Welcome to Museum of Brisbane. We are located on Level 3, City Hall in Brisbane City.
We invite you to use this Visual Story to help familiarise yourself with the Museum.
We have a number of exhibitions on display, which you can explore using the buttons below or by scrolling the page.
Have a question about access? Email info@museumofbrisbane.com.au.
I will enter Museum of Brisbane via the King George Square entrance.
To get to the Museum, I will use the lift located to my right through a set of doors. If I am unsure, I can follow the pink signs that say “Museum of Brisbane” or ask City Hall staff at the concierge desk on the ground floor for directions.
Once I enter the lift, I will select Level 3. I will see a label beside the button that says “Museum of Brisbane”.
When I arrive on Level 3, I see lockers in front of me where I can safely leave my backpack or bags if I want.
I can take some of my belongings with me into the Museum, like my phone or wallet. I cannot take any bags, food or drink.
The next room has a desk with friendly staff who can help me book a tour.
I will come back here if I decide to join a Clock Tower Tour.
If I would like to take a rest, I can sit on one of the chairs provided and look through the big windows.
I noticed there are ceiling-high windows with colourful vinyls by Museum’s Artist in Residence, Renee Kire. I may need to wear tinted glasses, and that’s okay. Some of the geometric shapes hang from the ceiling. I can see the City Hall Auditorium Copper Dome.
I will enter the Museum by walking down the hallway.
When I continue down the hallway, I notice a shop in front of me and to my left.
This shop stocks lots of different wares from more than 200 local makers.
I can look in the shop now, or I can look in on my way back.
After I walk past the shop, I will walk down the hallway to enter the Museum.
I noticed several large colourful geometric shapes as wall vinyls; some appear to be coming out of the wall by artist Renee Kire. One of the shapes also hangs from the ceiling. I notice there is a large sign with black text beside the artwork. I can read these to learn more about the artwork titiled “Up, Down and All Around”.
I notice the toilet to my right.
There are glass doors that open on their own. I walk through them to see more exhibitions.
After I walk through the glass doors, I can choose to explore a series of exhibitions.
In the Museum, I can look closely at the art and objects, but I won’t touch them as they are very fragile.
There are currently some construction noises in the Museum. I may like to wear noise-cancelling headphones, and that’s okay.
This exhibition space has low lighting and an audio soundtrack of a person speaking. I may need to put on my noise-cancelling headphones, and that’s okay.
In the exhibition space, white text is printed on the walls. I can read these to find out what the exhibition is about.
I notice there are small white cards with black text beside each artwork. I can read these to learn more about each artwork.
In the centre of the room, I notice a large table with stools stored below it. If I want, I can pull out a stool and sit on it while I look closely at the artwork.
Once I have finished looking at “Perspectives of Brisbane”, I can walk back to view “Stories You Wear: Magpie goose”.
As I walk back toward the next space, I notice a fabric draping like a curtain and a hanging sign with the title “Stories You Wear: Magpie Goose”.
As I enter a semicircle of curtains, there is a projection with sound plays. I can sit down and watch the projection. If the projection light is too bright or the sound is too loud, I can wear tinted glasses and/or earplugs, and that is okay.
When I exit the Welcome space, I see many displays hanging with bright-coloured clothes, artwork, and photographs. I can move slowly through these display areas and examine the details.
There is a large mirror near one of the displays on the left-hand side of the Welcome space. If the surface is too reflective, I can wear tinted glasses, and that is okay.
There are text panels on the wall and near the objects that I can read. I may see QR codes that offer audio descriptions or extra audio content. I can choose to access these resources.
On the right-hand side of the gallery space, an LCD monitor is playing a video. Near the LCD monitor, I noticed another projection.
Audio comes from the TV. I can sit down and listen. If the noise is too loud or uncomfortable, I can wear earplugs and/or tinted glasses, and that is okay.
To the right, there is a production table with interactive elements. I can touch the tactile animals on the production table. To the right of the production table, an LCD monitor is playing a video. I can wear tinted glasses, and that is okay. Close to me, there is a quiet book nook with low seating and books to read. I am welcome to sit, rest, and read the provided visual materials.
When I am ready to continue, I can track back to the doorway next to the production table. Through this doorway, I will find the entrance to the next exhibition: “Cribb Island: Brisbane’s Lost Suburb”.
