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Seniors sitting around a table talking
1–30 Sep 2026

ACT Seniors Month

Various venues, Hughes
Next on today
Mint coin surrounded by flowers
12 Sep – 11 Oct 2026

Floriade About Town at the Royal Australian Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Rhino Encounter
12 Sep – 11 Oct 2026

World Rhino Day at the National Zoo and Aquarium

The National Zoo and Aquarium, Weston
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Al Munro: After Barcelona
5 Sep – 4 Oct 2026

Al Munro: After Barcelona

Civic Art Bureau, Canberra
Next on today
A steel wrieframe Cod sculpture with some woven textiles attached stands at the side of a lake
26 Sep – 7 Nov 2026

Weaving Waters | Mandji the Murray Cod

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today
Arial view of people around a round table full of platters of food
12 Sep – 24 Oct 2026

Takeaway: Tales from the Flavour Superhighway

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on today
A sculpture of dark stone, of a segment of a sphere with contours like a fan.
28 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

Stone and Shadow

Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A triptych of abstract printed artworks with motifs of squares.
28 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

The Space Between

Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
An eclectic mix of hand-woven patches on a rough grid-prined piece of material.
28 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

Where the Light Dances

Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A gentle woodblock print of some stones sitting on top of each other.
28 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

Rock at the Roadside

Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A collage of rounded abstract shapes suggesting a hilly, rocky landscape.
28 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

Contours

Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A painting of a grid of even squares, suggesting a pixelated landscape of a dockland scene.
28 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

Happy Places

Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A monochrome pigment photographic portrait of a shirtless man laying on a bed, looking at the camera
22 Aug – 11 Oct 2026

National Photographic Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Photographer: Elli Webb
11 Sep – 31 Oct 2026

Canberra Art Biennial

Various venues, Canberra
Next on today from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Lynda Draper artwork, made of glazed ceramic and studio blown glass, on white background
2 Sep – 25 Oct 2026

GR’AFT: Solo Exhibition by Lynda Draper

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Byways
17 Sep – 12 Nov 2026

Spring Byways

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on today from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Cocktails
14 Sep – 14 Nov 2026

The Spritz Club

Capitol Bar & Grill and Capitol Bar, Canberra
Next on today from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Winter Weekend Buffet at the Yacht Club edit
2 Sep – 29 Nov 2026

Weekend Buffet at the Yacht Club

Canberra Southern Cross Club Yacht Club, Yarralumla
Next on today from 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Visitors stand on an upper level of Parliament House, viewing a large framed historical painting.
7 Sep – 4 Dec 2026

125 Years of Federation: Our Parliament and its Presiding Officers Display

Australian Parliament House, Canberra
Next on today
Woman sits in preppy outfit with her mouth open, pink door in background
1 Sep – 30 Nov 2026

Spring Film Series

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today
Three people in a small inflatable boat looking at the large ice formation in front of them.
1 Jul – 11 Oct 2026

Antarctica

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A group enjoying a free guided tour overlooking the working factory at the Mint
29 Jun – 9 Oct 2026

Family Tour: Coin and Design Discovery Tour

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 12:30pm to 1:15pm
A sea turtle swimming in blue water with brightly coloured coral
17 Jun – 12 Oct 2026

Life in the Great Barrier Reef

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today
A close-up image of red and blue yarn on weaving bobbins
20 Jun – 18 Oct 2026

The Weavers’ Studio

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