What’s on in May
Winter is almost here, come out of the cold and see what’s on at our national institutions.
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National Gallery of Australia
- Music in the Turrell Skyspace – 1-5 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Music and Art for Lunch – 4 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and Dementia: Friday with a Friend – 5 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Art of Speech: Australian Rhetoric in Music – 7 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rendezvous with Art – 8, 29 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art for Lunch – 11, 18, 25 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art After Hours: Frank Stella: The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection – 11 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art Appreciation for Carers – 16 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- National Indigenous Art Triennial III: Defying Empire – 26 May to 10 September (Canberra, ACT)
- Curator’s Tour: NIAT III: Defying Empire – 26 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NIAT III Artist Talks – 26 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The 67 Referendum: In Conversation – 26 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NIAT III Artist Talks – 27 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Get Your Weave On – 27-28 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Migration: Australian String Quarter National Tour – 28 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- 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)
Kids and family:
- Little Look at Art – 17 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Tales for the Very Young – 30 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia.
National Museum of Australia
- Peninsula Tales – 1, 6, 7 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Harvest of Endurance: A Scroll and a Concert – 4 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Paddle Steamer Enterprise Inspection – 7, 13 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Spoil Mum this Mother's Day weekend - 13 - 14 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Object Club: Characters of Hobart – 19 May (Canberra, ACT)
- Evolution: Torres Strait Masks - 19 May - 23 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Museum Friends Welcome Tour – 20 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sensory Objects: Curator for the Day – 22 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Radio National Panel Discussion: 67 Referendum – 24 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Change is Going to Come - 24 May 2017 - 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- National Reconciliation Week family activities - 27 May - 2 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Time Traveller’s Book Club: Second World War – 30 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Kaninjaku: Stories from the Canning Stock Route – Until June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia – Until 9 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia.
National Portrait Gallery
- National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 – Until June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Half the Sky: The Sound of the Sexual Revolution – 3 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Collections in Focus: Brook Andrew – 6 May to 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Evensong – 13, 14 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Light Between Oceans – 14 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and Dementia – 16 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Upstairs, Downstairs – 18 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Masterclass with George Fetting – 20 May (Canberra, ACT)
- Portrait Encounter: Woureddy and Trucaninny – 25 May (Canberra, ACT)
- National Reconciliation Week Highlights – 27 May to 3 June 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Drawn In: Luminescence Chamber Music Ensemble – 28 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Little Faces – 9-12 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery.
Australian National Maritime Museum
- Battle of the Coral Sea – 6 May 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Celebrate Your Family’s History – 7 May 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Behind the Scenes – 11 May 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Japanese Mini Submarine 75th Anniversary Tour – 28 May 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Lessons from the Arctic – Until 30 June 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Escape From Pompeii: The Untold Roman Rescue – Until 30 August 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
For more information visit the Australian National Maritime Museum.
National Film and Sound Archive
- Indigenous Milestones Revisited – Weekdays in May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- M*A*S*H – 3 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Vinyl Lounge – 5 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NFSA Ghost Tour – 5 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Learning the Tricks of the Trade – Until 10 May 2017 (Canberra, 2017)
- Buy This! Ads Through The Years – 10 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Shorts From the Counterculture – 10 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour – 13-16 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Wild Bunch – 17 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Killing Fields + NFSA Restores: The Odd Angry Shot – 24 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Graham Kennedy: The King’s Other Side – 24-26 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Don’s Party + The Club – 26 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- No Vietnamese Ever Called me Nigger – 31 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive.
National Library of Australia
- The Unmourned By Meg and Tom Keneally – 3 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Unknown Judith Wright – 11 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- On War – 16 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Melodrama in Meiji Japan – 22 May to 27 August 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Finding Passenger Lists – 23 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Who Shafted Les Darcy – 24 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Curator Talk with Gary Hickey – 24 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Social Media for Genealogists – 31 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Book Launch: Australian Lives – 31 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Athol Shmith Fashion Photographs – Until 25 July 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- National Simultaneous Storytime – 24 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia.
Museum of Australian Democracy
- The Speaker, the Journalist and AFL: In conversation with the Hon Tony Smith MP and Paul Daley – 2 May 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Onetoeight: Australia’s First Prime Ministers – (Canberra, ACT)
- Behind the Lines 2016: The Year’s Best Political Cartoons – (Canberra, ACT)
- Dress Code Empire – (Canberra, ACT)
- Face Up – (Canberra, ACT)
- Magna Carta: An Australian Story – (Canberra, ACT)
- Happy and Glorious – (Canberra, ACT)
- Art is a Weapon – (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Play Up – (Canberra ACT)
For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy.
Bundanon Trust
- Gary Warner: Soundtracker – Until 7 May 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
- Anne Ferran: Intimate Journals – Until 28 May 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit the Bundanon Trust.