What’s on in April
With Easter and the school holidays fast approaching, find out what’s on to keep the family entertained at our national cultural institutions.
National Gallery of Australia (ACT)
- Love & Desire: Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate — until 28 April 2019
- Māori Markings: Tā Moko — until 25 August 2019
- Urs Fischer Sculpture — ongoing
- Ophelia After Hours performance — 26 to 28 April 2019
For the kids:
Create Space: Love your national collection — 19 and 26 April 2019
National Film and Sound Archive (ACT)
- Life Through the Lens — until 31 May 2019
- Carriberrie: VR experience — until 1 June 2019
- The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition — opens 18 April 2019
- The Birds with Live Score on Trautonium — 24 April 2019
For the kids:
- School Holiday Screenings — 23 to 26 April 2019
- Babe — 23 April 2019
- Maya the Bee: The Honey Game — 24 April 2019
- Peter Rabbit — 25 April 2019
- NFSA Restores: Storm Boy — 26 April 2019
National Library of Australia (ACT)
- Inked: Australian Cartoons — until 21 July 2019
- Pilgrimage: Hurley in the Middle East — until 25 August 2019
- Lecture with Dr Guy Hansen: A short history of Australian cartooning — 3 April 2019
- Launch: A Very Great City One Day by Roger Pegrum — 11 April 2019
For the kids:
- This is Home: Poems for Children — 7 April 2019
- Autumn WordPlay — 13 to 28 April 2019
- Blinky Bill: The Movie screening — 24 April 2019
- Autumn Storytime — 24 April 2019
National Museum of Australia (ACT)
- Painting on Country exhibition — ongoing
- The Historical Expression of Chinese Art: Calligraphy and Painting from the National Museum of China — opens 5 April
- The Antarctica Experience: Virtual reality adventure — ongoing
National Portrait Gallery (ACT)
- Slow Art Day — 6 April 2019
- Carte-o-mania! — until 22 April 2019
- Electric! Portraits that Pop! — until 22 April 2019
- Mirawarri art cart — from 1 to 22 April 2019
For the kids:
- Little faces: Autumn series — 2 to 5 April 2019
- Story time: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox — 17 April 2019
- Sonic storytelling — 17 April 2019
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (ACT)
- #UDHRqulit Project — ongoing
- Democracy. Art You In? — ongoing
- Mystery Tour: One Small Step — 13 to 28 April 2019
- Behind the Lines 2018: The year’s best political cartoons — ongoing
For the kids:
Australian National Maritime Museum (NSW)
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year — until 25 August 2019
- James Cameron: Challenging the Deep — until 5 May 2019
- Underwater Drone Challenge — 13 to 28 April 2019
For the kids:
- On Sharks & Humanity: Sketch club, mystery tours and more — until 2 June 2019
- Science Circus, Creature Feature — 14 to 28 April 2019
- Mini Mariners — ongoing
Bundanon Trust (NSW)
- Field Day — 28 April 2019
