What’s on in June
Stay indoors and experience stunning art and culture at our cultural institutions this winter.
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National Gallery of Australia
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Defying Empire: 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial
—26 May to 10 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Descriptive tour of Defying Empire—3 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Auslan sign-interpreted tour of Defying Empire—4 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter Film Series 2017—7 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter Film Series: Citizen Jane: Battle for the city—7 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for lunch—8, 15, 22, 29 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Out of the Box—13 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter Film Series: China's van Goghs—14 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Yoga for lunch—19 to 23 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art appreciation for carers—20 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter film series: Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the devil—21 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Coffee with the curator (Defying Empire)—22 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rendezvous with art—26 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Assisted tour (Pipilotti Rist: Worry will vanish and Rodel Tapaya: New art from the Philippines) —28 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Winter film series: Dries—28 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Artists of the Great War—until June 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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Frank Stella The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection—until 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Mexican Modernism— until 26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family
- stART with art—5 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawsome—18 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Little look at ART—21 June 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
- A Change is Gonna Come—24 May 2017 to 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Thereabouts film screening—4 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sensory Objects: Blood, Sweat and Gears—19 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Time Traveller's Book Club: The Isles—27 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Object Club: Characters of Hobart—30 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Evolution: Torres Strait Masks—until 23 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family
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Freewheeling—until 9 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia's website.
National Portrait Gallery
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Canberra Symphony Orchestra Museum Portraits—1 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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National Reconciliation Week highlights—until 3 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Collections highlights tour—4 June to 24 December 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Dark Light, See What I See—17 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017—until 18 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Collection in Focus: Brook Andrew—until 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Dempsey's People: A Folio of British Street Portraits 1824–1844—from 29 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
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Little Faces: Winter Series—6 and 7 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery's website.
Australian National Maritime Museum
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year—31 May to 9 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Vivid Sydney 2017: Inspired by the Sea—until 17 June 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Lessons from the Arctic—until 30 June 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Escape from Pompeii—until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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Lustre—until 13 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
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The Hartog Plate—until 29 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
Kids and family
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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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In Conversation: Christine Anu—2 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Looking for Richard & Chimes at Midnight—7 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Ran—14 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Essential Kurosawa: Selected by David Stratton—14 to 30 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Throne of Blood—16 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Yojimbo—16 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Kagemusha—19 and 22 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Seven Samurai—23 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Rashomon 4K—26 and 30 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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High and Low—28 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Graham Kennedy: The King collection online exhibition—ongoing
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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Using Microform Readers—1 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Book Launch: Cities—5 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Getting Started @ the Library—6 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Author Talk with Hugh Mackay—6 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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On War—Battle of Messines—7 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Fellowship Presentation: Knowledge of the Library's Maori Collection—13 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Asian Collections— 14 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Winter Tales with Karen Middleton—18 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Trove for Family History—20 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Collection Talk: Indigenous Lives—20 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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In Conversation: Capital Ideas—27 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
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Life and Death: Dorothy English Paty—28 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia's website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
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Finders Keepers: Collectors and their Stories—opens 10 June 2017 (Canberra ACT)
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The Opening Day: 9 May 1927—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)
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Art is a Weapon—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)
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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
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Nolan 100: 1917-2017—until 28 January 2018 (Bundanon, NSW)
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The Necks—25 June 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit Bundanon Trust's website.