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Museum of Brisbane Museum of Brisbane explores the people, places and stories of Brisbane. Open 10am-5pm daily and until 7pm Fridays. Entry is FREE. www.museumofbrisbane.com.au
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Museum of Brisbane explores the people, places and stories of Brisbane through an ever changing exhibition program.

Let's get the (crafty) party started! 🎉⁠Get to know the artists behind our upcoming Crafty Party events in the latest ar...
05/09/2026

Let's get the (crafty) party started! 🎉⁠

Get to know the artists behind our upcoming Crafty Party events in the latest article from Peppermint Magazine.

✨ Read 👉 peppermintmag.com/museum-of-brisbane-crafty-party

Tickets selling fast 🩷 Following September’s sold-out workshop with Bonnie Hislop, the next workshop in November, with dynamic Brisbane artists Sunday Jemmott and Renee Kire will guide participants to create a colourful floral sculpture inspired by the duo’s bold takes on colour, shape and abstraction.

Head to our website to book your spot 🩷 museumofbrisbane.com.au/get-crafty

📷 Sunday Jemmott & Renee Kire. Photo: MoB | Bonnie Hislop. Photo: Melanie Hinds, courtesy Bonnie Hislop. | Crafty Party with Sunday Jemmott & Renee Kire. Photo: MoB

“It is magnificent!” ❤️ – MoB visitorHave you seen The Red Dress yet? Come and experience this incredible 14-year global...
04/09/2026

“It is magnificent!” ❤️ – MoB visitor

Have you seen The Red Dress yet? Come and experience this incredible 14-year global embroidery project at MoB. While you're here, don’t forget to enter our Red Dress Giveaway for your chance to win a prize pack valued at over $100, including a copy of The Red Dress | Conversations in Stitch by Kirstie Macleod and a $50 MoB Shop voucher.

The Red Dress
Now showing until 13 September. Open daily 10am–5pm.
Free entry | Come see it for yourself, and enter to win! ❤️
Plan your visit 👉 museumofbrisbane.com.au/visit-us

📷 Joe Ruckli & MoB

MoB is supported by Brisbane City Council, our Founding and Major Supporter.
The Red Dress is presented by Museum of Brisbane and Warwick Art Gallery with support from Allthreads Embroidery, Queensland Women’s Historical Association, Queensland Embroidery Guild, National Council of Women Australia and private donors. Project supported by the Queensland Government Multicultural Affairs Queensland.
The Red Dress project is supported by charities, social enterprises, and funding bodies, including the British Council Dubai, Arts Council England, and others.

Heading to Riverfire? ✈️Get in the spirit with a look at snapshots captured by winners of the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Photogra...
04/09/2026

Heading to Riverfire? ✈️

Get in the spirit with a look at snapshots captured by winners of the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards.

See more Everyday Brisbane moments at the finalist exhibition now showing at Museum of Brisbane.

Open daily 10am-5pm until Sunday 1 November 2026 ✨

Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards 2026 is an initiative of Brisbane City Council. Presented in partnership with Brisbane Airport.

📸 Lewis Bin Doraho. Flying Low, 2025. LaVonne Bobongie Award Winner. Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards 2026. | Nicola Laidlow. Brisbane Festival. Brisbane Postcards Collection Winner. Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards 2026. Photos courtesy the artists.

03/09/2026

A very special prize presentation at MoB 🧡

The three kids from the Monroe family are the lucky winners of MoB Artist in Residence Martin Edge’s Remix Your Brissie competition! Martin visited the Museum to present them with their prize: an original hand-drawn artwork inspired by the drawing they created during our winter school holiday program.

We loved hearing about the inspiration behind their drawing and all the things they spotted along the way during their school holiday visits to the Museum.

Congratulations! 🎉

Our spring school holidays program is out now!
Check it out 👉 museumofbrisbane.com.au/school-holidays

MoB’s Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC.
Martin Edge’s Residency was supported by The Culture Crusader.
Martin and friends

September is for mindful art making 🫶As part of Brisbane Festival, we're hosting a series of Mindful Art Mornings as wel...
02/09/2026

September is for mindful art making 🫶
As part of Brisbane Festival, we're hosting a series of Mindful Art Mornings as well as free pop-up creative sessions at King George Square and Brisbane Festival Village.

🫶 King George Square Pop-up with Renee Kire
Tuesday 8 September, 7:30am–8:30am | Drop-in

🫶 Brisbane Festival Village Pop-up with Nadine McDonald-Dowd | South Bank | Friday 11 September, 7:30am–9:30am | Drop-in

Plus, there limited tickets available for the Paper, Pattern, Pause workshop with Renee Kire at Museum of Brisbane on 23 September, 7:30am–8:30am. Book your spot!

Discover more 👉 museumofbrisbane.com.au/mindful-art-mornings

Presented by Museum of Brisbane in association with Brisbane Festival.

📷 Blak Botanics workshop. Photo: courtesy Nadine McDonald-Dowd. Paper, Pattern, Pause with Renee Kire. Photo: Renee Kire.

🌸 A little vessel, a lot of joy.These mini vases are for tiny flowers, along with twigs, leaves, and other discoveries f...
01/09/2026

🌸 A little vessel, a lot of joy.

