Visitors can discover the intersection of art and science through 64 breathtaking photographic images of our solar system based on scientific data from far-flung robotic spacecraft. The exhibition reveals places of breathtaking, alien beauty combined with an exotic ambient soundscape developed by English musician and composer Brian Eno, the father of ambient music, to accompany the planetary photography.

This stunning exhibition is a showcase of planets that most of us can only dream of visiting, and through Michael Benson’s images visitors can navigate the solar system from the comfort of the museum.

The collection of images has been created from raw data from digital archives of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA), capturing planetary landscapes as they might look if humans could visit and view them with their own eyes.

Michael Benson’s Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System
04 March 2017 – 21 January 2018
Queensland Museum, Brisbane
www.qm.qld.gov.au

The exhibition features more than 110 original artefacts including pieces of the Colosseum, authentic elaborately decorated bronze gladiator helmets and original arms and armour preserved in the ashes of Pompeii.

Gladiators is timed ticketed experience where visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the everyday lives of Ancient Roman Gladiators with interactive games and displays that reveal who gladiators were, where they lived and how they trained.

Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum is produced by Expona and Contemporanea Progetti and features artefacts from seven Italian museums and institutions.

The exhibition will tell the story of Roman gladiators in four thematic zones: The Roman Empire; Rome and the Colosseum; Who are the Gladiators? and A Day at the Arena.

Take the journey back in time to be a part of history and go behind the scenes to learn the story of these armed athletes who fought to entertain and inspire the people of Ancient Rome.

Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum
23 June 2017 – 28 January 2018
Queensland Museum, Brisbane
www.gladiators.qm.qld.gov.au