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South Bank & the Cultural Centre

 

Brisbane's Cultural Centre

Why not take a few hours to enjoy the exhibitions, performances, events, shops and cafes at Brisbane’s Cultural Centre?

There’s something to amuse everyone at the Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Museum, QPAC and the State Library.

Listen to live music, see famous art, keep the kids busy, have a laugh and immerse yourself in a packed program of events.

Have a bite to eat at South Bank - choose from over 30 restaurants and cafes, with the bonus of fantastic river and city views.

For the very latest in fashions, check out the stylish boutiques on Little Stanley Street, or the always popular South Bank Lifestyle Market.

Dandiiri Maiwar at Queensland Museum South Bank

Explore the cultural diversity, innovation and creativity of Queensland's Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. Dandiiri Maiwar celebrates, … more

Dandiiri Maiwar at Queensland Museum South Bank
Dates Fri 5 December 2008 - Thu 31 December 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank

Museum Zoo: Animals, Size and Me

An awesome array of hundreds of prehistoric and modern animals. Stare into the eye of a tiger and stand beneath a Great White Shark in the thrilling … more

child viewing exhibition
Dates Fri 5 December 2008 - Thu 31 December 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank

The Courage of Ordinary Men

Three Victoria Cross medals – the men, the stories, the history. … more

Private Paddy Bugden's Victoria Cross Medal
Dates Tue 16 December 2008 - Thu 31 December 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank
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Queensland stories

Queensland Stories: People Places Past Present illustrates the diversity of Queensland and traces the change, continuity and innovation since … more

Gold Coast in the fifties
Dates Mon 26 January 2009 - Thu 31 December 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank
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Charles Darwin: The Reluctant Revolutionary

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin with an exhibition that examines the events and influences that shaped one of the … more

Charles Darwin
Dates Thu 12 February 2009 - Fri 10 July 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank

As if the sea should part and show a further sea

Spencer Finch: As if the sea should part and show a further sea… more

art gallery
Dates Thu 5 March 2009 - Sun 5 July 2009
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane

Dinosaur Garden Playasaurus Place

ENERGEX Playasaurus Place This new space, developed in partnership with ENERGEX, features our much loved life-sized dinosaurs and a colourful … more

Triceratops
Dates Sat 11 April 2009 - Fri 30 April 2010
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank

Release the bats

Celebrating Queensland’s 150th year, the Children’s Art Centre presents a large-scale installation by Queensland artist Anne Wallace. In this … more

Dates Sat 11 April 2009 - Fri 16 October 2009
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane

Bold but Faithful: John Oxley Library at Work

This fascinating exhibition of more than 40 state treasures, collected since the opening of the John Oxley Library in 1934, celebrates 75 years of … more

Dates Wed 29 April 2009 - Sun 11 October 2009
Venue State Library of Queensland, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane

American Impressionism and Realism

A world-exclusive exhibition, ‘American Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, will… more

John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, 1892
Dates Sat 30 May 2009 - Sun 20 September 2009
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane
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