What’s on in November
It’s warming up outside and inside at our national institutions – check out what's hot in arts and culture this month.
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National Gallery of Australia
- Art for lunch—2, 9, 16 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and dementia—3 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hyper Real Nights—10, 17, 24 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- David Hockney—from 10 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Design as Attitude—11 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rendezvous with art—13 and 27 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Out of the box—14 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Painting Country watercolour workshop—15 and 16 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art Marketplace—15 and 16 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Namatjira Project—15 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Hyper Realistic Panel—18 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art appreciation for carers—21 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Assisted tour of Hyper Real—22 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Artists Talk: Ronnie van Hout—25 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Creative Research and Education Summit 2017—26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Australian String Quartet National Tour: Beginnings—26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hyper Real breakfast - 30 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Namatjira: Painting Country—until 19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Mexican Modernism—until 26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hyper Real—until 18 February 2018 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Little look at ART—15 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Sketchy Sunday—19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Mini members party—25 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Tales for the very young—28 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Project O: Colourathon—30 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NGA Play: Reko Rennie —until 3 December 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Gallery of Australia's website
National Museum of Australia
- Martumili Artists demonstrations—2 to 4 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Australia's story in 12 objects: with Dr Susan Carland and prof Bruce Scates—8 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Amy Way: The archaeology of Lake George—15 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Behind the technology: creating the dome—17 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Maruku Artists demonstrations –23 to 25 November 2017 (Bundaberg, QLD)
- Midawarr I Harvest: The Art of Mulkuṉ Wirrpanda and John Wolseley—from 24 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- A Change is Gonna Come—until 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters—until 25 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Museum of Australia's website
National Portrait Gallery
- Evensong—4 and 5 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Soundwaves in space—5 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- New Friends—7 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Portrait encounter: Robert Dessaix—9 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Exclusive Friend's exhibition preview: Starstruck—9 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck highlights—10 November 2017 to 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- 2017 Circle of Friends spring dinner—16 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck: curators in conversation—18 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Luminescence children's choir—19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Portraits by design—19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Art and dementia—21 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Undercurrent—24 to 26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Flicks and specs—26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck highlights with the curators—29 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Little Faces: Spring Series—7 to 10 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery's website
Australian National Maritime Museum
- The Art of Science: Baudin's Voyagers 1800—1804—until 26 November 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Container: The Box that Changed the World—until 4 July 2018 (Sydney, NSW)
- Gapu-Monuk Saltwater—from 9 November 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Maritime Moustaches—from 18 November 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Guardians of the Sunda Strait—until 19 November 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
- Treasures of the American Collection—ongoing (Sydney, NSW)
- Behind the Scenes Tour—ongoing (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
- The Vinyl Lounge—3 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits—10 November 2017 to 4 March 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
- NFSA Restores: Proof—9 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Live Forever in the Kinora—10 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Broken Melody—10 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Reel Rock 12—14 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Love and Other Catastrophes—15 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NFSA Restores: Celia—17 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Iranian Film Festival—18 and 19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- NFSA Restores: For Love or Money—22 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Don't Call me Girlie + Jewelled Nights—29 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Rangle River—29 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Overlooked Hero: The film stills photographer—30 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Lovers and Luggers—30 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive's website.
National Library of Australia
- Using Microform Readers—1 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Treasures Gallery Talk—2 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Author Talk with Alex Miller—8 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Getting started @ the Library—9 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- The Blaeu Map Returns—11 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Hope in Dark Times: An evening with Michael Leunig—14 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Fellowship presentation: Dramatising taboos - 16 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Treasures Collection Talk—19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- 2017 National Folk Fellow Lecture—21 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Births, Deaths and Marriage records—22 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Friends Annual General Meeting—23 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Unbreakable by Jenela Dokic—27 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Book Launch: Zoffany's Daughter—29 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
For more information visit the National Library of Australia's website.
Museum of Australian Democracy
- Friday Night Drinks—6, 13, 20, 27 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think—Next generation behavioural insights and public policy—9 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Delivering Digital Government: What citizens want and why—13 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Doing Democracy Differently—What works? Evidence from the latest experiments in Australia and beyond—16 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- Finding and Keeping Collections and Stories—Behind the Scenes Tour—18 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
- 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 2016: The Year's Best Political Cartoons—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Dress Code: Empire— ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
- Magna Carta: An Australian Story—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
Kids and family:
- Play Up—ongoing (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)
- Bundanon Open Days—every Sunday (Bundanon, NSW)
For more information visit Bundanon Trust's website