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Brisbane City Hall

86 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City Queensland 4000

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www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

07 3403 8888

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Located in King George Square, Brisbane City Hall is 'the People's Place' of Brisbane. For the past 80 years City Hall has been the backdrop to many of Brisbane's cultural, social and civic events.

Brisbane City Hall was re-dedicated to the people of Queensland in 2013 after closing for a historic three-year restoration and repair project.

City Hall is open seven days a week with lots of interesting things for visitors to see and do. Visitors can take a free guided tour of the building, view the changing exhibitions at the incredible Museum of Brisbane on Level 3, and ride up the 87.5-metre high clock tower in a restored historic lift.

City Hall has regularly scheduled events in the main auditorium, many of which are free to the public. The Museum of Brisbane also has many free and ticketed events for adults and children.

Brisbane City Hall can also be used as a unique venue to host your wedding, awards night or festival.

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• Rearranged: Art of the Flower
• Making Place: 100 Views of Brisbane
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• Clock Tower Tour

Brisbane City Hall Tour

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• Level 3, Brisbane City Hall 64 Adelaide St, Brisbane 4000
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City Hall is at the heart of historic Brisbane. Museum of Brisbane is located on City Hall’s third level and is a portal to experiences of the past, interpreting history in an innovative and contemporary way. Tour guides will engage you in uncovering Brisbane stories and extend your understanding of our city.

City Hall is one of our city’s most significant heritage and cultural icons. Since opening in 1930, City Hall has played an important role in the lives of Brisbane communities in times of war, peace, celebration and refuge, earning the title of the ‘People’s Place’. City Hall hosts Brisbane’s civic, community, artistic and social life and has welcomed famous guests from The Rolling Stones to Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queensland Heritage Register and the National Trust of Queensland list City Hall as a ‘culturally, historically and architecturally significant building’.

Building City Hall was a major undertaking for our city in the 1920s, taking 10 years to build at a cost of almost one million pounds. When City Hall opened for business on 3 January 1928 it was one of Australia’s most expensive buildings, ranked as the second largest construction of its time (outdone only by the Sydney Harbour Bridge), and the first major Australian concrete ‘column and beam’ building.

Designed by Hall and Prentice, City Hall has a great circular hall and corridors surounded by offices and function venues. Its architectural style is described as ‘inter-war academic classical’. The main entrance from King George Square is emphasised by imposing Corinthian columns that are nearly 14 metres high. The Clock Tower rises over 87 metres above the ground, making City Hall the tallest building in Brisbane for its first 30 years. The Main Auditorium is City Hall’s single largest space. Its copper dome is the biggest in Australia, spanning 31 metres in diameter and is visible from Museum of Brisbane on level 3. The dome is supported on a brick base that allows the interior of the Main Auditorium to be unobscured by columns.  

City Hall builders used locally-sourced materials as much as they were able, and handcrafted its finer details. The exterior is built from ashlar coursed sandstone from the Helidon district near Ipswich and, inside the building, Queensland maple and silky oak timbers were used. Three types of marble form the interior finishing of City Hall — white marble from Italy, black marble from Belgium and brown marble from Orange in New South Wales.

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Brisbane City Hall

Built in the 1920s and conveniently located next to King George Square, Brisbane City Hall is an impressive heritage building that has been the backdrop to many cultural, social and civic events.

It is an ideal setting for hosting events with its sweeping marble staircases, vaulted ceilings, chandeliers and mosaic-tiled floor.

Open seven days a week, visitors can enjoy strolling through the beautifully restored building, relaxing in one of two cafes — the Shingle Inn and the Red Cross Cafe — and visiting the Museum of Brisbane .

The Museum of Brisbane, set within City Hall, exhibits artworks from the City of Brisbane collection. Contemporary exhibitions by some of the city’s leading artists are also on show.

Daily guided tours of City Hall showcase the Main Auditorium, Father Henry Willis Organ and the iconic Clock Tower, making it a perfect place to explore Brisbane’s history.

Brisbane City Hall regularly plays host to a wide variety of free, ticketed and private events and functions, including the popular, free Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concerts.

City Hall underwent a $215 million restoration for critical repairs and refurbishment between 2010 and 2013, and was reopened on 6 April 2013.

Visit the Brisbane City Council website for further details; or browse through more than 90 other  BLH Places to Visit .

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