A sure-fire (and economical!) way to draw attention to your attraction: hire an exhibition or buy or have built an exhibit from Questacon!
Our expert design, development and fabrication teams have been creating award winning exhibits for our Canberra science centre - as well as other sites across Australia - for the past 20 years.
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These major exhibitions have been specially constructed to be easily crated for shipping across Australia and around the world. Note that each has its own floor space and size requirements - check the links below for details.
Whether you're a science centre, museum, regional gallery, shopping centre or community festival, we'd be happy to help you find something that suits your venue, budget and timing.
Earth Quest | Eaten Alive | Fascinating Science | Imagination Factory | Mathamazing |
Measure Island | Science on the Move | Sea Chest Secret | Strike a Chord
Earth Quest - Outer Space to Inner Earth will take your visitors on an incredible voyage from the outer limits of the Milky Way galaxy, through our Solar System and into the very centre of Planet Earth. More... |
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People of all ages are fascinated by predators – from the thrill of the chase to the triumphant moment of capture. Eaten Alive – The World of Predators explores fearsome jaws and claws, as well as more subtle techniques used by carnivores. Find out which animal stuns its prey with a bubble, how lions work in packs and how a platypus gets its meal. Your visitors will be entranced in the amazing world of Eaten Alive. More... |
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Fascinating Science is a colourful, hands on exhibition, which encourages visitors to discover scientific principles relevant to their everyday lives. Fascinating Science amuses, entertains and engages visitors while they explore 28 exhibits in the Puzzlequest, Eyes On and Electricity and Magnetism zones. More... |
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Technology is a way to solve problems, to make life easier and more exciting. It’s a creative pursuit that’s practised by all; young, old, from the formally trained to the backyard tinkerer. Questacon Imagination Factory — Invent and Play captures this spirit of innovation. Visitors can investigate basic mechanical tools such as gears and pulleys and discover how these seemingly simple machines can be used to create ingenious inventions. More... |
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Mathematics is one of the longest, most brilliant threads in the tapestry of human history and one that is most intimately entwined with human achievement. It forms the basis of modern society, from physics to chemistry, paving patterns to train scheduling, even music and architecture are subject to the Queen of all sciences. Now Mathamazing is the key that unlocks the force of maths to people of all ages. More... |
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Take an adventure into Measure Island to discover how you measure up. Use measurements to read your friends' minds, find out why it's important to be quoit accurate and do some speed-sorting as you learn about the myriad of measurements we use everyday. More... |
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Watch people of all ages enjoy, discover and explore principles of light, music and sound, human biology and health, force and motion, ecology and the environment, electricity and magnetism, human population and genetics. Science on the Move’s intriguing exhibit investigations engage visitors’ minds and bodies, inviting them to turn themselves into a battery, crank up a tornado in a bottle, escape from handcuffs, predict the outcome of chaos, build a food chain, measure their fitness and much, much more. More... |
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Sea Chest Secret is an exciting, highly interactive, maritime mystery exhibition. Visitors use their hands and minds in a voyage of discovery to uncover facts about the writer of an intriguing diary found washed ashore in a sea chest. The challenge for visitors is to piece together the clues and work out ‘who wrote the diary’. More... |
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Strike A Chord—The Science of Music is an interactive exhibition that celebrates the universal language of music. Music, rhythm and dance are common to every culture on Earth. Music infuses our lives to soothe or excite our senses and to celebrate culture and important life events. The exhibition’s 22 hands-on exhibits, bring together a broad range of disciplines, exploring the physics of sound (acoustics), physiology of hearing and singing, psychology and sociology of music, and musical composition. More... |
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Looking to preview one of our exhibitions in person? Check the map to see where they're located at the moment.
We also design and build one-off exhibits for companies and government departments on a commercial basis. If you've got something custom in mind, engaging our one-stop-shop to see your project from concept through completion can be much more economical than managing numerous contractors yourself.
Our exhibits range from simple unpowered science demonstrations for use in local libraries and shopping centres through to highly complex installations suitable for touring to science centres and museums worldwide.
Some of our recent clients include:
Occasionally, we also have decommissioned exhibits for sale, usually by public auction. Contact us for details.
To speak to us about hiring an exhibition:
E-mail: exhibitions@questacon.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 6126 2211
For enquires about our design, development and fabrication teams:
E-mail: qes@questacon.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 6126 2200