What’s on in August
In need of some culture and creativity? Our national institutions have got you covered this August.
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National Gallery of Australia
- Art for lunch—3, 10, 17, 24, 31 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Descriptive tour Namatjira—5 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Australian String Quartet national Tour: Homeward—6 August (Canberra, ACT)
- Auslan sign-interpreted tour of Namatjira—6 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Out of the box—8 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rendezvous with art—14 and 28 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art appreciation for carers—15 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Assisted tour of Defying Empire—24 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art after hours—24 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Installation Pipilotti Rist: Worry will vanish revelation—until 20 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Rodel Tapaya: New art from the Philippines—until 20 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial—until 10 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Frank Stella The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection—until 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Australian Impressionism—until 31 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Namatjira: Painting Country—until 19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Mexican Modernism—until 26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- stART with art—7 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Little look at ART—16 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawesome—20 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Tales for the very young—29 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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NGA Play: Reko Rennie —14 May to 3 December 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia's website.
National Museum of Australia
- New members welcome tour—12 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Night at the Museum: Uncharted—18 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sensory objects: Pleasures of play—21 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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A Change is Gonna Come—until 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
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David Attenborough's VR Experiences—August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks—until 8 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia's website.
National Portrait Gallery
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New friends—1 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Winter festival—6 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Evensong—12 and 13 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Art and dementia—15 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Portrait encounter: Derek Denton by Evert Ploeg—17 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Poetic Portraits: A workshop with Sarah Rice—20 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Archibald Prize bus trip 2017—24 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Canberra Writers Festival—25 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Collection in Focus: Brook Andrew—until 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Forgotten—31 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Dempsey's people highlights—until 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Collections highlights tour—until 24 December 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
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Little Faces: Winter Series—1 to 4 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Drawn in: Carl St Jacques, violin—27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery's website.
Australian National Maritime Museum
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Lustre—until 13 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Escape from Pompeii—until 3 September 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Aurora—until 30 September 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year—until 9 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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The Hartog Plate—until 29 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
Kids and family:
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Explore Escape from Pompeii – until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Kids on Deck—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
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Cabinet of Curiosities—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
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Family Fun Sunday—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
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Sea-Side Strollers Tour—until 8 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Kids Activity Backpacks—until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Mini Mariners—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum's website.
National Film and Sound Archive
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Daily Program: August—1 to 31 August 2017, weekdays only (Canberra, ACT)
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Bad Boy Bubby—2 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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NFSA Ghost tour—4 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Elvis: That's the way it is—4 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Blue Suede Vinyl Lounge—4 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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The Breaking of the Drought—9 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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National Science Week: Hedy lamarr—Hollywood Inventor—16 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Samson and Delilah (4K)—16 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Banned Bushrangers—Double Feature—23 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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The Year my Voice Broke + Flirting—26 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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The Man from Hong Kong—30 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive's website.
National Library of Australia
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Melodrama in Meiji Japan—until 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Waving the Red Flag: Chinese Posters 1949—1976—until 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
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Author Talk with Rusty Young—2 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Using Microform Readers—3 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Stories from the Sandstone—3 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Coffee with a Curator—4 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Fellowship Presentation: Poetry and Public Apology—8 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Author talk with David Haskell—9 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Getting started @ the Library—10 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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2017 Kenneth Myer Lecture—10 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Winter Tales with Louise Page—13 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Maps for Family History—15 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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8 August 1918 from the German side—15 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Family Jewels or Pandora's Box?—23 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Canberra Writers Festival—25 to 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Fellowship Presentation: In the Eyes of Their Foes—29 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Book Launch: Proof—30 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
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Escape to Everywhere: CBCA Book Week—18 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia's website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
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Canberra Writers Festival—25 to 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Yes: The Ongoing Story of the 1967 Referendum—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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The Opening Day: 9 May 1927—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Finders Keepers: Collectors and their Stories—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Onetoeight: Australia's First Prime Ministers—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Behind the Lines 2016: The Year's Best Political Cartoons—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Dress Code: Empire—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Magna Carta: An Australian Story—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Happy and Glorious—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
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Play Up—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
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Mystery Tour Party Games—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy's website.
Bundanon Trust
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Nolan 100—1917–2017—until 28 January 2018 (Bundanon, NSW)
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Bundanon Open Days—every Sunday (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit
website.