Experience Centre

Clay Pot Excavation
2024-04-13 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an archaeologist and discover things about the past? Create your very own piece of archaeology that would tell future generations about you.
Recommended for ages 5+, caregiver participation encouraged.
You can book your tickets by clicking on the preferred session below.

Saturday 13 April, 11am to 12pm
Saturday 13 April, 1pm to 2pm

Your Station Sculpture
2024-04-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-04-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-04-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-04-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-04-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-04-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Flex your creative muscles and design your own public art masterpiece while learning about the features and history of our underground stations and each of their artworks.

Thursday 11 April, 11am to 12pm
Thursday 11 April, 1pm to 2pm

You can book tickets to your preferred session here.

World Science Festival Brisbane
2024-03-20 08:00 - 2024-03-24 17:00 | Squid Lounge, Queensland Museum, Grey Street &, Melbourne St, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia
Catch us at the World Science Festival Brisbane.
We are thrilled to be partnering with World Science Festival Brisbane as it returns in March, taking science out of the laboratory and into the streets, parks, museums, galleries and performing arts venues.
Come along to catch up on how Cross River Rail is transforming travel. Visit our stand to code some tiny robots to travel on the new train line, experience the underground stations through VR, and ask our experts all your Cross River Rail questions.
From Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 March, find us at Queensland Museum in the Squid Lounge on level 2. School groups and members of the public are welcome to drop in.
On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March we will be at City of Science at South Bank Parklands next to the Piazza.
Find out more about World Science Festival Brisbane.

Popsicle bridge challenge
2024-01-28 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-18 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-04 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-11 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Join the bridge building challenge and create a bridge constructed from popsicle sticks in this activity. You’ll need to test the bridge and ensure that it is strong enough to hold an item. The team can provide some general tips to get you started.
This is a drop-in session, no bookings are required. Recommended for ages 5+, adult supervision encouraged.

Thursday 18 January, 11am to 1pm
Sunday 28 January, 11am to 1pm

Coding robots
2024-01-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-01-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-11 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Have you ever thought about how trains navigate between stations or want to try your hand at guiding a robot using a basic signalling system? Come and learn the basics of the Micromelon Rover platform and use these robots to navigate through a tunnel.
No prior experience required.
Recommended for ages 8+ with caregiver participation required
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Thursday 11 January, 11am to 1pm
Thursday 11 January, 2pm to 4pm
Friday 19 January, 11am to 1pm
Friday 19 January, 2pm to 4pm

Crafty Ornaments
2023-12-22 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
With a sleigh load of craft supplies at your fingertips, unleash your creativity to design a dazzling ornament. You can leave your ornament on the tree in the Experience Centre, gift it to someone you know, or take it home to hang up!
Recommended for ages 4+, caregiver participation encouraged

Monday 18 December, 11am to 1pm
Tuesday 19 December, 11am to 1pm
Wednesday 20 December, 11am to 1pm
Thursday 21 December, 11am to 1pm
Friday 22 December, 11am to 1pm

Bush Holiday card making
2023-12-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-12-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Celebrate the spirit of the Australian holidays by using gum leaves to create your very own Bush Holiday Cards.
Recommended for ages 4+, caregiver participation encouraged

Friday 15 December, 11am to 1pm
Saturday 16 December, 11am to 1pm

Clay modelling
2023-12-14 12:30 - 13:15, 2023-12-14 11:30 - 12:15, 2023-12-14 10:30 - 11:15 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Get creative and create a crazy, colourful, clay garden inspired by the future greening of Albert Street.
Recommended for ages 5+, caregiver participation encouraged.
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Thursday 14 December, 10:30am to 11:15am
Thursday 14 December, 11:30am to 12:15pm
Thursday 14 December, 12:30pm to 1:15pm

Magical Kaleidoscopes
2023-12-09 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
Create your own kaleidoscope using simple materials like cardboard tubes, mirrors, and colourful beads, and be dazzled by the magic of patterns, reflections and symmetry.
This is a drop-in session, no bookings are required. Recommended for ages 5+, adult supervision required.

Sunday 3 August, 11am to 1pm
Sunday 23 August, 11am to 1pm

Biggest building battle
2023-12-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
We want you to build the tallest building out of wooden pegs and craft sticks. It must be strong and stable enough to support a wooden block … or two!
This is a drop-in session, no bookings are required. Recommended for ages 5+, adult supervision encouraged.

Sunday 3 December, 11am to 1pm

Bottle cap creations
2023-11-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Experience Centre, 1/151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
From the depths of the tunnels to the tops of the stations, there are so many parts to the Cross River Rail project. Choose your favourite part of the project and recreate it with bottle caps. Maybe you will choose an enormous tunnel boring machine, a delicate piece of archaeology, or even a beautiful flower that will grow in a garden outside a new train station
This is a drop-in session, no bookings are required. Recommended for ages 5+, adult supervision encouraged.

Saturday 25 November, 11am to 1pm
Sunday 17 December, 11am to 1pm
Saturday 20 January, 11am to 1pm
