Event
The Thursday Book Club - UPSTAGEING Canberra
26 March

Event hosted by UPSTAGEING, to be held at CMAG

Richard Osman's series of novels follows the residents of a retirement…

CMAG Student Photography Prize 2026
Event
16 March—25 July
CMAG Student Photography Prize 2026

Are you a Year 7–12 student with a passion for photography? Enter the 2026 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize for a chance to showcase your work and win a share of $1700+ in prizes.

WORKSHOP: Night Photography with your Smartphone - Enlighten Festival 2026
Event
6 March
WORKSHOP: Night Photography with your Smartphone - Enlighten Festival 2026

Discover the magic of night photography in this hands-on workshop where your smartphone becomes a tool for creative expression.

WORKSHOP: Sustainable Wearable Art
Event
4 March
WORKSHOP: Sustainable Wearable Art

Sustainable Wearable Art Workshop for Adults

Stitching Stories: 50 Years of Canberra Quilters
Exhibition
14 February—24 May
Stitching Stories: 50 Years of Canberra Quilters
Last week

Canberra Quilters champions quilting as both an evolving art form and a rewarding hobby

WELLNESS: Mindful of Art - Lunchtime Art Engagement
Event
2 February—16 March
WELLNESS: Mindful of Art - Lunchtime Art Engagement

Join us at Canberra Museum and Gallery for some lunchtime art engagement, aimed at decompressing and boosting focus through a creative and mindful break in the middle of the workday.

WALKING TOUR: Canberra's WWII Home Front
Event
31 January
WALKING TOUR: Canberra's WWII Home Front

Step back into the 1940s and explore Canberra’s wartime stories

YOUTH WORKSHOP: Handmade Movies with Nicci Haynes
Event
28 January
YOUTH WORKSHOP: Handmade Movies with Nicci Haynes

Join artist Nicci Haynes in this hands-on creative workshop where you will make and view a short film by drawing directly onto 16mm film. 

KIDS WORKSHOP: Nutcracker Peg Dancer
Event
9 January
KIDS WORKSHOP: Nutcracker Peg Dancer

Create your own Nutcracker ballet dancers by crafting your own tiny peg doll of Clara, the Nutcracker, Sugar Plum Fairy…

Event
KIDS WORKSHOP: Puppy Play Ears
7 January

Entertain your family's imagination at CMAG during Summer Holiday Fun!

FREE TALK: FashionTech & the Future of Wearable Designs
Event
15 December 2025
FREE TALK: FashionTech & the Future of Wearable Designs

Join visionary Dutch FashionTech designer Anouk Wipprecht as she explores how fashion, science, and technology merge to shape the future of wearable design.

Galleries, Museums and Heritage ACT Education Showcase 2026
Event
11 December 2025
Galleries, Museums and Heritage ACT Education Showcase 2026

Meet our education team and discuss how we can bring Canberra's history and vibrant art scene alive for your students.

Nicci Haynes: RGB_.v2
Exhibition
6 December 2025—7 June
Nicci Haynes: RGB_.v2

Nicci Haynes’ installations offer alternative modes of viewing that are designed to disrupt expectations of conventional cinema. Haynes films are…

LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s-1950s
Exhibition
6 December 2025—5 April
LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s-1950s

When Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell discovered an old photograph of two men in love at an antique store in…

Exhibition
A Loving City: Queerberra Revisited
6 December 2025—5 April

In 2017, photographer Jane Duong and producer Victoria Firth-Smith created Queerberra to document the lives of Canberra’s LGBTQIA+ community

FAMILY HISTORY TALK: Stories of Australians at War
Event
4 December 2025—4 December 2025
FAMILY HISTORY TALK: Stories of Australians at War

Discover Australia’s wartime past through personal and historical perspectives.

MAKERSPACE: Moon Love Postcards
Event
1 December 2025—1 March
MAKERSPACE: Moon Love Postcards

Bring your grown up to CMAG this summer to tell and share love stories from your life and theirs.