What’s on in April

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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

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(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)