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Making Cocktails

9 May 2026

Mother’s Day with Mixology Magic at The Sneaky Cauldron

Quizzic Alley, Fyshwick

Next on

A young child wearing a sunhat, mixing dirt and water in an old frying pan

8–11 May 2026

Nature Play at the Arboretum

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo

Next on today from 10:00am to 12:00pm

Female child playing with building blocks next to her grandmother

4–16 May 2026

Questacon Science Time: Building and Engineering

Questacon, Parkes

Next on today from 10:00am to 10:40am

Photo depicts a family of lions

2–17 May 2026

The National Zoo and Aquarium - Wild Africa Month

The National Zoo and Aquarium, Weston

Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm

Rectangle patchwork textile artwork with blue, yellow, red and green colours as well as thread.

2–24 May 2026

Extra Padding

Platform, Forrest

Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm

A photograph of a woman sitting down wearing a blue dress in front of multiple layers of fabrics

16 Apr – 23 May 2026

Exhibition: nanuma : Karlina Mitchell

PhotoAccess, Griffith

Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm

A photograph of mooncakes sitting on a tray

16 Apr – 23 May 2026

Exhibition: Mooncake World: Yan Nan (Lulu) Xu (Curator), Chanel Nguyen, Natalie Loos

photo access, Griffith

Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm

Image | Sandy Harvey Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus) 2026 | Photograph provided by the Arti

9 Apr – 23 May 2026

STAUNCH.

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra

Next on today

Image | Michelle Grimston Held in place (detail 4) 2025 | Photography Geoff Roberts

9 Apr – 23 May 2026

Rewild | 2025 Artists-in-Residence Exhibition

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra

Next on today

stacked glass and red bricks. TV instillation in the background featuring the artist lifting bricks.

2 May – 20 Jun 2026

BLAZE

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes

Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm

A surreal photo-manipulated collage artwork depicting Alice in a strange environment.

27 Mar – 17 May 2026

Chasing Alice

Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen

Next on today

Install shot, Stitching Stories

5 Mar – 24 May 2026

Stitching Stories: 50 Years of Canberra Quilters

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra

Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm

Woman with two swords

5 Mar – 31 May 2026

From Truth to Fantasy: NFSA’s Autumn Film Season

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton

Next on today

A painting of a man with a grey beard and a green bowtie who stands in front of a hanging portrait.

3 Apr – 19 Jul 2026

John Brack x Noel McKenna: A face in the mirror

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes

Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Installation view of large and colourful first nation's works

11 Apr – 23 Aug 2026

Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes

Next on today

Illustration of Australians in uniform

30 Apr – 20 Sep 2026

Remembering the War Exhibition

National Library of Australia, Parkes

Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm

Kiln Fused Bricks

11 May – 2 Nov 2026

Fusing Depth and Light with Kirstie Rea

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston

Next on today from 5:30pm to 8:00pm

Four children relaxing on Bunny Dearest

18 Apr – 11 Oct 2026

Hop In! - An immersive world of play featuring Beci Orpin's Bunny Dearest

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

Mangroves - Tales of the Tide exhbition space at Questacon

26 Dec 2025 – 21 Jun 2026

Mangroves: Tales from the Tide

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes

Next on today

Yellow and black illustrations of families in the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya

4 Apr – 11 Oct 2026

Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre Exhibition

National Library of Australia, Parkes

Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm

Kids Design Comp Previous Winners

20 Feb – 11 Sep 2026

Canberra Glassworks Kids’ Design Competition

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston

Next on today

Ethos

11 Dec 2025 – 31 Aug 2026

Canberra: A Monumental Vision

National Capital Exhibition, Parkes

Next on today

Child enjoying the Illuminate exhibition

20 Feb – 22 Nov 2026

Illuminate: How Science Comes to Light

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes

Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm

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