What's on in January

National Gallery of Australia

• Versailles: Treasures from the Palace exhibition—until 17 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Mythology, antiquity and absolute power: Sculpture at Versailles—14 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Art for lunch—19, 26 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Classical gilding demonstration—21 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• The king's passions: The music and art of Versailles concert—until 11 February 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• NGA Play—until 17 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Tales from the Palace—4, 11, 18, 25 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Art explorer: A grand design—12, 19 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• NGA Underground: Fountains and fanfare—January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia.

National Museum of Australia

• David Attenborough's Virtual Reality Experiences—until 17 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum—until 29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Freewheeling, Scienceworks, Melbourne—until 5 February 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Happy Birthday Play School—until 5 February 2017 (Gold Coast, QLD)
• Warakurna, New England Regional Art Museum—until 5 February 2017 (Armidale, NSW)
• Handling objects: Curator for the day—until 20 February 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Paddle Steamer Enterprise inspection—8, 14, 22, 26, 29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Statue of Mithras exhibition talk—5 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• One Road, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan—until 9 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Olmec stone mask exhibition talk—12 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Inca gold llama exhibition talk—15 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Museum Friends welcome tour—21 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Handling objects: Tokens of love—23 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Australia Day festival—26 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• The Time Traveller's Book Club—31 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Mkids movie screenings (Canberra, ACT):
  • Kung Fu Panda Three—7 January 2017
  • Zootopia—10 January 2017
  • Jungle Book—14 January 2017
  • Kubo and the Two Strings—17 January 2017
• Discovery Space: History of you—9 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Afternoon play space—9 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Museum of Australia.

National Portrait Gallery

• Popular Pet Show highlights tour—until 13 March 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• 2016 Digital Portraiture Awards—until 9 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Awesome Achievers: Stories from Australians of the Year—Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW—until 5 February 2017
• Late night opening, Fridays in summer—every Friday until March 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Sniffing around the pet show—15 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Painted pets workshop—21 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• PAWS for art: A doggy day out—21 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Drawn in:
  • Juanita Cucinotta—8 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Betty Alto and Don Carlo—21 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Family space: Pets backyard—until 29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Portrait play—until 29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Story time: A Lion in Paris—until 25 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Dream pet workshop—11 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Oddball screening—14 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• The Secret Life of Pets screening—28 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery.

Australian National Maritime Museum

Kids and family:

• Live Theatre: Captain Nemo's Nautilus—until 22 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Explore Voyage to the Deep—until 19 February 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Under 5s Tours Aquanaut Adventures—7 to 24 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Creative Workshops—16 to 19 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Family Torchlight Tour—20 January  (Sydney, NSW)
• Australia Day Cruise on Sydney Harbour—26 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)

For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum.

National Film and Sound Archive

• The Legend of Ben Hall—12 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Friday the 13th Horror Double!—13 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Spring Breakers—20 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• The Invasion of the Body Snatchers—29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Racing Extinction—29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Pixar—Palooza!—11 to 20 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT). Screenings include:
  • Finding Nemo 3D—11 January 2017
  • Ratatouille—12 January 2017
  • Finding Dory—13 January 2017
  • The Incredibles—18 January 2017
  • Inside Out—19 January 2017
  • Brave—20 January 2017

For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive.

National Library of Australia

• The Sell exhibition—until 25 April 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Athol Shmith fashion photographs—until 25 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• The Sell: A Curator's View—18 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Finding Newspaper Articles—18 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Protecting Your Memories—24 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• From Raskols to We Cut Heads—24 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Wordplay—Family Activity Space—until 29 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Summer Storytime—25 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Library of Australia.

 Museum of Australian Democracy

• Behind the Lines 2016: The year's best political cartoons (Canberra, ACT)
  • until 27 January 2017 (Gosford, NSW)
• Chinese Fortunes—28 January to 25 June 2017 (Ballarat, VIC)
• Ajit Ninan: cartoonist to the world's largest democracy (Canberra, ACT)
• DRESS CODE: EMPIRE (Canberra, ACT)
• Memories of the Struggle (Canberra, ACT)
• Face Up (Canberra, ACT)
• Magna Carta—An Australian Story (Canberra, ACT)
• PLAY UP—The Right to Shelter (Canberra, ACT)
• Happy and Glorious (Canberra, ACT)
• Art is a Weapon (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and Family:

• School Holiday Program: Arts and Crafts—9 to 20 January 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy.

Bundanon Trust

• The Lady and the Unicorn 2016–2018 Tour—until 26 February 2017 (Penrith, NSW)
• Anne Ferran, Intimate Journals—until 26 March 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
• Bundanon Big Draw 2017—8 January 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
• Blue King Brown—14 January 2017 (Riversdale, NSW)

For more information visit Bundanon Trust.

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

Kids and Teens Workshops:

• Kids Digi Animation (9 to 12 yrs)—5 to 6 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Teens Radio (13 to 17 yrs)—10 to 12 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Story and Script Workshop for Kids (9 to 12 yrs)—16 to 18 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• The Real Filmmaking Workshop (13 to 17 yrs)—16 to 20 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Blood and Guts Movie Makeup (10 to 15 yrs)—17 to 18 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Teens Digi Animation (13 to 17 yrs)—18 to 20 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Writing a Short Film (13 to 17 yrs)—18 to 20 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Screen Acting for Kids (9 to 12 yrs)—19 to 20 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Make a Stop Motion Movie (9 to 12 yrs)—23 to 25 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Music for Film and TV (14 to 17 yrs)—23 to 24 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Video Editing with Premiere Pro (13 to 17 yrs)—23 to 24 January 2017 (Sydney, NSW)

For more information visit the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.