QUEENSLAND Museum's largest ever exhibition, NASA - A Human Adventure, is breaking attendance records.
The exhibition, which runs until October 9, is a thrilling journey of humankind's exploration of space and includes several space-flown items, rocket engines, a collection of space suits and several full-scale replicas including the front of NASA's space shuttle, lunar rover, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space crafts and Soviet robotic lunar rover Lunokhod.
Queensland Museum Network chief executive Jim Thompson said the exhibition was the largest to be hosted at Queensland Museum both in terms of size and the number of objects on display with more than 250 items in the 1000 sq m exhibition space.
"NASA - A Human Adventure continues to enthrall visitors who are over the Moon to be learning more about mankind's exploration of the unknown," Dr Thompson said.
Tickets $21/$18/$12/$58. Phone (07) 3840-7555 www.qm.qld.gov.au/space
See The Moon in Geelong
MOST of us know where we were that cool winter's night almost 50 years ago when man first set foot on the Moon.
To mark that day, July 20, 1969, Geelong Gallery is hosting an exhibition bringing together artistic responses to Moon.
The Moon includes historical works created when the Moon could only be viewed from afar, works from the space race and more contemporary responses informed by the imagery and scientific knowledge acquired through space exploration.
Links with literature, film, music and science will also be explored.
There are free drop-in tours on Saturdays 11am, Sundays, 11am-2pm. There will also be a free floortalk on June 22, from 11am.
Senior curator Lisa Sullivan will give a talk on July 5, 10.15am; members $10/non-members $12
There will also be a pop-up planetarium/special anniversary celebration on July 20, various sessions; $10/$8/$5
For details go to www.geelonggallery.org.au
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