Past exhibitions
Great Railway Journeys of Australia28 November 2009 - 09 May 2010Explore the important role that train travel has played in Australian cultural life. Over 20 iconic journeys are presented.Queensland Museum South Bank
Imagination Factory: Invent & Play19 December 2009 - 12 December 2010Feed your imagination with our new interactive exhibition from Questacon that celebrates basic mechanical tools and simple machines. The gears of your mind will be spinning with new ways to think about the mechanical world around you.Sciencentre
The Butterfly Man of Kuranda17 February 2010 - 12 July 2010A breathtaking look at the art and science of collecting. Take the opportunity to view some of our most prized insect collections. Their extraordinary arrangements of colour and form will amaze you as they have past generations of Queenslanders.Queensland Museum South Bank
Bloom: Wildflowers of Greater Brisbane20 February 2010 - 19 September 2010A garden of wildflowers surrounds Brisbane. Our new photography exhibition highlights some of the most beautiful plants in our back yard.Queensland Museum South Bank
The early archaeological research of Skertchly16 May 2010 - 10 July 2011A display documenting Professor Sydney Skertchly's pioneering work demonstrating the existence of ancient humans many hundreds of millennia ago.
On display as part of National Archaeology Week 2010. Queensland Museum South Bank
Kenniff Cave on display16 May 2010 - 10 July 2011Artefacts that revolutionised the Australian public's appreciation of the country's Aboriginal past.
Closing 10 July. Queensland Museum South Bank
Museum Zoo17 May 2010 - 15 July 2011An awesome array of over 700 prehistoric and modern animals on parade. Take a walk on the wild side with creatures let loose from the Museum's world-class Biodiversity Collection - from the tiniest to the tallest and all sorts in between. Exhibition closing before the end of July 2011. Queensland Museum South Bank
Endangered species17 May 2010 - 10 July 2011Queensland has many different kinds of native plants and animals. Each known as a species. Some of our species have been lost forever. They have become extinct. Others are threatened. These are in danger of becoming extinct if they cannot be managed successfully. Exhibtion closing 10 July 2011. Queensland Museum South Bank
Exposed! The story of swimwear22 May 2010 - 08 August 2010From neck-to-knee to next to nothing! Exposed! the story of swimwear highlights the designs and designers, past and present, at the forefront of Australian swimwear fashion.Queensland Museum South Bank
The Last Days of Burke & Wills04 August 2010 - 05 December 2010In an era of exploration, the Burke and Wills Expedition set out from Melbourne to chart an inland route to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The land the party crossed was, for them, an empty void; unknown, unchartered and unoccupied. It was a journey of discovery and desperation.Queensland Museum South Bank
