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8 April 2016 - 19 June 2016
Australia’s deepest caves hide animals surviving from the first age of the dinosaurs and the splitting of the continents. Enter a world full of weird animals and unusual rock formations, overseen by still-living, giant prehistoric…
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22 March 2016
Comedian, physicist, and general troublemaker Josh Richards knows his days are numbered: short-listed for a one-way mission to Mars in 2026, he’s probably going to die there… So if you had 10 years left on…
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22 March 2016
The exploration, discovery and excitement that is National Science Week is back with another amazing state-wide program planned for 2016. National Science Week is an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate science and the role…
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24 February 2016
Kieren Mitchell was born and educated in Launceston. He moved to South Australia in 2008 to study evolutionary biology at the University of Adelaide, which eventually led to him completing a PhD and becoming a…
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27 January 2016 - 29 January 2016
The Science Experience is a three-day program of science activities held during the summer holidays for Year 9 and 10 students. Students participate in a range of hands-on science and engineering activities held on campus…
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18 January 2016 - 22 January 2016
The QVMAG School Holiday Program for 5 to 12 year olds offers some great science themed activities to keep your kids active and inspired over the school holidays. Bookings are essential. All the details can…
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16 January 2016 - 30 January 2016
Australian Maritime College and Metal Minds Robotics Team are bringing Robotics Workshops to Tasmania in 2016. RoboCamps are a unique and innovative way to engage young people in STEM. RoboCamps are run by FIRST Australia,…
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6 January 2016 - 8 January 2016
10 local Tasmanian artists (some of whom are also scientists) have realised that Tasmania has more than its fair share of ground-breaking, bizarre or simply cool and crazy science stories that are unknown to most…
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12 December 2015
The QVMAG Director, Richard Mulvaney, invites you to the launch of the QVMAG’s new book An Illustrated Guide to the Skulls of Mammals in Tasmania by RH Green, with illustrations by JL Rainbird. This book…
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22 November 2015
The Royal Society of Tasmania 2015 Launceston Lecture Series. Presented by Professor Jocelyn McPhie, Adjunct Professor, University of Tasmania and Principal Consultant, McPhie Volcanology. Active volcanoes are locations where the Earth’s internal heat energy is…
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21 November 2015 - 3 April 2016
In 2014, artists Richard Wastell and Matthew Newton accompanied a team of scientists to remote Albatross Island, Bass Strait, home to over 5 000 breeding pairs of Tasmania’s endemic Shy Albatross. The exhibition On Albatross…
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28 October 2015
A presentation by James Rigall, for the QVMAG Morning Coffee lecture Series. Admission (including refreshments): $7.50 (members); $11 (non-members) As these functions are popular RSVP essential by Monday October 26: Ph. 63 233 798 /Email…