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What’s on in Canberra


Events ACT is your guide to what’s on in Canberra each week. Here are some events you shouldn’t miss! Why not sign up to our newsletter and get our weekly wrap up sent straight to your inbox?

3 Dec 20
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8 Mar 21
A portrait of Australia exhibition, photograph by Colin Beard

A Portrait of Australia: Stories through the lens of Australian Geographic

National Museum of Australia

This exhibition celebrates the bush, the outback, the coast and the people who live there. Featuring photographs from the Australian Geographic archive, it will transport you to some of the most...

3 Jan 21
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28 Mar 21
Workshop

Axes and Ales Brewery Tour in the Capital

Teacher's studio

Work up an appetite with the urban sport of axe throwing and a brewery tour in Canberra. If you’re looking for unique things to do in Canberra, it doesn’t get much cooler than this! The...

10 Oct 20
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21 Mar 21
Jessica Mauboy, 2018 David Rosetzky.

Before hand: the private life of a portrait

National Portrait Gallery

A new exhibition revealing the backstories behind iconic works from the National Portrait Gallery collection and the creative and social process of making a portrait. Features interviews with artists...

26 Nov 20
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15 Nov 21
Digital cartoons as part of the Behind the Lines exhibition

Behind the Lines 2020: The year in political cartoons

Museum of Australian Democracy - Old Parliament House

2020’s disruption and turmoil got more close and personal than most of us ever imagined. From the bushfire summer to the global pandemic, the nation’s political cartoonists had plenty to work...

3 Jul 20
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30 Jun 21
Christopher Pease (Minang/Wardandi/Ballardong/Nyoongar peoples) Target 3 2017, purchased 2019

Belonging: Stories of Australian Art

National Gallery of Australia

This major collection presentation recasts the story of nineteenth-century Australian art. Informed by the many voices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultures and communities, the display...

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