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Exhibitions and Events

Time machine to Pompeii: blockbuster opens in Canberra

History-buffs can walk the streets of ancient Pompeii in a multi-sensory summer blockbuster at the National Museum of Australia.

Australia’s biggest photography competition celebrates 20 years at National Archives

Experience the wonder of two decades of award-winning nature photography as a new exhibition opens at National Archives of Australia.

Contrasting Landscapes: Brayshaw and Lloyd’s Reflecting Moods

David Brayshaw and Chrissie Lloyd will unveil their joint exhibition, Reflecting Moods, at Humble House gallery from 16 November to 15 December.

Skywhales set to soar over Goulburn

Goulburn residents will have a unique chance to see Patricia Piccinini’s Skywhale and Skywhalepapa hot air balloons up close at Seiffert Oval on Saturday 30 November.

Only Everything: A heart-warming local rom-com

It’s not every day a local couple writes, produces and performs a rom-com musical inspired by their real-life relationship.

Dress to the nines for the annual Fashions on the Field competition

If you fancy yourself as a fashionista, a lover of fashion or just love to dress up, why not enter the Thoroughbred Park Melbourne Cup Day Fashions on the Field?

The Boy from Oz, a dazzling tribute takes stage at The Q

Free-Rain Theatre is gearing up to dazzle audiences with its upcoming production of The Boy from Oz at The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre on 1-20 October.

Green Oak Theatre showcases four plays in one with Play Me Something

Green Oak Theatre shines the light on local playwrights in the bang for your buck, four plays in one experience Play Me Something.

Experience the Seasons of nature at life at Humble House

Like glancing through the looking glass, Roger Beale AO’s landscapes and florals reflect the perseverance and beauty of the human experience in Seasons at Humble House gallery from 21 September to 20 October.

Earthquake House returns to Questacon

Featuring groundbreaking new science and technology, Questacon's famous Earthquake House reopens to the public on Friday 19 July.

Community production warming the heart of Canberra this winter

Warm your body and soul with a rich showcase of local talent in 6th Position’s inaugural The Nutcracker in July Concert.

Canberra has the only priceless Gauguin art in Australia

There is not one single piece of Gauguin artwork in Australia and that is one good reason to go to the latest blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Gaugin’s World: Tona Iho, Tona Ao.

Science and art collide at National Archives exhibition

Experience the intersection between art and science at the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, now showing at National Archives of Australia.

Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things opens at the National Museum

A vintage ute, a novelty cheque, a prestigious boxing trophy, and a memorable letter from former Prime Minister Bob Hawke are just a few of the seemingly ordinary items on display in the new exhibition inspired by the ABC television series "Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things," now open at the National Museum of Australia (NMA).

Winter at the National Film and Sound Archive

The Winter Film Series is on screen at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Acton, with something to draw everyone out of the house in Canberra’s chillier months.  

Ride the Olympic wave at the National Museum

Riding the Olympic Wave: Breakthrough Sports is a co-production between the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the National Museum of Australia.

QL2 Dance is Subject to Change

Subject to Change is an unusual title for a dance production, but it’s perfect for QL2 Dance - a local organisation on the precipice of change.

Long-term ‘folky’ hooked on Canberra’s National Folk Festival

When Sharon Casey started volunteering at the National Folk Festival in 1998, she wasn’t into folk and didn’t play an instrument, but 26 years of volunteering later she’s “folkified” and plays a mean fiddle.

Expertise marries experimentation in Divergent at Humble House

An incredible display of expertise and experimentation comes to Fyshwick as the Sydney Printmakers present Divergent at Humble House gallery from Saturday 16 March to Sunday 21 April.

Elemental brings landscapes inside Humble House gallery

The striking beauty of the Northern Flinders Rangers and the Hawkesbury region comes to Canberra in Elemental by Mellissa Read-Devine and Julie Simmons at Humble House gallery between 3 February- 3 March.

Shen Yun Brings 5,000 Years to Canberra

Discover authentic Chinese culture, as Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, comes to Canberra Theatre Centre in March.

Summer at the National Gallery of Australia: Body Sculpture

A lesson in patience, emotion and the human experience awaits visitors of the unique animatronic piece Body Sculpture.

Discovering Ancient Egypt at the National Museum of Australia

One of the greatest collections from the ancient civilization, Discovering Ancient Egypt, is on display at the National Museum of Australia.

Summer at the National Gallery of Australia: Emily Kam Kngwarray

In a first for the National Gallery of Australia, a First Nations woman fills the coveted summer blockbuster exhibition space as the works of Emily Kam Kngwarray are displayed until 28 April. Regarded...

All fun and games in ‘Behind the Lines 2023’ at MoAD

Cost-of-living pressures, rising interest rates, the Voice referendum, and climate change are serious concerns for many – but they have their lighter, more humorous sides, as the latest Behind the Lines exhibition of political cartoons at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) shows.

Kngwarray masterpieces on show at National Gallery

Important artworks by one of Australia's foremost painters, Emily Kam Kngwarray, are going on show at the National Gallery of Australia.

Art of the body and heart exposed at National Gallery

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Canberra artist challenges perceptions of disability in bold exhibition DISCRIMINATE

A blonde young woman in a wheelchair wields a tennis racquet: ‘She’s reaching for the Stars… so why aren’t you?’ asks the poster, purportedly from the Ministry of Greater Efficiency for Disabled People.

Embrace the Colours of the Forest

Believing trees are important for our visual and mental landscapes, ceramicist Josephine Townsend invites you to connect with the Colours of the Forest at Humble House Gallery, from 25 November to 24 December.

Festive Lane Markets coming to Canberra

The Christmas spirit is starting to come alive already and what better way to embrace it than by visiting the Festive Lane Markets on this weekend, 17 to 19 November.
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