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.
Presented in association with the Friends of TMAG
Date: Saturday, 9 March 2019
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
FREE event
Triassic Night
TMAG and Beaker Street have teamed up to bring you Triassic Night!
Check out Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival after dark, plus fascinating talks, live music, prehistoric cocktails, and more.
Be there or be extinct.
Entry to TMAG only by valid exhibition ticket for this event.
Full program and tickets available at www.beakerstreet.com.au/triassic
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.
Welcome to Hobart
We’re excited to be joining with the University of Tasmania to present this special late night opening.
There’ll be a wide range of fun activities for visitors of all ages, as we help to welcome new students and members of the Hobart community to Tasmania.
Enjoy live music, exhibitions, food vans and dress ups!
Free entry to TMAG. All ages welcome!
This event is presented by TMAG and the University of Tasmania and is supported by Study Tasmania
Buses will be running from 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm for UTAS students with pick up points from College Road and University Centre Sandy Bay.
Students can register please visit: https://bit.ly/2DSFpYm
Date: 28 February 2019
Time: 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
FREE event
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.
Settlement Secrets
Go on a theatrical journey through TMAG's buildings, which are the earliest still existing from the first European settlement of Hobart. Run by AntipoDean Entertainment, the tours take place from Wednesday - Friday at 11:30 am and 2:00 pm, and tickets cost $20 adults, $15 children, $60 families (2 adults, 4 children) and under 4s are free.
For more information and to check availability and book, visit the Settlement Secrets website.
Please note that Settlement Secrets will be in recess until the end of October 2019.
Talks at TMAG
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is proud to host an ongoing series of free evening and lunchtime talks and lectures to enhance your intellectual life, spark your curiosity and enliven your mind. These are presented on-site at TMAG by a range of leading organisations.
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For more great arts experiences in and around Hobart, visit the Tasmanian Arts Guide.