Exhibitions
The Workshops Rail Museum
How do we make electricity? Will we ever run out? Do animals use it?
Fire ants, electric guitars and safety switches are all featured in the Megawatt exhibition. Push, pull, press and play safely with electricity and explore the role of electricity in our everyday lives.
Cobb+Co Museum
Celebrating 150 years of Toowoomba's own newspaper, The Chronicle
Museum of Tropical Qld
From Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970, a travelling exhibition developed and presented by the National Museum of Australia, features some of the key moments of Aboriginal activism. The exhibition opens at the Museum of Tropical Queensland on 4 November.
A Conversation with the Past18 May 2012 - 01 July 2013The second exhibition from Queensland Museum’s collection of glass plate negatives by former Ipswich coachbuilder A. E. (Bert) RobertsCobb+Co Museum
Action StationsGet hands-on with everyday science. Science is everywhere - at home, school, work and play. Discover what makes everyday things tick.Sciencentre
All AboardView The Romance of Rail film and see the 1865 A10 No 6 locomotive, the oldest steam locomotive still operating in Australia.The Workshops Rail Museum
Ancient Egypt: the Queensland Museum collection24 March 2012 - 30 June 2012The Queensland Museum has a small, but very significant, collection of objects from ancient Egypt that have been collected, donated or exchanged over the past 108 years.Queensland Museum South Bank
Body ZoneYour body - like you've never seen it before. Challenge it, move it, re-assemble it, confuse it. Collect your vital statistics. For a total hands-on, minds-on, body-on experience - jump in!Sciencentre
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
Dandiiri MaiwarAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures Centre
Dandiiri Maiwar celebrates, from a traditional and contemporary perspective, Queensland's two distinct Indigenous cultures through stories, film, artefacts, photographs, art and music.Queensland Museum South Bank
Diesel RevolutionDiesel locomotives are large, powerful machines. See inside a diesel locomotive and test your skill on the diesel cab simulator.The Workshops Rail Museum
