
What’s on in April
Explore Australia’s arts and culture activities this April! Experience music festivals, exhibitions, screenings and much more.
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Australian National Maritime Museum (NSW)
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Remembering Skaubryn—from 28 March
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: 100 Extraordinary images—from 13 April
For the kids:
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Mini Mariners—from 12 April
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Cabinet of Curiosities—ongoing
Bundanon Trust (NSW)
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Field Day 2018—15 April
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (ACT)
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Cartooning Masterclass—16 to 20 April
For the kids:
National Gallery of Australia (ACT)
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Cartier— 30 March to 22 July
- Arthur Streeton: The art of war poetry reading—25 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)
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Season: Cinema '68—11 to 20 April
For the kids:
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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)
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Author Talk: Sunburnt Country—History and Future of Climate Change in Australia—12 April
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Launch: Peripheral Vision/Inlandia—24 April
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John Bell on Words—Canberra International Music Festival—30 April
For the kids:
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WordPlay—14 to 29 April
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Autumn storytime—24 April
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The Love Bug film screening—24 April
National Museum of Australia (ACT)
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The Art of Science: Baudin's Voyagers 1800–1804—30 March to 24 June 2018
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Lustre: Pearling and Australia—until 22 July 2018
For the kids:
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Discovery voyages: Adventures of the seas—16 to 20 April and 23 to 27 April
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Afternoon play space—16 to 27 April
National Portrait Gallery (ACT)
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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018—until 17 June
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Slow Art Day—14 April
For the kids:
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Little faces: Autumn series—3 and 4 April
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Art cart—14 to 29 April
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Portrait Play: Shake, rattle and role—16 to 20 April and 23 to 27 April
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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)