This exhibition has dark walls and displays of watercolours of Cribb Island by Brisbane artist Joyce Hyam.
Once I am finished viewing “Cribb Island: Brisbane’s Lost Suburb”, I can exit through the dark-coloured doorway into another gallery space for “Warrajamba”.
As you enter the Adelaide Street Pavilion, your eyes are immediately drawn to a bold turquoise sign on the wall that reads “warrajamba”. A TV screen is playing a looped video of Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, the Museum’s Artist in Residence. The video is on low volume, and seating is available in front of the TV screen. I can sit down and listen to the video. I may need to wear tinted glasses, and that’s okay.
You can see a semi-circular table near the window with a stamping station where you can make a mermaid or dugong dolly peg. You are welcome to display your creation on the wall opposite the stamping station when you finish it. You also observed that a semi-circular window has a translucent Perspex panel with a mermaid tail. I may need to wear tinted glasses, and that’s okay.
Across from the table, on the left, you can see a red cabinet and a wall pin with materials. You may encounter Artist Delvene as she sometimes works in the space. Adjacent, Delvene’s weaving and read a story called “The Legend of Yungun” on the wall.
On the right, there are interactive objects with wall-mounted handles. You can open the lids of the objects; some I can listen to, and others I can see, smell and touch. Next to the interactive wall is a stencil rubbing station where you can sit and create artwork with the stencils on the table. A mermaid made from yungair/yungaire (freshwater reed), talwalpin (beach hibiscus cotton tree), and quampie shell is hung on the wall above the frottage station.
The “Welcome to Brisbane” exhibition is in the Fairfax Gallery, a space filled with natural light from large windows adorned with bright-coloured stickers. I can wear tinted glasses to feel more comfortable, and that is okay.
I notice there is a large orange sign with black text beside the windows. I can read these to find out more about the murals and Martin Edge, MoB’s Artist in Residence.
A roped-off area in the gallery holds an artist’s workbench and may have music from a speaker. Martin Edge, the artist, is spending three weeks there painting two murals featuring City Hall, CityCat, and other Brisbane scenes in bright, bold colours.
Near the rope section of the gallery, I will find three types of seating: individual chairs, soft bean bags, and a long leather bench. These options allow for sitting, relaxing, and observing the artist or the space. A TV screen on the left-hand side displays rotating images and text. I can watch and, if needed, wear tinted glasses.
To enter, I can walk through the wooden door next to the orange wall text that says “Precious”. This exhibition space has low lighting.
As I walked in, I noticed large blue cabinets in the first exhibition space, filled with a variety of objects.
If I want to read about the exhibition, I can read the large text on the wall behind me or pick up a room sheet to my right. The room sheet includes text explaining each collection and the stories of the collectors.
When I am finished looking at the cabinet at the front of the room, I can walk to the left or right to continue exploring.
I notice very tall cabinets reaching up to the ceiling in this space. These are along both sides of the room.
I can look closely at the objects inside the cabinets. The objects come in many different shapes, sizes, and materials. Some are displayed high up, and some are lower down.
If I want to interact with other objects in the exhibition, I can ask a staff member to bring out a touch trolley, which will have objects I can handle safely.
If I want to read more about the objects, there are labels on the walls. Some labels are lit up by light boxes. If the lights are too bright, I can wear tinted glasses – and that’s okay.
At the end of the cabinets are seats where I can rest if I want to.
When I’m ready, I can walk through the white doorway to enter the next exhibition space.
This room has large wall-mounted display cabinets and a round display table at eye level.
I can walk up to the cases and take my time observing the objects closely.
At the back of the room, there are seats where I can rest if I want. When I am finished in this room, I can continue into the next space by going through the doorway on the right. In the hallway, I see a cabinet filled with objects on my left and right sides.
As I move toward the exit, the hallway becomes more dimly lit. I will see a sign that says “Way Out.”
Once I am finished Precious, I can walk back in the direction I came.
When I leave the Museum, I will collect my things if I used a locker and exit down the lifts.
I will press the down-pointing arrow button located beside the lift and wait for the doors to open.
When I enter the lift, I will go to the panel of buttons on the left and press “G” for ground floor. This will take me down to the main foyer of City Hall, where I can exit the building the same way I came in.
