Events

Download the complete public programs flyer January - April 2019 here.

Girls Dig Dinosaurs

Celebrating International Women’s Day, a morning of activities and talks highlighting the achievements of female palaeontologists and Earth scientists. Short talks and hands-on paleo activities, with a focus on girls.

Date: Saturday, 9 March 2019
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
FREE event

Triassic Night

Extended evening opening of Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival. Licenced event for primarily adult audience. Short palaeontology/geology talks; still life drawing of dinosaur models; virtual reality dinosaur experiences; live music and bars.

Entry to TMAG only by valid exhibition ticket for this event.

Presented in conjunction with Beaker Street

Date: Friday, 15 March 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

A Symposium: Dinosaurs and Evolution of Life

Admission fees apply, register at www.rst.org.au

Morning sessions $15 Children (6 to 15yrs), $25 accompanying adult

Hear about the latest fossil discoveries. Learn about how they evolved and the dinosaurs of the oceans, the Jurassic swamps and the Triassic forests and much more. Morning program for families and afternoons for scientists and would be scientists, young and old.  

Presented by The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Geological Society of Australia

Dates: 23 - 24 March 2019
Location: Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Tasmania

EarthTime: 2019 TMAG Children’s Festival

A chance to enjoy dinosaur themed activities to get you into the dinosaur spirit! More than forty activities over five festival days and one night as TMAG is taken over by children and we open up the secrets of EarthTime! Dinosaur highlights include a special daytime Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra “walking with dinosaurs” and Dino Disco Party.

Please visit the TMAG website in March for the full EarthTime TMAG Children’s Festival program.

Dates: 12 - 17 April 2019
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm  (Friday, 12 April)
10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Saturday, 13 April – Wednesday,  17 April)
FREE event

School Banners

Be part of the 2019 TMAG Children's Festival by creating a banner artwork with your school group.

This year's Festival theme is 'EarthTime!'. Banners will be displayed on TMAG's outdoor railings during the festival, Friday, 12 April to Wednesday, 17 April 2019.

TMAG will deliver a large banner and paints to participating schools to create an artwork based on the 'EarthTime!' theme.

Banners need to be completed by 1 April. Banners are limited to one per school and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so be quick!

To apply for a banner and for more information, download the form here and send it back to TMAG soon!

You'll be able to check the banners out along Macquarie Street and Dunn Place fence lines when you visit from Friday, 12 to Wednesday, 17 April.

Tours

Free tours run for approximately 40 minutes and are provided Wednesday to Sunday.

Tour times are subject to change and availability and can be checked by phoning (03) 6165 7000

11:00 am
Free exhibition talks and tours. For daily listings, check our events calendar.
View the February 2019 Program.

1:00 pm
Highlights tour of our Welcome Garden, historic Commissariat Complex and the Bond Store exhibitions.

1:30 pm
Highlights tour of the treasures of the Central and Henry Hunter galleries.

Guided tours for clubs, tourist groups or other organisations please click here.