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Events calendar

• Steam Shop Tour01 January 2010 - 31 December 2012Take a Heritage Railway Workshops Tour into the Steam Shop to hear a Queensland Rail worker talk about the process of building and maintaining heritage locomotives and carriages. See what heritage rollingstock is currently being restored. The Workshops Rail Museum
• Blacksmiths Shop Tour01 January 2010 - 31 December 2012Take a Heritage Railway Workshops Tour into the Blacksmith Shop to hear a Queensland Rail ‘smithy’ talk about working in the 100 year old Blacksmith Shop and the various machines and tools still in use on a daily basis.The Workshops Rail Museum
• Tracking Queensland22 August 2010 - 31 December 2012Take an interesting look at QR’s great achievements in this new display at The Workshops Rail Museum.The Workshops Rail Museum
• Science on the Move18 July 2011 09:30 AM - 17 July 2012 05:00 PMScience comes to life at the Museum of Tropical Queensland as part of Science on the Move, a travelling exhibition from Questacon.
  
  Museum of Tropical Qld
• More Than a Meal16 December 2011 - 30 June 2012A display celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Dining Hall at the Ipswich Railway Workshops.The Workshops Rail Museum
• Old Places, New Spaces17 December 2011 09:30 AM - 17 December 2012 05:00 PMOld Places, New Spaces was developed by the Museum of Tropical Queensland in collaboration with four local ethnic community groups and two local artists.
  
  Old Places, New Spaces is a series of murals which celebrate the unique identity of each group through images, colour and words.
  Museum of Tropical Qld
• Toowoomba Never Floods11 January 2012 - 27 May 2012Toowoomba never floods - it's on top of the range - yet the city did flood on 10 January 2011 Cobb+Co Museum
• Rock Around the Block: Rock ‘N’ Roll George, Brisbane Legend20 January 2012 - 24 June 2012Discover the story behind Brisbane legend Rock 'N' Roll George and see behind the scenes and uncover the intricate scientific processes involved in looking after heritage objects as conservation work takes place on George’s car in the gallery.
  Queensland Museum South Bank
• Giants of the Past20 January 2012 - 31 December 2012One of Australia’s most complete dinosaur skeletons, an amazing replica of a world-famous dinosaur trackway and fossils over 100 million years old are all featured in this exhibition telling the story of life in the Mesozoic era.Queensland Museum South Bank
• Bouncing Back from Disaster20 January 2012 - 20 May 2012Bouncing Back from Disaster will pay tribute to the spirit of Queenslanders affected by 2011’s “summer of disasters” as well as exploring the effects of natural disasters on Queensland’s ecosystem.Queensland Museum South Bank