Odd encounters at SLQ

A hand-painted anatomical model of a female silkworm moth made from papier-mache, metal and plaster by Dr Louis Thomas Jérome Auzoux, in Paris, France. Purchased 1884.

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There are ODD things happening at State Library...

Discover the weird, the wonderful and the wacky in The Odditoreum, a free family exhibition featuring a menagerie of curiosities pulled from deep within a museums vault. These oddities have been transformed by award-winning children’s author and illustrator, Shaun Tan, who has blurred fact with fantasy to create bizarre and intriguing stories for each item.

Odd encounters

PLUS, enjoy a whole menagerie of ODD encouters with out events program! We've got something for everyone.

Children can take part in the 2012 Out of the Box Festival with an Odditoreum-inspired performance, odd workshops, odd tours and odd activities.

Adults can join Spec Fic author Trent Jamieson for a creative writing workshop; enjoy a selection of quirky anecdotes and folksongs performed on some unusual instruments at Tea and Music; and show off your creative genius at our trivia style Balderdash Night.

Open 26 May - 26 August

The Odditoreum is a travelling exhibition developed by the Powerhouse Museum. The exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.

Venue:: The Parlour, level 1 (opposite The Corner), State Library of Queensland, Stanley Place, South Bank, South Brisbane
Cost:: Free exhibition (some activities are costed)
More information:: Exhibitions
07 3840 7768
learningparticipation@slq.qld.gov.au

Program of events

The Odditoreum

The Parlour (opposite The Corner), level 1
Starts 26th May 2012 10:00am-5:00pm, then Every day, until 26th Aug 2012

Discover the weird, the wonderful and the wacky in The Odditoreum, a free family exhibition featuring a menagerie of curiosities pulled from deep within a museum's vault.

The STRANGE-itoreum

slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Starts 13th Jun 2012 10:30am, then Every day, until 17th Jun 2012

A light-hearted and SHRIEKINGLY FUNNY theatrical performance.

Oddly Strange or Strangely Odd

State Library of Queensland,
Starts 13th Jun 2012 10:30am, then Every day, until 16th Jun 2012

Dive even deeper into the delightful nonsense of The STRANGE-itoreum at an hour-long interactive workshop.

The Odda-Tour-eum

Meet at Info Desk, level 1
Starts 12th Jun 2012 10:15am-2:45pm, then Every day, until 17th Jun 2012

What may seem like a silent tour to those on the outside is actually a wacky adventure full of crazy characters and kooky collections.

Choose your own Oddventure

Knowledge Walk, level 1, State Library
Starts 12th Jun 2012 10:00am-3:00pm, then Every day, until 17th Jun 2012

We're on the hunt for Shaun Tan’s Lost Thing and we need your help.

Odditoreum Lost

SLQ Levels 1 - 4
Starts 11th Jun 2012, 10am -

The Odditoreum is a free family exhibition featuring a menagerie of weird and wonderful curiosities pulled from deep within a museum's vault.

Writing Workshop – Speculative Fiction

Bank of Queensland Heritage Collections Learning Room, level 4, State Library
Starts 9th Jun 2012, 10am -

Trent Jamieson will guide you through the world and Underworld of weird fiction in this writing intensive workshop where you'll produce monsters, oddities and fictional off-cuts.