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

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

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

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

Wearing Joy: Beautiful Brooches
Exhibition
13 September 2025—1 February
Wearing Joy: Beautiful Brooches

Carla Velting’s brooch collection is colourful, quirky and, according to Carla, just a little bit silly.

Wearing brooches brings joy…

2025 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize
Exhibition
6 September 2025—26 February
2025 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize

Each year Canberra Museum and Gallery holds a Photography Prize for Canberra’s secondary students, displaying all entries to the public.It’s…

Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945
Exhibition
9 August 2025—1 February
Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945

 The story of Australia's Home Front during World War II (1939-1945) is an important one

Maree Clarke: Seeing the Invisible
Exhibition
2 August 2025—23 November 2025
Maree Clarke: Seeing the Invisible

Maree Clarke - Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung multi-disciplinary artist - presents a group of newly made supersized scale Reed Necklaces…

Dean Cross: Prologue
Exhibition
20 June 2025—29 June 2025
Dean Cross: Prologue

The title Prologue signals a beginning—this new moving image work by Canberra-born, Worimi artist Dean Cross marks the start of…

Celebrating 50 Years of the Australian Honours System
Exhibition
31 May 2025—31 August 2025
Celebrating 50 Years of the Australian Honours System

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Australian Honours system, which was established in 1975 to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of Australians in diverse and wide-ranging fields. 

Beyond Measure: Expanding the Sky
Exhibition
30 March 2025—21 April 2025
Beyond Measure: Expanding the Sky

Broaden your understanding and perceptions of what we considered as ‘outer space’

Exhibition
A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and the Stage
13 March 2025—8 March

Sidney Nolan always understood artmaking could transcend the boundaries of a picture frame. Throughout his life, he worked with a wide circle of creative collaborators to produce striking designs for opera, ballet, and theatre.

Conserving Nolan 50|50
Exhibition
Conserving Nolan 50|50

Gifted to the people of Australia by Sir Sidney Nolan in March 1975, this nationally significant group of 24 early…

Resonance: Art as the Voice of Nature (NatureArt Lab)
Exhibition
8 February 2025—27 July 2025
Resonance: Art as the Voice of Nature (NatureArt Lab)

Resonance with nature has a lasting and meaningful effect on individuals and communities

Djara
Exhibition
30 November 2024—20 July 2025
Djara

Djara presents the connections of First Nations people with the stars, sky and Country.

Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars
Exhibition
16 November 2024—16 November 2025
Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars

Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars celebrates the 100-year anniversary of Mount Stromlo Observatory, bringing to life the groundbreaking discoveries…

Exhibition
How Soon Is Now?
2 November 2024—16 March 2025

How Soon is Now? brings together a selection of Bruce Reynolds’ exquisite cast relief works with two-dimensional collaged linoleum works.

Hiroe and Cornel Swen: Making a Creative Life
Exhibition
1 November 2024—16 March 2025
Hiroe and Cornel Swen: Making a Creative Life

This exhibition celebrates two of Canberra's most influential artists, Hiroe Swen and the late Cornel Swen who, together, led a uniquely creative life in this region.

Ikebana @ CMAG
Exhibition
1 November 2024—14 November 2024
Ikebana @ CMAG

Seven contemporary artists each create a group of ceramic vessels that can display flowers but challenge the idea of a vase.