The Old Museum location for screening and filming

The Old Museum has a long relationship with the film industry.

As the Royal Queensland Museum and Art Gallery, it was the site of the first Edison Kinetoscope on August 13 1895 in the Exhibition Building. This was a peepshow viewer, rather than a projector, where people paid the equivalent of 12 dollars to see five half minute films . ( Picturing Queensland:The Local, the National and the Global in Early Queensland Film Patrick Gerard)

Later on, in the early 1900's Carroll of Birch Carroll and Coyle fame, held open air movies on the site of the current Old Museum.

We have collected and showcased a number of videos showing clips from both music and major films, all shot on site at The Old Museum. One of the earliest was Jackie Chan Police Story IV or First Strike. This was filmed in many parts of Brisbane and particularly Fortitude Valley. It shows the building shortly after the Queensland Museum moved out, and while it was undergoing some restoration, hence the portable scaffolding.

 
Sun Kil Moon - Live at Old Museum Brisbane (Full Album) Tracklist: 1. Ceiling Gazing 00:00 2. My Love For You Is Undying 8:46 3. Lovin' You 25:31 4. Brisbane Love Song 30:03 5. Mark Kozelek Museum 42:17 6. 666 Post 54:05 7. This Is My Dinner 1:04:30 8. Truck Driver 1:18:39 9. Spanish Hotels Are Echoey 1:23:43 10. I'm Not Laughing At You 1:36:23 11. I Cried During Wall Street 1:51:29 12. Blood Test 2:01:44

See our Video page for some of Brisbane's best musicians that have used the Old Museum as a backdrop.

WHEN DISNEY CAME TO THE OLD MUSEUM TO FILM THE NAUTILUS