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Portrait of photographers under the Milky Way
3 May – 25 Oct 2025

Milky Way Workshop Canberra By Ari Rex

Wildbark, Throsby
Next on
Joscho Stephan Trio photo
2 Dec 2025

Joscho Stephan Trio - Canberra

Albert Hall, Yarralumla
Next on today from 8:00pm to 9:15pm
Photo: The ACT Bushfire Memorial designed by Tess Horwitz, Tony Steel and Martyn Jolly, 2006.
2 Dec 2025

Speakers’ Corner – Community archives and the arts

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 5:30pm to 6:45pm
Four men and a woman in conversation while wearing business attire.
2 Dec 2025

International students and the Australian community

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Photo of a Museum staff member and an Auslan interpreter signing a book in the Discovery Centre
27 Nov – 4 Dec 2025

International Day of People with Disability at the National Museum

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
A painting of the cartoon charachter 'Garfield' with bubble text that says 'Buy some paint'
29 Nov – 14 Dec 2025

The Hook | Jackson Taylor and Litia Roko

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on today from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Image | Debra Jurss Waterlines 2024 | Photography by Adam McGrath
27 Nov – 13 Dec 2025

2025 Craft + Design Canberra Daily Creative Challenge Winners Exhibition

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
People walking around in a gallery.
27 Nov – 13 Dec 2025

Annual Members Exhibition - Craft + Design Canberra Daily Creative Challenge Winners Exhibit

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
A man and a young girl riding Canberra's historic merry-go-round
1–24 Dec 2025

Free Merry-Go-Round Rides in the City Centre

Merry-go-round, Petrie Plaza, City Centre, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Workshop participants showing off their finished works of art!
5 Nov – 10 Dec 2025

Paint and Chat course

Gungahlin Community Centre, Gungahlin
Next on today from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Elizabeth Newman, Jazzy One, 2009. Fabric on linen, 108 × 85 × 3.5 cm. Acquired 2021, Australian Nat
24 Oct – 21 Dec 2025

ANU Art Collection: Conjunction

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Nathan Nhan, Trophy #56 Chef Gibson, 2024, clay & glaze.
9 Sep – 14 Dec 2025

A place and time

SLA Display Village and Innovation Precinct, Whitlam
Next on today
Contemporary art exhibition consist of sculptural objects which look like tables
18 Oct 2025 – 24 Jan 2026

Inheritance by Phuong Ngo

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A wide shot of the Dismissal exhibition in King's Hall at Old Parliament House.
8 Nov 2025 – 28 Feb 2026

The Dismissal: Words that made history

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A vibrant acrylic artwork depicting artist Kaylene Whiskey soaring surrounded by colourful elements.
15 Nov 2025 – 9 Mar 2026

Super Kaylene Whiskey

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Brown African drum with white feathers which have been attached with wire
18 Oct 2025 – 24 Feb 2026

Masked Memory by Rosalind Lemoh

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Objects including gas mask, replica ambulance, documents, map and binoculars
9 Aug 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A man teaches women how to throw a boomerang in 1957.
21 Nov 2025 – 17 May 2026

In real life: inventors, innovators and opportunists

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Photo of Australian Parliament House in the evening.
4 Sep 2025 – 28 Feb 2026

The New Parliamentary Handbook Website - Display

Level 1, Parliament House, Capital Hill
Next on today from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Constable Kenny Koala
19 Sep 2025 – 18 Mar 2026

50 Years on the Beat: The Legacy of Constable Kenny Koala

National Capital Exhibition, Parkes
Next on today
Gears exhibit in Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!
31 May 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Australian honours and awards medals on display at the exhibition
26 May 2025 – 15 Feb 2026

Australian Honours System Exhibition at the Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Pandanus mat
17 Apr 2025 – 27 Jan 2026

Our Story: Aboriginal–Chinese People in Australia

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Two adults embracing on a bed of roses.
2 Jul 2025 – 19 Apr 2026

In Bloom

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
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