What’s on in July
In need of some culture and creativity? Our national institutions have got you covered this July.
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National Gallery of Australia
- Winter film series: Beuys: Art as a weapon—5 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for lunch—6, 13, 20, 27 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rendezvous with art—10, 31 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Out of the box—11 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Meet the maker—14 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art appreciation for carers—18 July 2017
- Contemporary conversations—27 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Australian Impressionism—(Canberra, ACT)
- Namatjira: Painting Country—from 15 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Installation 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)
- Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial—until 10 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Frank Stella The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection—until 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Mexican Modernism—until 26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Creative meditation for children—4 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art explorer: Creative workshop with Tony Albert—7 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Create space with Tony Albert—8 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sketchy Tuesday—11 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- ASI: Art Scene Investigation—Inside outrageous—13 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawesome—16 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Little look at ART—19 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NGA Play: Reko Rennie —14 May - 3 December 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia's website.
National Museum of Australia
- NAIDOC Week—Traditional weaving workshop—8 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sensory objects: A taste of East meets West—17 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Change is Gonna Come—until 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Evolution: Torres Strait Masks—until 23 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Discovery Space: Wheelie fun—3 to 7 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Afternoon play space—3 to 7 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Freewheeling family fun day—9 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks—28 July—8 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia's website.
National Portrait Gallery
- Family Space: Dempsey street—1 to 16 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Dempsey's people revealed—2 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Dempsey's people preview: Circle of Friends—6 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Evensong—15 and 16 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and dementia—18 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Portrait encounter: Tracey Moffatt by Greg Weight—20 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Transition—21 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Collection in Focus: Brook Andrew—until 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Dempsey's People: A Folio of British Street Portraits 1824-1844—from 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Collections highlights tour—until 24 December 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Press you letters—1 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Little Faces: Winter Series—4 and 5 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Portrait Play—3 to 7 and 10 to 14 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Storytime—13 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Moana screening—15 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawn in: Humbug Celtic Band—23 July 2017
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery's website.
Australian National Maritime Museum
- Escape from Pompeii—until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Lustre—until 13 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year—until 9 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- The Hartog Plate—until 29 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
Kids and family:
- Explore Escape from Pompeii – until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Kids on Deck—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Cabinet of Curiosities—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Family Fun Sunday—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Sea-Side Strollers Tour—until 8 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Kids Activity Backpacks—until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Mini Mariners—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum's website.
National Film and Sound Archive
- Daily Program: July—3 to 31 July, weekdays only (Canberra, ACT)
- School holiday screenings—book heroes on the screen—5—14 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Jasper Jones—5 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Neverending Story—6 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Iron Giant—7 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Beauty and the Beast—13 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Night at the Museum—14 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Mabo: Life of an Island Man—5 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Vinyl Lounge—7 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Jen Anderson presents Pandora's Box—7 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Banned and the Beautiful—12 July to 2 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Peeping Tom—12 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Pink Flamingos—18 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Romance + Smut Hounds—26 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Pussy Riot—28 July 2017
- The Punk Singer—28 July 2017
- NFSA Ghost Tour—14 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- People of the Australian Western Desert—21 and 22 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive's website.
National Library of Australia
- Melodrama in Meiji Japan—until 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NAIDOC Week Event: Collection Talk—4 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Book launch: Clancy's Hat—5 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Using Microform Readers—6 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NAIDOC Collection Talk: Our Voice—6 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Visionary or Vandal?—6 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Getting Started @ the Library—12 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Fellowship Presentation: Shojo: Changing Representations—19 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Apps for research and study—20 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Author talk with Kate Forsyth—20 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Fellowship Presentation: Searching for Japan - 25 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Author talk with Michael Robotham - 27 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter tales with Susie Beaver—30 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Winter Storytime—13 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Children's film: Wolf Children—13 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia's website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
- 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 2016: The Year's Best Political Cartoons—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Dress Code: Empire – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Magna Carta: An Australian Story—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Happy and Glorious—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Art is a Weapon—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Play Up—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Mystery Tour Party Games—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Sunday Crafternoons: One Million Stars to End Violence—25 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy's website.
Bundanon Trust
- Nolan 100—1917-2017—until 28 January 2018 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Brandenburg Quartet—16 July 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit Bundanon Trust's website.