The University of Queensland is recognised as being at the cutting edge of teaching and research, and has some of the best facilities in Australia and the world - but you don’t have to be a student to enjoy UQ.

We invite you to enjoy the myriad of services and facilities that are open to the community at UQ’s three main campuses: Gatton, Ipswich and St Lucia. You can visit the University’s art collections and museums, places to eat, shops, sporting facilities and libraries or just enjoy the beauty of the three campuses.

There has never been a better time to familiarise yourself with the University as getting here has never been so easy. Not only are all three campuses easily accessible by car or public transport but the opening of the Eleanor Schonell Bridge adds an additional route for access to the St Lucia campus.

Take time to savour what UQ has to offer and learn why campus lifestyle is valued so highly by our students and staff.

UQ Art Museum

The UQ Art Museum (UAM) was established in 1976 to house the art works collected by The University of Queensland since the 1940s and was one of the first universities in Australia to acquire works of art and to use bequest funds for this purpose. Today, with more than 2,500 works by Australian and international artists, the University Art Collection is Queensland’s second largest public art collection.

Located in The James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre, adjacent to the University’s Great Court, the UAM researches, exhibits and publishes the work of significant Australian and, in particular, Queensland artists. For exhibition and public program information go to What’s On. Reception desk located on the ground floor.

Location: James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre, St Lucia campus (view pdf map, 1.21MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 3046
Email: artmuseum@uq.edu.au
Website: www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au

Art collection at Customs House

The Stuartholme-Behan Collection of Australian Art is housed at Customs House, one of The University of Queensland’s downtown city bases at 399 Queen Street, Brisbane. Dr Norman Behan’s collection of about 100 works dates from 1830 and includes paintings by prominent Australian artists such as Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Rupert Bunny, George Lambert and Hans Heysen. A permanent display of the collection can be viewed at the Customs House on Sundays between 10am and 4pm. You can take a virtual tour of Customs House, which includes the art collection, or free guided tours of the heritage listed building operate each Sunday between 10am and 4pm.

Location: River Level, Customs House, 399 Queen Street, Brisbane
Phone: (07) 3365 8909
Email: info@customshouse.com.au
Website: www.customshouse.com.au

Museums & collections

Many of the University’s collections have evolved from the interests of individual scientists. Others have been developed specifically to enhance teaching and learning. The collections play a vital role in the University’s core activities and double as a valuable community resource.

Anatomy Museum, School of Biomedical Sciences

The Anatomy Museum was established in 1996 as a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in anatomy courses. Its self-learning facilities include radiological images, computer-based study programs, potted dissections of anatomy, plastinated specimens and anatomical models.

Location: Otto Hirschfeld Building (Building 81), Room 307, St Lucia Campus (view pdf map, 1.21MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 2515 or (07) 3365 2703
Email: leo.brown@uq.edu.au
Admission: Free (by appointment)

Anthropology Museum, School of Social Science

The Anthropology Museum houses a significant collection of around 26,000 items, celebrating the culture, arts and crafts of the indigenous people of Oceania, concentrating on Australia, the Torres Strait, Melanesia and, to a lesser extent, Polynesia and Micronesia.

Location: Michie Building (Building 9), Room 117, Level 2, St Lucia Campus (view pdf map, 1.21MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 2674
Email: asmuseum@uq.edu.au
Admission: Free; 11am-3pm Tuesday-Thursday during semester. Low-cost group tours can be arranged by appointment.

Antiquities Museum, Classics & Ancient History

The Antiquities Museum exhibits artefacts from the ancient worlds of western Asia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. The collection supports University teaching and research and studies by school students, interest groups and individuals.

Location: Michie Building (Building 9), Level 3, St Lucia Campus (view pdf map, 1.21MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 2191 (Director) or (07) 3365 2620 (Office)
Email: classics@uq.edu.au
Admission: Free; 9am-5pm weekdays (phone first, or call at the Office in Room 712). Low-cost guided tours and workshops can be arranged by appointment.

Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History, School of Medicine

This collection of medical memorabilia, including medical and surgical instruments is one of the finest in Australia. It includes instruments and equipment such as a 19th century carbolic spray (used for antisepsis during surgery) and a copy of the apparatus Wilhelm Roentgen used to discover X-rays in 1895. Photographs and books are also on show.

