What's on in January
Keep cool, calm and creative this Summer at our national cultural institutions.
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National Gallery of Australia
- Hyper Real—until 18 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art Explorer: Hyper reality body parts—19 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hyper Real: Fleshy bits—20 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hyper Real: Breakfast—21 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art + Sound—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- NGA Play—Art Explorer: Guerrilla Upcycling—11 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia's website.
National Museum of Australia
- Songlines under the stars: film screening—19 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Change is Gonna Come—until 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters—until 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- School holiday drop-in activities—Mondays to Wednesdays in January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Mkids movies—13, 16 and 20 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Australia Day family festival—26 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia's website.
National Portrait Gallery
- Shall we dance?: late night opening—12 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Blueprints: Cameraless photography—13 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Don't 'Darling' me, darling: late night opening—19 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- The rise of the Australian actor in Hollywood—20 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawn in: Juanita Cucinotta—28 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck highlights—until 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Portrait play: Tell me your story—weekdays throughout January (Canberra, ACT)
- Stars of the Silver Screen—20 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery's website.
Australian National Maritime Museum
- Arctic Voices—from 14 December 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Waves and Water: Australian Beach Photography—from 22 December 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Gapu-Monuk Saltwater—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Maritime Moustaches—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Treasures of the American Collection—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Behind the Scenes Tour—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Container: The Box that Changed the World—until 4 July 2018 (Sydney, NSW)
Kids and family:
- Kids on Deck—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Cabinet of Curiosities—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Family Fun Sunday—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Mini Mariners— ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum's website.
National Film and Sound Archive
- Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits—until 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- In conversation: Richard Lowenstein—12 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' screening—19 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- 'Samson and Delilah' screening—28 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive's website.
National Library of Australia
- The Dombrovskis Quartet—28 January (Canberra, ACT)
- Dombrovskis: Journeys into the Wild—until 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Waving the Red Flag: Chinese posters 1949—1976—until 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia's website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
- The Gift: Art, Artefacts and Arrivals—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Yes: The Ongoing Story of the 1967 Referendum—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- The Opening Day: 9 May 1927—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Finders Keepers: Collectors and their Stories—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Onetoeight: Australia's First Prime Ministers – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Behind the Lines 2017: The Year's Best Political Cartoons – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Dress Code: Empire—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Play Up—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy's website.
Bundanon Trust
- Bundanon Big Draw 2018—7 January (Bundanon, NSW)
- Saskwatch/Lime Cordiale/Dos Enos—13 January (Bundanon, NSW)
- Nolan 100— 1917-2017—until 28 January 2018 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Bundanon Open Days—every Sunday (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit Bundanon Trust's website.