These mini vases are for tiny flowers, along with twigs, leaves, and other discoveries from everyday life.

Take home a one-of-a-kind piece from MoB Shop.

Featured: Hiroaki Eba -Art, Ronelle Clarke, Michael Shaw, The Naked Gardiner

📷 MoB

🌟 SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS @ MoB❇️ ExhibitionsThe Red Dress | LAST DAY - Sunday 13 SeptemberPreciousWarrajamba❇️ Artist in R...
31/08/2026

🌟 SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS @ MoB

❇️ Exhibitions
The Red Dress | LAST DAY - Sunday 13 September
Precious
Warrajamba

❇️ Artist in Residence
Up, Down and All Around by Renee Kire | Extended until early 2027

❇️ Events
Mindful Art Mornings:
Museum of Brisbane | Wednesday 9, 16, 23, 30 September | 7:30am-8:30am | Limited spots, bookings required
King George Square pop-up with Renee Kire | Tuesday 8 September | 7:30am-8:30am | Free, drop-in
Brisbane Festival Village pop-up with Nadine McDonald-Dowd, Southbank | Friday 11 September | 7:30am-9:30am | Free, drop-in
Ekphrastic Writing Club | Saturday 5 September | 2:30pm-4:30pm | Ticketed (book 3 sessions and save)
SOLD-OUT - Tea & Tour: Kirstie Macleod | Saturday 12 September | 10.30am-12.30pm & 2pm-4pm
SOLD-OUT - Crafty Party with Bonnie Hislop | Thursday 17 September | 6pm–8:30pm

❇️ MoB Kids
Spring School Holidays program:
MoB Kids: Pop Badges
Daily from Sat 19 September – Mon 5 October 2026
10am–1pm
MoB Kids: Fun with Ferns
Daily from Sat 19 September – Mon 5 October 2026
10am–1pm
MoB Teens: Sunday Fun-day Workshop
Wed 23 September & Wed 30 September 2026 | 2pm–4pm
Bilingual Storytime:
Monday 7 September: Portuguese | 11am-11:30am
Monday 14 September: Auslan | 11am-11:30am
BYO Baby Tour | Select Mondays | 10:30am-11am

❇️ Tours
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Precinct Public Art Tour | Select Wednesdays (3pm–4.30pm) & Saturdays (9am-10.30am)
Clock Tower Tour | Daily, every 15 minutes | FREE | Bookings essential

Discover more at our website 👉 museumofbrisbane.com.au

MoB is open daily, 10am–5pm
Free entry
Level 3, Brisbane City Hall

30/08/2026

One-night-only 🖤 Live music, spoken word and an intimate after-hours performance with MoB Artist in Residence Sachém Parkin-Owens.

Live at MoB: Sachém Parkin-Owens
🎤 Friday 9 October
6–8pm (doors open 5:30pm)

🖤 Tickets from $15
Free community mob-tix available (bookings essential)
18+ event | Cash bar

Book now 👉 museumofbrisbane.com.au/sachem-live

📹 Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose Open Day, featuring Sachém Parkin-Owens and band.

MoB is supported by Brisbane City Council, our Founding and Major Supporter.
MoB’s Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC.
Sachém’s residency was designed to activate Museum of Brisbane’s major exhibition Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose, bringing music, storytelling and performance into the Museum.
Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

Did you know there’s a World War II signature wall tucked away in the basement of Brisbane City Hall?A small section of ...
29/08/2026

Did you know there’s a World War II signature wall tucked away in the basement of Brisbane City Hall?

A small section of wall above the old Brisbane urinal became a place for servicemen to leave their names and service numbers during the war.

Among them was Percy Gutteridge, born in 1909, who served during WWII. He signed the wall during the war but didn’t see it again until November 2015, when he was 106 years old.

Another signature belonged to Walter Huggonson. In late 1944, Walter was badly burnt in an accident at his workshop in New Guinea and was sent to Greenslopes Hospital. Unable to return to active service, he was given the task of making artificial limbs for returned soldiers. Using his knowledge as a saddler and bootmaker before the war, he created artificial limbs with timber and strapped to the body with leather. Walter gone on to make artificial limbs for the next 20 years.

Curious to learn more about the stories behind the signatures? Pick up the book The Soldiers' Wall A Glimpse into Their World by Lyris Mitchell at MoB Shop or join us on our next City Hall tour and uncover this fascinating chapter of Brisbane’s past.

Discover 👉 museumofbrisbane.com.au

📷 World War II signature wall. Photo: MoB.

“I love Brisbane, and I love birds. I spend a lot of time in nature, so birds and animals naturally became a big part of...
28/08/2026

“I love Brisbane, and I love birds. I spend a lot of time in nature, so birds and animals naturally became a big part of my work.”

Meet Therese, the creator of Busy Head, whose distinctive scientific illustration style captures her love of Brisbane’s flora and fauna.

Celebrating 10 years of making colourful, nostalgic pieces, Therese shares the stories behind Busy Head, her love of Brisbane and her grandmothers’ tea towel collections.

Discover her story in our latest maker Q&A.

Shop Busy Head at MoB Shop in-store or online 👉 mobshop.com.au

📷 Busy Head. Photo: MoB.

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Level 3, Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, 64 Adelaide Street
Brisbane, QLD
4000

Opening Hours

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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