Location: Mayne Medical School, Herston Rd, Herston, Brisbane (view pdf map, 1.01MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 5423 (Museum Officer)
Email: medalum@uq.edu.au
Admission: Free (by appointment)

Pathology Museum

The Pathology Museum’s collection of about 3500 specimens plays a central role in teaching pathology to medical students, postgraduates and other health professionals. It is updated continually to demonstrate changing disease patterns and students can see first-hand how disease processes affect body tissues.

Location: Mayne Medical School, Herston Rd, Herston, Brisbane (view pdf map, 1.01MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 5303 (Curator) or (07) 3365 5285
Email: P.Rochford@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Admission: Free (by appointment)

Physics Museum

Opened in 1988, the Physics Museum displays optical, electrical, acoustical and other scientific equipment plus books, catalogues and instruction manuals. Many date from the University’s first year of teaching in 1911. Near-antiques of brass and mahogany sit beside newer but equally obsolete items like electron tubes, spiral slide rules, a computer card punch and sheets of computer magnetic core memory.

Location: Parnell Building (7), Room G73, Ground Floor, St Lucia Campus (view pdf map, 1.21MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 3369 (Curator) or (07) 3365 3414 (Office)
Email: Heckenberg@physics.uq.edu.au
Admission: Free; open 1-2pm during semester, or by appointment.

Libraries

The UQ Library is the State’s largest library. It integrates physical space and virtual and real information resources, and online and in-person service delivery.

Library features include:

• 13 branches (at UQ St Lucia, UQ Gatton, UQ Ipswich, Herston, the major teaching hospitals and the Dental School)
• the largest research collection in Queensland with millions of books, newspapers and scholarly journals, thousands of videos and DVDs and hundreds of online databases, as well as an extensive online Quick Reference Collection, microfilm, manuscripts and pictorial materials
• 24-hour-a-day access via the Library website to the Library’s catalogue
• extended opening hours (up to 84 hours per week)
• more than 1300 computers in eZones and throughout the Library for student use
• facilities for laptops, including network ports and laptops available for loan
• photocopying and printing facilities
• generous borrowing privileges (up to 14 items at a time)
• assistance, tours and free Information Skills Training classes to help students access and use Library resources
• Ask I.T., providing computing help and a range of services and training classes for important software applications
• access to UQConnect Wireless Network, and
• Liaison Librarians who work with faculties, schools, centres, teaching hospitals and departments, individual staff and students to deliver information services and assistance in support of teaching, learning and research at UQ.

Phone: (07) 3346 4312
Email: universitylibrarian@library.uq.edu.au
Website: www.library.uq.edu.au

Sporting facilities

UQ SPORT is a community that’s built on active minds and healthy bodies, providing unmatched opportunities for achieving fitness and lifestyle goals all in one location. UQ SPORT’s facilities and wide range of programs are open to everyone regardless of whether they are student, staff member or part of the local community.

UQ SPORT manages the extensive sporting facilities at St Lucia including the Aquatic Centre, Athletics Centre, Sport & Fitness Centre and Tennis Centre, as well as facilities at Gatton, Herston and Ipswich.

A wide range of passes, programs and events are on offer at UQ SPORT all year round. From sporting competitions, sporting events on campus, adult sports coaching, junior sport, senior’s fitness and an extensive group fitness program. UQ SPORT also offers a range of 6-10 week recreation courses in dance, holistic health, martial arts and sports coaching. Adventure activities run by highly qualified and professional instructors also provide opportunities to experience the likes of sea kayaking, surfing and island discoveries. All UQ SPORT members receive discounted entry to these activities.

Location: UQ SPORT Reception is located within the Sport & Fitness Centre on Union Rd, opposite the UQ Centre (view pdf map, 1.21MB)
Phone: (07) 3365 6612
Email: reception@uqsport.uq.edu.au
Website: www.uqsport.uq.edu.au

Gardens
The Alumni Teaching Garden on College Road near the Brisbane River is a teaching and research facility but also includes a quiet area of lush rainforest with public walkways (view the Alumni Teaching Garden on the St Lucia Campus Map). The nearby Langer Memorial Gardens honours the memory of the late Dr Karl Langer and his wife Dr Getrude Langer, for their contributions to the cultural life of Queensland. The adjacent Una Prentice Memorial Garden surrounds two of the three lakes on campus. It honours the University’s first woman law graduate and foundation honorary secretary of the Alumni Association, Dr Una Prentice.