What's on: December 2020

Be inspired by our snapshot of exhibitions and activities below:

Museum of Australian Democracy (ACT)

• Peril in the parliament (tour)—Thursdays and Saturdays until 23 January 2021, 6.00pm
• Behind the lines 2020: The year in political cartoons—closes November 2021

Kids and family:

• PlayUP: The right to have an opinion and be heard

National Film and Sound Archive (ACT)

• Doco of the month: Brazen hussies + Q&A—10 December, 6.00pm
• Season: A very NFSA Christmas—18 and 19 December
• NFSA ghost tour—18 December, 9.00pm

Kids and family:

• The Muppet Christmas Carol—19 December, 10.30am

Online offerings:

• NFSA livestream: Virtual vinyl lounge—17 December, 7.00pm

National Gallery of Australia (ACT)

• Know my name: Australian women artists 1900 to now—until 4 July 2021
• XU ZHEN: ETERNITY VS EVOLUTION—until 14 March 2021

Online offerings:

• Know our names: First Nations women artists—10 December, 12.45pm

National Library of Australia (ACT)

• Australian dreams: Picturing our built world—until 31 January 2021
• Birds of paradise: Ellis Rowan in New Guinea—until 8 March 2021

National Museum of Australia (ACT)

• New acquisitions—until 31 January 2021
• Endeavour voyage—until 26 April 2021

Kids and family:

• Picnic party at the museum—9 December, 10.30am

Online offerings:

• A Taste of History: Wine—9 December, 6.00pm

National Portrait Gallery (ACT)

• I progetti: New day—18 December, 1.30pm
• Pub Rock—until 14 February 2021
• Before hand: the private life of a portrait—until 21 March 2021

For kids and family:

• Little Faces—16 and 17 December, 9.30am to 10.00am

Online offerings:

• Furry faces—8 December, 12.30pm
• Australian love stories—until 31 December

Australian National Maritime Museum (NSW)

• Wildlife photographer of the year—until 28 January 2021
• Sips and strokes by the water—10 December, 6.00pm

Kids and family:

• Kids on deck—until 20 December
• Stroller tours—selected Mondays and Tuesdays until March 2021

Online offerings:

• Australia and Indonesia 1945–1949: Two Nations

Bundanon Trust (NSW)

• We need to talk about fire—until February 2021

Feature image: Ellis Rowan, most likely ''The Empress of Germany's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana augustavictoriae)' or 'Raggiana Intermedia Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana intermedia)'', c.1917, nla.cat-vn2687227, National Library of Australia.