Heritage Reading Room

Address
Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350 Australia Get Directions
Phone (03) 5331 3042
Website https://ballaratmi.org.au/venue-hire/#HUMFFRAY

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  • Laura J Fitzwilson, Book Launch – The Fool

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    August 23 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Heritage Reading Room The FoolLaura J. Fitzwilson After his parents and brother are assassinated, Leo is forced to become king of the smallest country on a continent that looks an awful lot like Australia. He faces a kingdom on the brink of bankruptcy and a mistimed sneeze […]

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    Play Reading | Queer Canon – FAQT

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    FAQT: FESTIVAL OF QUEER THEATRE | Hosted by John Kachoyan. Until comparatively recently, live performance work and story telling on the Australian stage was still rare and scandalous. That doesn’t mean it didn’t exist. From 1800s male impersonator Effie Fellows to modern classics oF...

    $15 – $30
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    Chasing Dick: A Love Story – FAQT

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    FAQT: FESTIVAL OF QUEER THEATRE | Commissioned by Festival of Australian Queer Theatre Will you let yourself go? How far are you willing to go? Who are you willing to let...

    $15 – $30

  • The Reading Room

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    The Reading Room This volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly, the last Monday of the month, in the Heritage Reading Room (subject to availability) . Members will select books to be discussed which will include fiction, non-fiction, poetry and short stories. If you would like to be a part of this group (free […]

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    Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show: From the Archives

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    May 17 @ 10:30 am - May 30 @ 4:00 pm Free – $5 This event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival This event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, learn […]

    Free – $5

  • Dried floral arrangement with Fay Marshall | Victorian Seniors Festival

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    Image:Credit Maria Orlova A workshop in Dried Floral Arrangement. In this workshop you will use your creativity and style to make beautiful dried floral arrangements and posies. You will learn: How to use colouring to enhance your dried arrangements. How to incorporate loved items and fabric. About the types of fixings that work well. All […]

    $15
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    Card Making with Fay Marshall | Victorian Seniors Festival

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    Image: Happy Birthday | Fay's CreationsA workshop in Cardmaking.In this workshop you will use your creativity and style to produce amazing greeting cards that speak to your friends, family and colleagues with personality and heart.You will learn:How to use paint to make your own original backgrounds.How to use stencils, a medium and paint to make interesting raised […]

    $15

  • Conservation for non-conservators

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    This workshop is being delivered in Ballarat in partnership with AMaGA Victoria and AICCM. The day will consist of a presentation and discussion focusing on the preventive care of collections including risks, storage and display guidelines, storage and display materials, and basic mount making techniques. The workshop will also include 3 hands on activities. The […]

    $70

  • Meet the Author | A. J. Lyndon

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    A. J. Lyndon I have a long standing interest in history, particularly the English Civil Wars of the 17th century. In 2014 I started writing a novel about the “War Without an enemy” as it was described by an army commander in 1643. The Welsh Linnet was published in 2017. The sequel, The Tawny Sash, will be published […]

    $10

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    Living Heritage Exhibition

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    The BMI has recently worked with Grimwade Conservation Services to perform urgently required conservation work on a number of significant items from the Heritage Victoria registered collection. This work was carried out as part of a  Victorian Government Living Heritage Grant awarded in 2021, with work completed in December 2022. These items include original volumes […]

    $5
  • botanical specimens

    Living Heritage Exhibition

    Heritage Reading Room Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    The BMI has recently worked with Grimwade Conservation Services to perform urgently required conservation work on a number of significant items from the Heritage Victoria registered collection. This work was carried out as part of a  Victorian Government Living Heritage Grant awarded in 2021, with work completed in December 2022.These items include original volumes of […]

    $5