Event
KIDS WORKSHOP: Mask Making with Tom Buckland
18 July

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s magnificent lyrebird, this hands-on workshop invites kids to design and make their very own wearable animal mask using cardboard and a mix of fun, recycled materials.

Maree Clark: Seeing the Invisible
Exhibition
2 August—23 November
Maree Clark: Seeing the Invisible
Opening soon

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

Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945
Exhibition
9 August—1 February 2026
Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945
Opening soon

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

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK TALK: In Conversation with a Robot & Artificial Intelligence
Event
12 August
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK TALK: In Conversation with a Robot & Artificial Intelligence

Ever high-fived a robot?

Celebrate National Science Week at Canberra Museum and Gallery with Pepper, the quick-witted humanoid who can…

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK DANCE: Stars in 3D
Event
16 August—16 August
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK DANCE: Stars in 3D

Journey through the cosmos in this mind-bending experience where cutting-edge science meets mesmerizing movement.

Celebrating National Science Week's theme "Decoding…

Wearing Joy: Beautiful Brooches
Exhibition
13 September—1 February 2026
Wearing Joy: Beautiful Brooches
Opening soon

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

Wearing brooches brings joy…

Cultural Alliance Forum: Visual Art and Design for the Stage
Event
19 September
Cultural Alliance Forum: Visual Art and Design for the Stage

Join some of Australia’s leading artists, designers, and performance makers as they discuss their experiences working in theatre and the process of creating a ‘total work of art’

Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
Exhibition
21 March 2026—23 August 2026
Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
Opening soon

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

Nolan: The Backstory
Exhibition
10 July 2027—13 February 2028
Nolan: The Backstory
Opening soon

The backs of Sidney Nolan’s paintings reveal an intriguing body of historical information