Programs

Model of a Galapàgos Duncan Island Tortoise (saddleback), Photo: George Serras, National Museum of Australia.

Wednesday 23 December 2008 – Sunday 29 March 2009

Look, listen, find and touch. Explore the Darwin exhibition with these fun family trails, suitable for all ages. Start at the Information Hub.

Free (Admission fees apply to the Darwin exhibition)

Print your own trail before your visit to the Museum:

> Family trails for 5–8 year olds (PDF 674kb)

> Family trails for 9–12 year olds (PDF 526kb)

Green iguana. © Joe McDonald, Clyde Peeling's Reptiland.

Tuesday 20 January 2009, 2pm to 4.30pm

In this drawing workshop with Waratah Lahy, draw the wonders of nature after discovering the world of Charles Darwin.

Cost: $16, $8 Friends (includes Darwin entry and materials)
Numbers limited
Bookings essential on (02) 6208 5021
Yowie Room

Booking conditions:

If you can't attend, please cancel your booking.
Please arrive at least 10 mins early or your place will be offered to someone on the waiting list.

Land iguana. Photographer: Stephen C Quinn © American Museum of Natural History.

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 2pm to 4.30pm

In this drawing workshop with Waratah Lahy, draw the wonders of nature after discovering the world of Charles Darwin.

Cost: $16, $8 Friends (includes Darwin entry and materials)
Numbers limited
Bookings essential on (02) 6208 5021
Yowie Room

Booking conditions:

If you can't attend, please cancel your booking.
Please arrive at least 10 mins early or your place will be offered to someone on the waiting list.

Orchids. Photographer: Craig Chesek © American Museum of Natural History.

Sunday 15 February 2009, 10am to 3pm

Draw orchids, reptiles and birds in the Darwin exhibition with local artist Elisa Crossing.

Bring your own lunch and drawing materials for this creative adult workshop.

Free
Bookings essential on (02) 6208 5021
Temporary Exhibition Gallery
and Bunyip/Biami Room

Booking conditions:

If you can't attend, please cancel your booking.
Please arrive at least 10 mins early or your place will be offered to someone on the waiting list.

Darwin Portrait. One of the last photographs taken of Charles Darwin, circa 1878. © From the Richard Milner Archive.

BOOKED OUT

Thursday 26 February 2009 , 9.30am to 3.30pm
Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Canberra

To coincide with the Darwin exhibition, ABC Science Show presenter Robyn Williams hosts this symposium examining the life, work and legacy of naturalist Charles Darwin.

Free
Bookings essential on (02) 6208 5021
Visions Theatre

> View more details about the symposium (BOOKED OUT)

Booking conditions:

If you can't attend, please cancel your booking.
Please arrive at least 10 mins early or your place will be offered to someone on the waiting list.

Darwin is based on an exhibition organised by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org) in collaboration with the Museum of Science, Boston; The Field Museum, Chicago; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; and the Natural History Museum, London.

Presented in conjunction with Art Exhibitions Australia.

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