Venue hire

About our venues

Located in North Ipswich, our stunning heritage site was built in the late 1800s as Queensland’s first railway workshop. Today, it continues to boast endless character and charm with beautiful outdoor spaces and breathtaking heritage buildings. There’s an array of spaces available for hire plus a variety of packages to choose from.

Get in contact today to arrange a site visit, or to assist you in creating a bespoke experience for your event.

Corporate hire

Get in contact today to arrange a site visit, or to assist you in creating a bespoke experience for your event.

School formals

School formals with industrial steam!

Celebrate your school or university event in style at the museum for the ultimate in space, flexibility and industrial style.

The museum boasts a massive outdoor space that's ideal for marquees, stages, bands and even fireworks to light up this important night. Plus we have under cover space that can accommodate 500 or more.

Get in contact today to arrange a site visit, or to assist you in creating a bespoke experience for your event.

Wedding hire

Our stunning outdoor spaces with breathtaking heritage buildings offer a unique backdrop to your event. The grounds are the perfect setting for pre-drinks and capturing those all-important photographs. Step into Queensland’s story and host your modern wedding here with heritage at its heart.

There’s an array of spaces available for hire plus a variety of packages to choose from.

Get in contact today to arrange a site visit, or to assist you in creating a bespoke catering experience for your event.

Memorial & Celebration catering

Bringing family and friends together to remember.

One of the most over looked until the last minute details surrounding a funeral, memorial service, celebration of life or a wake is catering and even the venue. During a time of loss, you can rely on the team here at the museum because we have ample space available and a great catering service to relieve stress and much of the burden.

When someone passes away, your whole world gets instantly upset and the amount of stress you’re instantly under feels truly insurmountable. So choose us to help. You won’t have to deal with catering, venue set up and the clean up afterwards. That’s our job.

Our venue is accessible and parking is free making it effortless for everybody at a time of sadness.

Bring your loved ones together comfortably and casually and celebrate the life of someone truly special.

Take comfort knowing that we handle the details for you, from preparing and serving the food and beverages to providing tables, chairs, linens and even floral arrangements if you choose. We also tidy up so you’re not left with the dirty work.

This is your time to relax and focus on spending time with your family and friends.

To help you in providing some comfort and nourishment to your guests, we’ve put together some helpful tips and things to consider to help ease your stress surrounding ordering catering for a memorial service reception.

Pick a date and choose a space within the museum that suits you. Our team can help you to decide based on your needs.
Choose the type of food you would like to offer, nibbles with drinks or a more formal celebratory meal, or something in between.
Estimate how many will be in attendance.
Advise if children are coming. We offer child-centric catering and a great space for them to run around safely.
We will make sure your memorial catering reflects family traditions, culture or even favourite colours that may help to bring happiness, warmth and comfort to you and your guests.

Get in contact today to arrange a site visit, or to assist you in creating a bespoke catering experience for your event.