Events & activities


  • Steam Shop with Guide 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
  • M[YOU]SEUM 15020 January 2012 - 31 July 2012To celebrate 150 years of collecting and connecting, Museum curators have chosen 150 objects from the collection stores that help us tell the story of QueenslandQueensland Museum South Bank
  • Boy with slime on his head. Gross Show30 January 2012 - 22 June 2012Hold your nose and brave the slime in our disgusting new show! Join us as we explore the science of gross things in everyday life. Sciencentre
  • Behind the Scenes Tour19 May 2012, 11:00 AMBehind the Scenes tours at Queensland MuseumQueensland Museum South Bank
  • John Ward with Roman portable charcoal stove. Our Story Your Story19 May 2012, 01:00 PMArchangels and Archaeology: the untold story of Queensland’s Abbey Museum
    A spiritualist, mystic, historian and lifelong collector of antiquities, John Ward (1885-1949) embodied the cultural turmoil of an age of collapsing empires, religious fragmentation and world war. His quirky, personal, and immensely valuable collection is displayed at the Abbey Museum, Caboolture. In this talk, Ward's biographer shares the history of this fascinating man and how his quirky and surprising museum collection came to Queensland. This talk is part of our ongoing series of thought-provoking feature presentations for Our Story Your Story.
    Queensland Museum South Bank
  • Blacksmithing Blacksmithing Advanced26 May 2012 - 27 May 2012Stoke the fire and man the barbeque with tools you have made yourselfCobb+Co Museum
  • Leadlighting Glass Art - Leadlighting02 June 2012 - 03 June 2012Capture the light in your home through a unique leadlight panelCobb+Co Museum
  • Steam Train Sunday Steam Train Sunday03 June 2012All aboard! Travel through Brisbane on an historic steam train and relive the splendour of a bygone era.
    Roma Street station departure.    The Workshops Rail Museum
  • Nippers Play and Learn Nippers Play & Learn - Working on the Railway05 June 2012 - 07 June 2012Nippers Play & Learn sessions bring the magic of rail to life for our youngest visitors with singing, art and craft, storytelling and games. Sessions run 10:00am – 11:00am.The Workshops Rail Museum

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