Imaginariums

Explore intergenerational activities and immersive experiences that will ignite your imagination.

Imaginariums are perfect for all ages.

They offer hands-on fun and learning through creative exploration.

Available at Bribie Island Seaside Museum, Pine Rivers Heritage Museum and Redcliffe Museum.

Drop in any time during museum opening hours to enjoy fun and engaging activities. Free. No bookings required. 

Image credit: Embellysh Photography.

Dates and locations

• Bribie Island Seaside Museum
  

  David Unaipon: First Nations Inventor Imaginarium | 10 August - 24 November 

• Pine Rivers Heritage Museum
  Are you being served? Imaginarium | 3 May - 26 October
  Playback Imaginarium | 1 November - 26 April 2026

• Redcliffe Museum
  Laboratorium | 4 June - 7 December

David Unaipon: First Nations Inventor

Are you an inventor?

Do you love to create, imagine, and bring the unimaginable to life? Bribie Island Seaside Museum Imaginarium invites you to explore invention and innovation.

Australia’s very own Leonardo da Vinci - David Unaipon - used imagination and genius to change the world.

He was born in 1872 and grew into an ambitious man with vision to invent and to create. His lifelong fascination with science and innovation produced inventions ahead of his time.

Inspect Leonardo da Vinci’s machines in our Da Vinci Machines: inventions brought to life exhibition.

Are you ready to invent the future? Come join us and let your imagination run wild!

Are you being served?

Visit the new Imaginarium Are you being served? at Pine Rivers Heritage Museum. You'll learn how people purchased groceries and homewares in the old days.

Explore what it was like being a shop keeper during the 1950s at the local general store. Get hands on as you collect your customers goods using their shopping list.

Check the correct weight using the scales before packing the goods for your customer.

From pounds and pennies to brown paper bags, examine what is the same and what has changed. The Imaginarium is a dedicated intergenerational play space.

Everyone can create, learn, and explore together with hands-on activities.

• Can you help Mr Cooke complete the grocery orders at the general store? Visit the museum, grab a shopping basket and list to hunt for hiding foods. When you have found all the items on your list, let staff know what you think Mrs Gamble is making for her family’s dinner. It might be meat loaf or a lime Jell-O salad!

Playback

Visit the new Imaginarium Playback at Pine Rivers Heritage Museum and get your game on!

This free, intergenerational play space is full of old school games and technology. 

Atari, Nintendo or Sega? Learn about gaming consoles and iconic games of the past. Explore the history of electronic gaming from Pac-Man and Space Invaders to Tetris.

During your visit, make sure to challenge your friends and family with a board game or arcade game. Can you beat our local Rubik’s Cube champion, cracking a 3x3 cube blindfolded in 14 seconds?

Museum trail: The Playback time machine has malfunctioned! 

We programmed the machine to go back to the 1980s for our new Imaginarium, Playback. Now the machine has dropped random old school technology all around the museum. Can you help us find all the objects?

Explore unique objects from the past and receive a special sticker for saving the museum!

Laboratorium

Put on your lab coats and spark your wonder at the Redcliffe Museum! All curious minds are welcome.

Experience the world of science and discovery in our Laboratorium Imaginarium:

• Test kinetic energy with our marble run.

• Make a light bulb glow.

• Learn how sound works by playing music on the thongophone.

• Become your own inventor with our curious craft activities.

Consider tomorrow's innovations as you explore our lists of top scientists and discoveries.

This experience includes a children’s activity booklet and educational videos. Free - no bookings required. Ages 6-14.

Museum trail: Feed your curiosity on our Laboratorium museum trail!

Follow the clues on this family scavenger hunt and explore all your senses!

Use your senses to the max! Learn about spices and their healing powers using small and other senses. See microorganisms through a microscope and play the thongophone!

Learn about the history of the Redcliffe area as you journey through the museum.

Immerse yourself in science and invention in this hands-on learning experience. Free - no bookings required. Ages 4-12. 

Dates and locations