What’s on in September

National Gallery of Australia

• Contemporary Australian Architects 2017 Speaker Series—6 to 27 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  
  • Lecture 1: Fergus Scott Architects—6 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Lecture 2: Silvester Fuller Architects—13 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Lecture 3: Tridente Architects—20 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Lecture 4: Kevin O'Briend Architects—27 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Art for lunch—7, 14, 21, 28 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Senior students study day: Art + Activism—9 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• In conversation: Angelica Mesiti—9 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Rendezvous with art—11 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Out of the box—12 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Lecture: Mexican Modernism—16 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Art appreciation for carers—19 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Coffee with the curator: Australian Impressionism—21 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• FASHFEST vs Hyper Real—23 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Monet: The flowers of war concert—29 and 30 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Frank Stella The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection—until 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Australian Impressionism—until 31 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Namatjira: Painting Country—until 19 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Mexican Modernism—until 26 November 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Drawesome—17 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Little look at ART—20 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Sketchy Tuesday—26 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Art Explorer: Stella Prints—28 September 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

• New members welcome tour—9 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters—From 15 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Sensory objects: Australian gardens through thyme—18 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Tjanpi Desert Weavers demonstrations—21 to 23 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Time Traveller's Book Club: The Colony—26 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Kanalaritja: An Unbroken String—until 3 October 2017(Canberra, ACT)
• A Change is Gonna Come—until 30 January 2018 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• David Attenborough's VR Experiences—September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks—until 8 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Museum of Australia's website.

National Portrait Gallery

• Evensong—2 and 3 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Weave, hustle and halt—3 and 9 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Portrait encounter: Robyn Davidson—14 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Art and dementia - 19 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Identity and Transnationalism in Australian and Global Art—28 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Dempsey's people highlights—until 22 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Collections highlights tour—until 24 December 2017  (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Little Faces: Spring Series—5 and 6 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Portrait play—25 to 29 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• StoryTime—27 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Portrait Gallery's website.

Australian National Maritime Museum

• Aurora—until 30 September 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year—until 9 October 2017 (Sydney, NSW)
• The Hartog Plate—until 29 October 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

• Arab Film Festival Australia 2017—1 to 2 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  
  • Mahbas—1 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Gaza Surf Club—1 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim + Ayny—2 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • I Still Hide to Smoke + Wintry Spring—2 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

• Love and Anarchy: The Films of Lina Wertmüller—6 to 16 September 2017  (Canberra, ACT)
  
  • Love and Anarchy—6 September 2017  (Canberra, ACT)
  • The Seduction of Mimi—13 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • All Screwed Up—13 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Seven Beauties—16 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Swept Away—16 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

• NFSA Ghost Tour—8 and 15 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

• Dario Argento: Horror Maestro—20 September—4 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT) 
  
  • Suspiria (4K)—22 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Inferno—22 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Tenebrae—27 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Phenomena—29 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Deep Red—29 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

• School Holiday screenings –  26 September—6 October 2017 (Canberra, ACT) 
  
  • Roald Dahl's the BFG in 3D—28 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
  • Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox—29 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Film and Sound Archive's website.

National Library of Australia

• Waving the Red Flag: Chinese Posters 1949—1976—until 2 February 2018 (Canberra, ACT)
• Book Launch: Seeing Through Snow—6 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Using Microform Readers—7 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Author Talk with Judy Horacek—7 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Portuguese Embassy Recital—8 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• On War—11 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Getting started @ the Library—12 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• 2017 Seymour Biography Lecture—12 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Fellowship Presentation—13 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• 2017 Kenneth Myer Lecture—13 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• A Month of Saturdays—16 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Felon in the Family—19 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• 2017 Ray Matthew Lecture—21 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Dombrovskis: Journeys into the Wild—from 21 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Curator Talk: Dombrovskis—27 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)
• Book Launch: International Treasures—27 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Book Launch: Yakanarra Song Book—8 September 2017 (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the National Library of Australia's website.

Museum of Australian Democracy

• Transcibe-a-thon: Revealing the real face of White Australia—9 and 10 September (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)
• Happy and Glorious – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)

Kids and family:

• Play Up – ongoing (Canberra, ACT)
• Mystery Tour Party Games—ongoing (Canberra, ACT)

For more information visit the Museum of Australian Democracy's website.

Bundanon Trust

• Siteworks 2017—23 September 2017 (Bundanon, NSW)
• 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.