🚂 All aboard! This award-winning interactive museum is fun for young and old, with lots of activities, tours and exhibits...oh and trains! More details: https://goo.gl/VkASC3 *Bookings required | Discover Ipswich

There's a special birthday party this weekend for The Workshops Rail Museum The museum opened 20 years ago this week and has had 1.5 million visitors. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/qld #7NEWS | 7NEWS Brisbane

Don’t miss Street Art Jam at Queensland Museum Rail Workshops in Ipswich this Saturday 19 July! Celebrate street art and skate culture with a huge day and incredible line-up of local artists live painting murals, Art Onboard skate deck art show, live demos by some of Queensland’s best skaters on custom-built rails, ramps and half pipe, and more: 🎨 Free workshops in aerosols, zine-making and skating 🎤 Live hip-hop freestyle beats all day from Roman MC 🎟️ Book tickets: https://tktrev.com/street

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1.3K views · 41 reactions | There's a lot to discover in Ipswich from amazing rural retreats and authentic animal experiences to great dining! The Llama Farm Bakehouse Steakhouse Spicers Hidden Vale The Workshops Rail Museum Find out more: https://www.discoveripswich.com.au/ | Discover Ipswich | Facebook

Day 2: 24 days of Thinktank exhibits Step back into the early days of electric power. This incredible machine is a mercury-arc rectifier, built by the Electric Construction Company of Wolverhampton. Long before modern electronics, devices like this were used to convert AC to DC, powering heavy industrial motors, tramways, workshops, and early electrical systems. This particular machine was built in 1890 for use in a factory. Inside its glass chamber sat a shimmering pool of liquid mercury. When