    Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

    August 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $15 Get Tickets Before digital databases and photography, how did we learn about the natural world? This Biodiversity Week, discover the BMI’s rare set of Ferdinand von Mueller’s Educational Collections of Victorian Plants (1874–1876). Designed to “diffuse information on the native vegetation” across Victoria, this historic herbarium and book collection reveals how early scientific communication cultivated…

    $15