What’s on in April
Looking for things to do this Easter? Our national institutions have plenty of events and activities to keep you busy.
National Gallery of Australia
- Versailles: Treasures from the Palace exhibition – Until 17 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Pipilotti Rist: Worry Will Vanish Revelation – Until 20 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rodel Tapaya: New Art from the Philippines – Until 20 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Louis Legacy, Salut! Baroque Concert – 1 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for Lunch – 6 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Exclusive Viewing of Versailles: Treasures from the Palace – 6 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and Dementia: Friday with a Friend – 7 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Versailles’ Petit Trianon: A Queen’s Retreat – 8 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rendezvous with Art – 10, 24 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for Lunch: Madame de Pompadour – 13 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art Appreciation for Carers – 18 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for Lunch – 20 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Balinese Dance Performance – 23 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Australian Civilian Women’s Poetry of the Great War – 25 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Very Long Engagement (Un Long Dimanche de Fançailles) – 25 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for Lunch: Australia’s First War Artist – 27 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Oh! What a Lovely War – 29 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Stalin’s Piano (World Premiere) – 30 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Start with Art – 3 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Creative Meditation for Children – 11 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Tales from the Palace – 12, 19 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NGA Play – Until 17 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- ASI: Art Scene Investigation: All that Glitters is not Gold – 18 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Little Look at ART – 19 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art Explorer: Creatures of the Garden – 20 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia’s website.
National Museum of Australia
- Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia – 13 April to 9 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Kaninjaku: Stories from the Canning Stock Route – Until June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- David Attenborough’s Virtual Reality Experiences – Daily from 10 to 26 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Paddle Steamer Enterprise Inspection – 16, 22, 29 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Museum Friends Welcome Tour – 22 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Night at the Museum: Heroes and Villains – 28 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Parks Changing Australia – Until 30 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Peninsula Tales – 30 April (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Discovery Space: The Nature Collector – 10-13, 18-21 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Afternoon Play Space – 10-13, 18-21 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia’s website.
National Portrait Gallery
- National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 – 1 April to 18 June (Canberra, ACT)
- Seminar: Les Walkling – Matching Screen to Print – 1 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT
- Slow Art Day 2017 – 8 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawn In – Hope Street Band, Classical Pop and Carnival Grooves – 16 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and Dementia – 18 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Portrait Encounter – Portrait of Deborah Vernon Hackett – 20 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rabbit Proof Fence – 22 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Evensong – 22, 23 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Soundwaves in Space – 23, 30 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Little Faces – 4, 5 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Portrait Play – Making Portraits – 10-14, 17-21, 24 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Story Time – 12 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery’s website.
Australian National Maritime Museum
- Vampire Wardroom Dinner – 8 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Dogs and Cats – Until 17 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Phil Renouf Memorial Lecture – 20 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Lessons from the Arctic – Until 30 June 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Escape From Pompeii: The Untold Roman Rescue – Until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
Kids and family:
- School Holiday Activities – 9 to 23 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Empires and Eruptions! – 9 to 23 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Creative Workshops – 12 to 20 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Family Torchlight Tour: Pompeii Mysteries – 20 April 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum’s website.
National Film and Sound Archive
- Fire of the Land/Freedom Ride – Weekdays, April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Forces of Evil – 5 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NFSA Ghost Tour – 6 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Vinyl Lounge – 7 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- QueerScreen – 7 to 9 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Body and Soul – 12 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Gun Crazy – 19 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould – 19 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rififi – 21 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Asphalt Jungle – 26 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Learning the Tricks of the Trade – Until 10 May 2017 (Canberra, 2017)
Kids and family:
- School Holiday Screenings – Book Heroes on the Screen – 11 to 21 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive’s website.
National Library of Australia
- Rediscovering Hans Heysen – 2 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sport, Tobacco and Advertising – 4 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- “Dreamtime” To Aboriginal Theatre – 6 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- On War – 11 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- National Folk Festival Concert – 12 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Birds of a Feather – 13 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- WW1 Military Ancestors – 18 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Athol Shmith Fashion Photographs – Until 25 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Autumn Storytime – 20 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hop – 20 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Blinky Bill – 30 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia’s website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
- Onetoeight: Australia’s First Prime Ministers – (Canberra, ACT)
- Behind the Lines 2016: The Year’s Best Political Cartoons – (Canberra, ACT)
- Dress Code Empire – (Canberra, ACT)
- Face Up – (Canberra, ACT)
- Magna Carta: An Australian Story – (Canberra, ACT)
- Happy and Glorious – (Canberra, ACT)
- Art is a Weapon – (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Cartooning Masterclass – 10 to 14 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Great Easter Egg Trail 2017 – 16 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Play Up – (Canberra ACT)
For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy’s website.
Bundanon Trust
- Bundanon Field Day 2017 – 9 April 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Gary Warner – Soundtracker – 9 April to 7 May 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Rasa Duende – 30 April 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Anne Ferran, Intimate Journals – until 28 May 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit the Bundanon Trust’s website.
