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Cobb+Co Museum

Locality: Toowoomba, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4659 4900

Address: 27 Lindsay St 4350 Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.cobbandco.qm.qld.gov.au/

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25.01.2022 When dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, some animals did survive - many of them giants! These huge reptiles and marsupials, called 'megafauna', roamed the countryside right here at the Darling Downs. See their remains and learn how they lived at the museum. Book now: https://bit.ly/3fLmWhr

25.01.2022 Planning ahead for the school holidays? Strap on your sandals for Gladiator School! Kids will receive expert gladiator training before going on to make their own helmet, complete the trail, and finally graduate from Gladiator School with a special certificate! Learn more online, bookings available soon: https://bit.ly/3kLMs8H

25.01.2022 Hanging Baskets are here for just a little longer. It's your final chance to vote for the People's Choice winning basket. While you're here, take advantage of your last opportunity to try our #trEATS exclusive springtime dish before it leaves our menu next week. Don't forget to book: https://bit.ly/3cwI6Q9

23.01.2022 As we reach the end of the year, our Little Cobbers will take a break over the school holiday period. To say goodbye for 2020, we will be holding Pyjama Day from Monday 7 December to the final Little Cobbers morning on Wednesday 9 December. Come dressed in your PJs and enjoy learning about nocturnal animals. Learn more and book online: https://bit.ly/35MXAOh

23.01.2022 Love is in the air at Queensland Museum To discuss all the love stories from the museum's latest exhibition I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland, join Assistant Curator of Social History, Carmen Burton, for episode 7 of the Museum Revealed podcast. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3mM8IRY #MuseumRevealed #IDoQM #QMNetwork

23.01.2022 Celebrate centuries of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and people at The Binangar Centre. The centre showcases local stories on the history of the Toowoomba region. Museum bookings are essential. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3iRwVnP

21.01.2022 Still on the hunt for family fun these holidays? Don't miss Backyard Detective GROW. Purchase your GROW pack at the museum, go on a trail from gallery to gallery learning all about backyard animals and plants, then go home and create your very own backyard garden. On daily until 5 October, don't forget to book your visit! Learn more: https://bit.ly/3hRrns5

21.01.2022 Have you been to visit our new display Split, Sawn & Shaped? Our Factory Supervisor Andy MacDonald recently took on the challenge to make a wooden wheel only using hand tools. It's documented and displayed now at the museum for you to see. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3kY6xt0

21.01.2022 Today for Little Learners, Wendy has a rather large yet majestic animal to share with you. Listen closely and see if you can figure out what it might be! #QMNetwork #LittleLearners

19.01.2022 Have you voted for your favourite Hanging Basket in the People's Choice award? These bright beauties will be lining the museum Show Ring for a little longer. While you're here, take advantage of your last opportunity to try our #trEATS exclusive springtime dish before it leaves our menu next week. Don't forget to book: https://bit.ly/35MpR8b

19.01.2022 See the huge reptiles and marsupials called 'megafauna' that roamed the countryside right here on Queensland’s Darling Downs. Their remains have been found at more than 50 sites! Don't forget to book your visit: https://bit.ly/2Up24Eh

18.01.2022 This week for Little Learners, Gabriel and Chantal return to reveal another new Australian animal. Listen to the clues but be wary - it's not what you think! Watch the full video online: https://bit.ly/390ouo8

18.01.2022 Ahead of tonight’s great battle, it felt only fitting to show rugby league great and museum regular John ‘Cracker’ McDonald around our new exhibition and introduce him to our appropriately dressed gladiators. Cracker played Rugby League for Toowoomba, Manly, Queensland, New South Wales and Australia, and was the first State of Origin coach for Queensland 40 years ago. Learn more about a different kind of gladiator in Ancient Rome: The Empire that Shaped the World, on now: h...ttps://bit.ly/36rBkIO #goqueensland

17.01.2022 It's your final chance to sample some delicious springtime specials in Cobb's Coffee Shop. Don't miss chef's renowned Za'tar lamb, only available for the remainder of September. Learn more: https://bit.ly/35MpR8b

16.01.2022 It's #ToolTuesday! Today Andy is taking us back to the factory to show us how they shaped the spokes, part of his endeavour to create a wagonwheel completely by hand, like they did before powered machinery. Visit the exhibition on now: https://bit.ly/31GVoWk

14.01.2022 Did you know you can communicate with our museum researchers and curators via our Ask an Expert service? This #biodiversitymonth is the perfect timing to ask a question or send in a photo, it may even be featured on our website! Ask away: https://bit.ly/2FN1lsI This photograph of a lerp was sent in to Ask an Expert. It is built by small bugs called psyllids and acts as a protective cover. It's about the size of a match head!

14.01.2022 Today Queensland Museum's very own 'Spiderman' Dr Robert Raven is bringing you some quirky arachnid facts in episode 8 of Museum Revealed Listen here: https://bit.ly/2HMhK1t #MuseumRevealed #QMNetwork

13.01.2022 See some of the remains of the prehistoric giants that roamed the Darling Downs more than 10,000 years ago! Learn the stories of these huge reptils and marsupials called Megafauna. Don't forget to book your visit. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ci9cdY

12.01.2022 It's time to go on a hunt for mini beasts! What kind might you have in your garden? Learn all about where minibeasts live and create your own special environmental crypotsphere at home by downloading our easy to use templates. Check out the full video: https://bit.ly/3nlgORi

11.01.2022 Do you have a sentimental piece of porcelain or china sitting broken or unused? Our new feature artisan Katie can reinvent it by creating unique and custom pieces of wearable art for you or your loved ones. The perfect gift for Christmas! Bring your piece into the museum this Sunday and meet Katie to see her beautiful products and enjoy a complimentary consultation. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ltEx0V

09.01.2022 Did you know the Hypogeum (meaning underground) consisted of a network of tunnels and 32 animal pens, all under the Colosseum? 300 workers were employed to run it, allowing beasts and gladiators to be lifted up by manual elevators into the arena... cutting edge technology at the time! Learn more and book your visit to Ancient Rome today: https://bit.ly/2Ty320J #AllRoadsLeadtoCobb

08.01.2022 #MacroMonday You may be mistaken for thinking that this incredibly ornate organism is a coral. It is actually a completely different marine animal called a Bryozoan. Have you heard of them? Bryozoa are invertebrate animals that live in colonies on reefs all over the world. They have a delicate skeletons of calcium carbonate and feed on phytoplankton and other bacteria. #QMNetwork #didyouknow #amazingfacts #collectioncuriosities Queensland Museum

08.01.2022 Join us next Wednesday for Curator Conversation as we welcome Ian Sobbe, Darling Downs palaeontologist, to the museum. Ian's talk is ironically labelled What's New in Palaeontology, and while fossils are sometimes millions of years old, new discoveries are being made in Queensland and Australia all the time. Bookings essential. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3iVKSkG

05.01.2022 We're back with another #ToolTuesday! Today in the factory, Andy is working on the felloes, using different hand tools to ensure they're the perfect size and nice and smooth. Visit the Split, Sawn & Shaped exhibition, on now: https://bit.ly/31GVoWk

03.01.2022 Looking for things to keep the kids occupied during the school holidays? Our holiday program Backyard Detective GROW is on now! For just $6.50 kids will receive a special GROW pack to start their own garden, a trail around the museum and more. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2ZNDJLC

02.01.2022 Lest we forget. #RememberanceDay