Past Events

Parks Week is an annual celebration of the value of parks and reserves across Australia and New Zealand. It focuses on the range of health benefits and experiences such outdoor spaces can offer and how…

A mixed media exhibition which explores the bizarre cultures of Tasmanian Tiger sightings in Tasmania.

A public lecture to be present by one of the world’s most influential marine biologists and fisheries scientists Professor Ray Hilborn Professor, University of Washington   Seafood production is important to Tasmania’s economy and for…

A lecture hosted by The Royal Society of Tasmania About the Speaker Kevin Chilman joined the navy as a Shipwright Apprentice and trained at a naval facility in Sydney. After serving 9 years in the…

Join us for the launch of a new Maths Trail series, followed by curatorial tours of our Museum exhibitions. The Maths Trails have been written by pre-service teachers whilst at UTAS and are ready to…

Birds are nature’s intrepid, wondrous global travellers, migrating on instinct from one hemisphere to the other on journeys that we don’t yet fully comprehend. These beautiful, exploring paintings by celebrated Tasmanian wildlife painter Katherine Cooper, celebrate…

Experience cutting-edge timber design and construction at the Australian Timber Design Workshop, a two-week learning by making event at the UTAS School of Architecture & Design.  Online lectures and learning resources outlining the design brief,…

Celebrate World Wetlands Day at Tamar Island Wetlands Centre with the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service. Robin Wingrave, a local wildlife artist and naturalist will be hosted at the centre for the first time ever…

On 12 October 1912, forty-two men perished in the North Mount Lyell Mine in Queenstown. One hundred years later, it remains Tasmania’s worst mining disaster. The voices and experiences of the community are remembered in…