Event
KIDS WORKSHOP: Shadow Puppet Making
10 July
Booked out

Join artist, puppeteer and theatre-maker Deni Dominguez for a hands-on creative workshop inspired by CMAG's Worlds Beyond Waste exhibition.

TALK: A View from the Edge of England - The Rodd, home of the Sidney Nolan Trust
Event
27 July
TALK: A View from the Edge of England - The Rodd, home of the Sidney Nolan Trust

Join Canberra Museum and Gallery for an illustrated talk with Sophie Heath, Director of the Nolan Trust, as part…

KIDS WORKSHOP: Spider Dancing with Jane Ingall
Event
Booked Out
22 June—22 June
KIDS WORKSHOP: Spider Dancing with Jane Ingall
Booked out

Jane will lead a special workshop for little dancers aged 0-5 years

Flutterbry: Worlds Beyond Waste
Exhibition
21 June—16 August
Flutterbry: Worlds Beyond Waste

The exhibition will be visible 24/7, offering a different experience by day and by night, with creative lighting and dramatic shadows bringing the works to life.

PERFORMANCE + WORKSHOP: Spiders of Paradise Movement Lab
Event
20 June
PERFORMANCE + WORKSHOP: Spiders of Paradise Movement Lab

Experience the wonder of movement and imagination

CELEBRATION: 2XX 50th Anniversary
Event
2 July
CELEBRATION: 2XX 50th Anniversary

It’s been 50 years since 2XX went to air on 2 July, 1976 and it’s time to celebrate!

To mark…

COMPETITION: Design Your Own RELIC
Event
16 June—19 September
COMPETITION: Design Your Own RELIC

Inspired by RELICS: A New World Rises, this creative competition invites participants to imagine a future Canberra in the…

CURATOR FLOORTALK: Public Impressions - Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
Event
10 June
CURATOR FLOORTALK: Public Impressions - Sidney Nolan in Popular Media

Step inside the world of Sidney Nolan and discover how one of Australia’s most iconic artists became a household name.

FLOOR TALK: 2XX at 50 - People-Powered Radio
Event
Booked Out
6 June
FLOOR TALK: 2XX at 50 - People-Powered Radio
Booked out

Join CMAG Senior Curator Dr Hannah Paddon and Declan O’Connell from 2XX to hear behind-the-scenes stories and discover the voices, movements and big ideas that have shaped Canberra’s airwaves over the past five decades

Exhibition
Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
6 June—13 September

Before television dominated popular media from the early 1970s, colourful magazines were an ever-present fixture on the coffee tables and in canteens and waiting rooms across Australia

2XX People-Powered Radio - Celebrating 50 years
Exhibition
6 June—6 September
2XX People-Powered Radio - Celebrating 50 years

It’s not every day that you get to celebrate 50 years on the airwaves but that’s exactly what 2XX is…

WALKING TOUR: Canberra's Social History Through Its Public Art
Event
31 May
WALKING TOUR: Canberra's Social History Through Its Public Art

Discover more than 60 years of Canberra's social history through the city's public artworks on this engaging gallery and walking tour led by historian Rohan Goyne.

FLORIADE WORKSHOP: Polish Pająki Chandelier Making with Beci Orpin
Event
10 October
FLORIADE WORKSHOP: Polish Pająki Chandelier Making with Beci Orpin

Join Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Beci Orpin, creator of Bunny Dearest in CMAG's Hop In! exhibition, for a relaxed Saturday of slow, satisfying making.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Spiders of Paradise
Exhibition
29 May—23 August
Maria Fernanda Cardoso: Spiders of Paradise

Maria Fernanda Cardoso is internationally renowned for using unconventional and organic materials to consider nature and its links to culture…

Event
MAKERSPACE: Make a jumping Peacock Spider
29 May—23 August

Create your own colourful peacock spider on a stick, and then make it jump!

EXHIBITION OPENING: Spiders of Paradise with Maria Fernanda Cardoso
Event
28 May
EXHIBITION OPENING: Spiders of Paradise with Maria Fernanda Cardoso

Join artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso in-conversation with MCA Associate Curator Manya Sellers, at the opening of  Spiders of Paradise

TALK: Collecting Canberra - New Acquisitions, New Stories
Event
12 June—12 June
TALK: Collecting Canberra - New Acquisitions, New Stories

Join us for a special talk on recent Canberra Museum + Gallery acquisitions and how they shape the stories we tell about Canberra.