CONTENT LIBRARY

BEAKER STREET ON THE AIRWAVES

Catch our favourite Beaker Street Festival moments, recorded live by some of Australia’s top broadcasters including ABC Radio National, Science Vs, and That’s What I Call Science.

BEAKER STREET FESTIVAL 2023

Psychedelics, Menopause, and Tim Flannery were part of our 2023 Feature Speaker Sessions at Hobart’s Theatre Royal Studio Theatre, with Fungi Expeditions, Bat Tours, and Museum Vaults included in our Field Trips – the best way to experience Tasmania’s hidden secrets and wild places. Seaweed and Vaginas were on the menu at Mona, and our Dark Sky Retreat at Spring Bay Mill was an unforgettable exhale.

BEAKER STREET FESTIVAL 2022

Is science really for everyone? In 2022 we took at deep dive into the cultural complexities of science, with discussions from the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, the Deaf community, and a musical exposé expressing the wishes of the dead. We also went north, with events exploring the science of stadiums, sparkling wine, and sauerkraut.

BEAKER STREET FESTIVAL 2021

In 2021, Beaker Street Festival broke out of the COVID-19 lock down and hit the road. Our programming followed a similarly provocative theme, diving head-on into unfiltered discussions around climate change, sovereignty, and how to break bad news.

SCI ART WALKS PODCAST

Join us for a series of audio-escapes featuring fascinating talks by Tasmanian scientists and artists, with music composed by Tasmanian musicians. Each episode is paired with a suggested walking location in lutruwita/Tasmania, but you can listen from anywhere in the world. (Note: Sci Art Walks is best enjoyed with fresh air.)

DARWIN ATE AN OWL PODCAST

Science is more than Eureka moments and flashy results. Listen in as we look beyond the headlines to uncover the often gruelling and gritty process of scientific research, and to get to know the people who devote themselves to discovery.

SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

Beaker Street’s Science Photography Prize invites people to showcase the wonders of Lutruwita/Tasmania and the Southern Ocean/Antarctica — a region which is teeming with science — and scientists. Finalist images are displayed at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery during Beaker Street Festival each August.

Beaker Street CoLab

CoLab is an experiment that aims to find out what happens when you pair research scientists with Year 9-12 school art students, with the goal of inspiring new artworks that communicate scientific concepts and ideas. The students work directly with the scientists, including visiting their labs or field sites, and then create an artwork inspired by the scientific research. The artworks are then exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery during Beaker Street Festival.