What&#039;s On in Canberra

Democracy. Are You In?

onetoeight: Australia’s first prime ministers

Happy and Glorious

Yours Faithfully

Hive Mind

Truth, Power and a Free Press

Australians & Hollywood: A tale of craft, talent, and ambition

Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London

Circus: Roll up, roll up!

Collide + Divide

Inhabiting

Artmap Getting to know Gungahlin Artists

Inspirations from the Gardens

Upending Expectations

On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts

Aquifer Art + Climate + Water

4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony

Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW

Decoded: 75 Years of the Australian Signals Directorate

Daily Guided Walks

Photography Workshop: Film Developing and Scanning

Australian Cocktail Month

Next on 23 Apr 2022

Shimano MTB Grand Prix Race | Awaba NSW RD2

23 Apr 2022

The Shimano MTB GP Series returns to Awaba with Rocky Trail's Season 15! This Season will transform the 4+6 Hour events from previous years into the most expansive...

Sporting Events

Collection Highlights Tour

4 Jan - 31 Dec 2022

Join the National Portrait Gallery for a free 30-minute, guided tour of the collection and building. You might find out something about the architect's shoulders...

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

Democracy. Are You In?

Democracy. Are You In? is a contemporary exhibition that aims to encourage visitors to recognise that our freedoms and our way of life are built on the foundation...

Exhibition and Shows

onetoeight: Australia’s first prime ministers

Visually arresting, humorous and thoughtful, Canberra-based artist Alison Alder reinterprets and reinvigorates portraits of the first eight prime ministers in onetoeight,...

Exhibition and Shows

Happy and Glorious

The Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) at Old Parliament House presents Happy and Glorious - an exhibition dedicated to The Queen’s Visit in 1954. Old Parliament...

Exhibition and Shows

Yours Faithfully

Yours faithfully is an interactive exhibition that invites you to rediscover the art of letter writing. In Yours Faithfully, you can use the Museum of Australian...

Exhibition and Shows

Hive Mind

MoAD’s renowned Enlighten experience is back again with Hive Mind – a collaborative artwork that comes to life with visitor participation. Join in the fun at...

Community EventExhibition and Shows

Truth, Power and a Free Press

Truth, Power and a Free press is a compelling exhibition that explores the relationship between trusted media sources and a healthy democracy. Iconic objects from...

Exhibition and Shows

Australians & Hollywood: A tale of craft, talent, and ambition

21 Jan - 17 Jul 2022

Australians & Hollywood is a Canberra-exclusive exhibition celebrating iconic moments in contemporary Australian film and the people and stories that brought them...

Community EventExhibition and Shows

Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London

12 Mar - 17 Jul 2022

From Shakespeare to Winehouse, Darwin to Dickens, the Beatles, Brontë sisters and Beckham, the National Portrait Gallery, London holds the world’s most extensive...

Exhibition and Shows

15 Dec 2021 - 19 Jun 2022

Circus: Roll up, roll up!

Run away and join the circus at our new exhibition in the Treasures Gallery. For more than a century, the circus has been a feature of the Australian entertainment...

Exhibition and Shows

Collide + Divide

19 May - 2 Jul 2022

Collide + Divide is a discipline-bending object-based exhibition that will feature eleven emerging JamFactory associates who work in various mediums. Each artist...

Exhibition and Shows

Inhabiting

19 May - 2 Jul 2022

Inhabiting is a collaborative project by Canberra-based artist Rebecca Selleck and Australian multi-disciplinary contemporary visual artist James Tylor. “As a...

Exhibition and Shows

Artmap Getting to know Gungahlin Artists

8 Jan - 31 Dec 2022

Gungahlin is bursting with creativity, culture and artistic activity. There are hundreds of visual artists, musicians, performers and creatives who call the region...

Exhibition and Shows

Inspirations from the Gardens

11 May - 5 Jun 2022

An exhibition capturing the beauty and diversity of native flora to encourage a keener appreciation of the importance of the Gardens Living Collection. Leigh Murray...

Exhibition and Shows

Upending Expectations

14 Apr - 5 Jun 2022

Contemporary Glass Group Exhibition As the title Upending Expectations: Contemporary Glass implies, the focus of this exhibition is on artists whose experimental,...

Exhibition and Shows

On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts

4 Mar - 7 Aug 2022

A new exhibition from the National Library brings Australia's performing arts history into the limelight, from theatre, opera and dance to musicals, magic and hip...

Exhibition and Shows

Aquifer Art + Climate + Water

3 Feb - 31 May 2022

An Australian Capital Territory-wide program of dialogue, events and exhibitions responding to the current climate crisis Aquifer brings a Territory-wide focus...

Exhibition and Shows

4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony

26 Mar - 31 Jul 2022

'Ceremony is a testament that our culture has survived – not only over the many thousands of years but, particularly, the last couple of hundred years – because...

Exhibition and Shows

Connection Point: Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW

16 Mar - 18 Jun 2022

The exhibition, Connection Point- Contemporary established fibre textile artists of ACT and NSW, highlights fibre textile art from CMAG’s own collection, alongside...

Exhibition and Shows

Decoded: 75 Years of the Australian Signals Directorate

1 Apr - 24 Jul 2022

Find out if you have what it takes to be a cyber security operative Decoded: 75 years of the Australian Signals Directorate. A free exhibition at the National...

Exhibition and Shows

Daily Guided Walks

1 Apr - 1 Aug 2022

Get the most out of your visit at the Australian National Botanic Gardens on a free guided walk. Led by our knowledgeable guides, these walks allow you to appreciate...

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

Photography Workshop: Film Developing and Scanning

25 May 2022

Their Intro to Film Developing workshop is a quick and easy way to learn how to develop your own black and white 35mm film or 120 film. In this workshop you be...

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks