Wednesday 19 January 2022 – Friday 19 January 2024
Pop on your spy goggles and become an art detective. It’s all in the details! Search for clues!
This school holidays, remember to drop into the free Memory (play) space to explore the sights, smells and sounds that bring back your special memories! Through creative activity, children, their friends and families are welcome to share the stories that shaped them.
Join illustrator and author Cheryl Orsini, in this magical workshop as she helps you weave words and pictures to tell your story.
Bookings required
Join us online for a magical workshop with illustrator and author, Cheryl Orsini, as she guides you to weave words and pictures to tell a story.
Bookings required
Make some moving memories with us! Dancing With Memories author Sally Yule will join us onsite for a special reading of her book.
Bookings required
Make some moving memories with us! Dancing With Memories author Sally Yule will join us for a special reading of her book. With Auslan interpretation.
Bookings required
Join us in the Gallery to celebrate the colourful flora and fauna of this beautiful Ngunawal and Ngambri country.
Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings required
Join us in the Gallery for an exciting stop-motion animation workshop with Toonworld!
Bookings required
Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings required
Draw while listening to nonbinarycode – two unique humans who grew up on a diet of grunge, punk and stadium rock.
This free activity for families and friends to enjoy together will have you channelling your inner royal.
Are you aged between 4 and 8 years old? Why not join us in the galleries with our mixed bag of crafty and playful activities inspired by some of our favourite portraits.
Bookings required
A real life Witch will be reading Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, so children are also encouraged to dress up in their best witch or wizard costumes!
Bookings required
A real life Witch will be reading Room on the Broom (on Zoom!) by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, so children are also encouraged to dress up in their best witch or wizard costumes at home.
Bookings required
Draw while listening to Bella Groove as they play an assortment of originals and familiar jazz and blues tunes.
Are you aged between 4 and 8 years old? Why not join us in the galleries with our mixed bag of crafty and playful activities inspired by some of our favourite portraits.
Bookings requiredLittle Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings required
Draw while listening to Canberra duo, the Cashews.
Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings required
Draw while listening to the Uccellini Recorder Ensemble.
Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings required
This school holidays, remember to hop (like Peter Rabbit) into our play plot! Inspired by Beatrix Potter’s portrait in our special exhibition, Shakespeare to Winehouse.
Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings requiredLittle Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings required
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