Temporary road closures will block vehicle access to our building and carpark on 11 and 12 April.
Discover the excitement of Virtual Learning! We offer a variety of 45-minute virtual excursions that can be delivered to your students in real time. Once your booking is confirmed, we'll provide you with all the necessary information to connect with us online. Best of all, all our online formal learning programs are free for Australian audiences.
The scheduled programs listed below run on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Gallery can run additional programs by request on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 9:15am and 4:00pm.



Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.



Join us for an interactive, curriculum-aligned program that explores the lives and contributions of significant Australians.



From First Nations perspectives to the contribution of migrants, from the opening of Parliament to environmental protest, Australian history is full of fascinating stories – and we have the portraits to explore them.



Discover portraits of and by First Nations people and explore the rich cultural perspectives of storytelling through art.



Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.



Join us for an interactive, curriculum-aligned program that explores the lives and contributions of significant Australians.



From First Nations perspectives to the contribution of migrants, from the opening of Parliament to environmental protest, Australian history is full of fascinating stories – and we have the portraits to explore them.



Discover portraits of and by First Nations people and explore the rich cultural perspectives of storytelling through art.



Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.



Join us for an interactive, curriculum-aligned program that explores the lives and contributions of significant Australians.



From First Nations perspectives to the contribution of migrants, from the opening of Parliament to environmental protest, Australian history is full of fascinating stories – and we have the portraits to explore them.



Discover portraits of and by First Nations people and explore the rich cultural perspectives of storytelling through art.



Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.



Join us for an interactive, curriculum-aligned program that explores the lives and contributions of significant Australians.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Shifting Ground and the National Portrait Gallery present a 45‑minute online session celebrating 50 Years of Deadly.



Can’t find the program and/or time you want? The Gallery can run programs by request on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 9:15am and 4:00pm.



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