What's on in summer
We’ve rounded up the best national cultural exhibitions and activities to help you start planning your summer.
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4 December 2018
National Gallery of Australia (ACT)
- California Cool: art in Los Angeles 1960s – 70s – until February 2019
- Yayoi Kusama: The Spirits Of The Pumpkins Descended Into The Heavens Immersive experience – from December 2018
- Love & Desire Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate – 14 December 2018 to 28 April 2019
- Love & Desire Lecture: Lucina Ward – 15 December 2018
For the kids:
- Mini Members Party – 1 December 2018
- Create Space – 8, 15, 22, 29 January 2019
National Film and Sound Archive (ACT)
- The Vinyl Lounge + record fair – 7 December 2018
- Heath Ledger Season – until 10 February 2019
- Mad Max: Fury Road – Black And Chrome – 2 January 2019
- Animal Kingdom – 4 January 2019
For the kids:
- Summer School Holiday Screenings – 7 to 13 January 2018
- Puss in Boots – 7 January 2019
- Felix the Cat: The Movie – 8 January 2019
- Isle of Dogs – 10 January 2019
- 101 Dalmatians – 11 January 2019
- The Lion King – 12 January 2019
National Library of Australia (ACT)
- Cook and the Pacific – until 10 February 2019
- Beauty Rich and Rare – until 10 February 2019
- The Southern Ocean: Sailing and Navigation Lecture – 19 January 2019
National Museum of Australia (ACT)
- Rome: City and Empire – until 3 February 2019
- First Australian exhibition – ongoing
- Journeys exhibition – ongoing
- Bush Mechanics: The Exhibition – until 24 February 2019
For the kids:
- When in Rome summer school holiday activities – Weekdays 7 to 11 and 14 to 18 January 2019
- Kspace – Interactive game for children 5 to 12 year olds
National Portrait Gallery (ACT)
- Carte-o-mania! – until 22 April 2019
- 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions – until 10 February 2019
For the kids:
- Little faces: Summer series – 4 to 7 December 2018
- Portrait Play: Who are you? – weekdays from 27 December 2018 to 1 February 2019
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (ACT)
- Breaking Through: 75 years of women in Parliament – ongoing
- Behind the Lines 2018: The year's best political cartoons – ongoing
- Magna Carta: An Australian Story – ongoing
For the kids:
Australian National Maritime Museum (NSW)
- On Sharks & Humanity – 11 December 2018 to June 2019
- The Women of River Country – ongoing
- New Year’s Eve at the Museum – 31 December 2018
For the kids:
- Creative workshops for kids 8-14 – 15 to 23 January 2019.
Bundanon Trust (NSW)
- Paul Dempsey solo acoustic show at the Boyd Education Centre – 19 January 2019
Image: John Everett Millais Ophelia 1851-52, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 111.8 cm, Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894, Tate, © Tate, London 2018.