What’s on in April

series-of-photos.jpg

Australian National Maritime Museum (NSW)

• Remembering Skaubryn – from 28 March
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: 100 Extraordinary images – from 13 April

For the kids:

• Mini Mariners – from 12 April
• Cabinet of Curiosities - ongoing

Bundanon Trust (NSW)

• Field Day 2018 – 15 April

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (ACT)

• Cartooning Masterclass – 16 to 20 April
• Old Parliament House wedding open day – 15 April

For the kids:

• The Great Easter Egg Trail 2018 – 1 April
• PlayUP: The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard - ongoing

National Gallery of Australia (ACT)

• Cartier –  30 March to 22 July
• Arthur Streeton: The art of war poetry reading – 25 April
• Enoch Arden: Canberra International Music Festival – 29 April

For the kids:

• Drawsome – 15 April
• Sketchy Tuesday – 17 April
• Little look at Art – 18 April
• Art Scene investigation – 19 April
• Creative meditation with David Hockney: prints – 24 April
• Art Explorer: Space Age – 26 April

National Film and Sound Archive (ACT)

• Season: Cinema ’68 – 11 to 20 April
• Who can it be now? 1980s music trivia – 14 April

For the kids:

• School Holidays: NFSA Kids – 16 to 27 April
  
  • Mary Poppins – 16 April
  • Singin' in the Rain – 19 April
  • Fantasia – 20 April
  • The Lego Movie – 23 April
  • Frozen Sing-a-long – 27 April

National Library of Australia (ACT)

• Author Talk: Sunburnt Country – History and Future of Climate Change in Australia – 12 April
• Launch: Peripheral Vision/Inlandia – 24 April
• John Bell on Words - Canberra International Music Festival – 30 April

For the kids:

• WordPlay – 14 to 29 April
• Autumn storytime – 24 April
• The Love Bug film screening – 24 April

National Museum of Australia (ACT)

• The Art of Science: Baudin’s Voyagers 1800–1804 – 30 March to 24 June 2018
• Lustre: Pearling and Australia – until 22 July 2018

For the kids:

• Discovery voyages: Adventures of the seas – 16 to 20 April and 23 to 27 April
• Afternoon play space – 16 to 27 April

National Portrait Gallery (ACT)

• National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 – until 17 June
• Portrait Table Lunch with Rosie Batty – 6 April
• Slow Art Day – 14 April

For the kids:

• Little faces: Autumn series – 3 and 4 April
• Art cart – 14 to 29 April
• Portrait Play: Shake, rattle and role – 16 to 20 April and 23 to 27 April
• Story time: The Journey Home by Alison Lester – 18 April
• Oddball screening – 21 April

Image credits:

(front page) - Cartier London Halo tiara 1936, platinum, diamonds, 3 x 18 cm, lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Royal Collection Trust/All Rights Reserved

(left to right)

(Cartier Paris Crocodile necklace 1975, special order, gold, yellow diamonds, emeralds, rubies, 30 and 27.3 cm (length each), Photo: Nils Herrmann, Cartier Collection, © Cartier. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia)

(The Capability. Photographer: Anna Sinclair. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery)

(Crab surprise © Justin Gilligan - Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Courtesy of the Australian National Maritime Museum)

(The Honourable Bob Hawke savouring a strawberry milkshake 2017. Photographer: Harold David. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery)