The QPAC Museum collects and preserves the State's performing arts heritage and provides community access to the collection through exhibitions and research facilities. The collection consists of over 62,000 items including costumes, photographs, set and costume designs, programs, recordings, scrapbooks and artefacts.
Exhibitions are presented in the Tony Gould Gallery, QPAC, and throughout the foyers of the Centre. The Gallery is accessed via the Cremorne Theatre entrance.
Gallery Hours & Cost
It is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Admission is free.
Exhibitions
The School of Arts: Making the Play
The School of Arts is a new Australian play by actor/writer/director Bille Brown written while he was QPAC Artist-in-Residence.
The accompanying exhibition Making the Play traces the creative development and social context of the work, which will be presented by QTC and QPAC as part of Q150 - Queensland's 150th celebrations 2009.
Drawing on the extensive Bille Brown Archive -donated to QPAC Museum in early 2009 -the exhibition focuses on this celebrated actor's career and the key social and political events surrounding the setting of his new work. The exhibition will also celebrate the role of the School of Arts as a 'community hub' in country Queensland and the touring companies who brought theatre to these isolated regions.
Brian Witte's documentary film Shakespeare on Wheels featuring The College Players' tour of Merchant of Venice by rail to north Queensland in 1969 will screen as part of the exhibition, which has been curated by QPAC Museum.
Click here to download the handout for The School of Arts: Making the Play exhibition. (PDF)
19 May to 12 Sep 2009 Tue to Sat - 10.00am to 4.00pm Free admission Tony Gould Gallery
Touring Exhibitions
Bobby Dazzler! Celebrating the Helpmann Centenary
Touring nationally from March 2009 to June 2010
QPAC Museum has received funding from Visions of Australia to tour this exhibition, which celebrates the centenary of Sir Robert Helpmann's birth in 2009. Helpmann is one of Australia's theatrical legends, an internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, stage and film actor and director.
This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.
For further information, please send an email to the Collections Manager.
More Online Resources
Click here to access Brisbane's Living Heritage Network (QPAC Museum is a member).
QPAC Museum is the Queensland partner for the national event database AusStage. Information about performing arts events in Queensland is collected and entered by QPAC Museum. Please contact us if you would like your company's information included.
Treading the Boards published by the QPAC Museum Surveys Brisbane's inner-city theatres from 1849-2000. Available from the Centre Stage Shop for $15.00.
A View from the Sixth Row : Reina Irmer Photography Features black and white performance photographs of musicals, plays, and operas performed in Brisbane from 1994-2000. Available at the Centre Stage Shop for $29.70.
For further information on the QPAC Museum or to receive a brochure please contact: Manager, QPAC Museum Ph: (07) 3840 7362 Fax: (07) 3840 7560 Email: collections@qpac.com.au
