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| Museum of Tropical Queensland's talks and tours |
Cost: Included with admission
Both locals and visitors to the region are invited to dig a little deeper into the stories behind the exhibitions and displays at the Museum of Tropical Queensland with a daily program of talks and tours.
10:30am - What's in the Box?
Discover more about a museum object or the travelling exhibition in the Box Gallery.
11am & 1.30pm - HMS Pandora Highlights Tour
Discover more about the HMS Pandora and the tragic tale of the ship sent to capture the Bountymutineers.
12.30pm - Dig Deeper Tour
Join one of the our Volunteer Guides and learn about their favourite museum object, collection or activity.
Museum of Tropical Queensland's talks and tours operate every day (excluding school and public holidays) and are included with Museum admission.
PANDORA GALLERY
Cost: Included with admission
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| PANDORA GALLERY |
Be captivated by the intrigue and epic story of Pandora, the Museum of Tropical Queensland's mainstay exhibition detailing one of the most significant shipwrecks in the Southern Hemisphere.
HMS Pandora was the British Royal Navy warship dispatched to the South Pacific in pursuit of the infamous Bounty mutineers. The ship was on her return voyage from Tahiti when it struck the Great Barrier Reef. Although the crew tried desperately to save her, she sank 120 kilometres east of Cape York in the early hours of 29 August 1791. This exhibition takes visitors step by step through Pandora’s voyage including that bleak night when tragedy struck.
BEAU'S BUDDIES
Cost: Included with admission
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| Beau's Buddies |
With two sessions a week Beau's Buddies activity mornings ensure that even the smallest Museum visitors have fun and learn something new at the Museum of Tropical Queensland.
Designed for children under six years of age, Beau's Buddies is a program that encourages fun, discovery and creativity based around a museum object. Starting at 9.45am each Tuesday and Thursday during school terms, this led-activity starts with a new object being revealed and discussed. Children learn about object, hear a related story and join in craft activities.
Beau's Buddies is free with admission and there's no need to book.
TAXIDERMY TALES
Cost: Included with admission
Designed for children under six years of age, Beau's Buddies is a program that encourages fun, discovery and creativity based around a museum object. Starting at 9.45am each Tuesday and Thursday during school terms, this led-activity starts with a new object being revealed and discussed. Children learn about object, hear a related story and join in craft activities.
Beau's Buddies is free with admission and there's no need to book.
TAXIDERMY TALES
Cost: Included with admission
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| TAXIDERMY TALES |
Do you have an interest in the art of Taxidermy? The Museum of Tropical Queensland taxidermy team works on specimens in the preparation room beside the Great Gallery between 10am and 1pm most Tuesdays. The taxidermists love to come out and talk to visitors about their work and answer any bird identification questions and have a number of birds on display around and outside the lab for bird-lovers young and old.
Museum of Tropical Queensland
70 -102 Flinders Street, Townsville
Queensland 4810
(07) 4726 0600
www.mtq.qm.qld.gov.au
Open 9:30am to 5pm daily
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day
Museum of Tropical Queensland
70 -102 Flinders Street, Townsville
Queensland 4810
(07) 4726 0600
www.mtq.qm.qld.gov.au
Open 9:30am to 5pm daily
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday, Anzac Day
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