Friends events
Friends welcome members of the public to their events unless otherwise specified.
Bookings for all Friends events can be made by calling (02) 6208 5048 or email friends@nma.gov.au.
Booking conditions:
Please arrive at least 10 minutes early or your place will be offered to someone on the waiting list. Please cancel your booking if you can't attend.
Special Friends events
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May 2013
Friends 'Evening with the Trust' lecture with 'Old Acton' historian and writer Allen Mawer
Wednesday 22 May, 6pm to 8pm
Friends of the National Museum and The National Trust invite you to join us for a fascinating look into the history of Acton from prehistoric to modern times. As well as an early gathering place for corroborees, Acton can boast the hosting of a courthouse, parsonage, piggery, sheep stud, administrative centre, hospital and now the National Museum and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. In an illustrated lecture, well-known Canberra historian and writer Allen Mawer will take us through the history of Acton, its central role in the development of Canberra, and its surviving built environment from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Cost: $10, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Friends Lounge
Glorious Days – Photography in 1913
Thursday 23 May, 10am to 11.30am
Join one of our curators on a special tour of the Glorious Days exhibition with a detailed look at photography from the period.
Cost: $12, $8 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Friends Lounge and galleries
June 2013
Get messy with Grandma or Grandpa
Wednesday 5 June, 10am to 11.30 am
Art and craft activities especially for pre-school aged children and their grandparents.
Cost: $10 family, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Friends Lounge and galleries
Friends Open Gardens lecture with landscape architect Neil Hobbs
'World Landscape Art Exposition in China'
Thursday 20 June, 6pm to 8pm
Talk by Neil Hobbs, internationally renowned and highly awarded, Canberra-based landscape architect. China is staging a huge exportion from May to October 2013. The site covers an area 3 kilometres x 1 kilometre in the new Jinzhou City on the edge of the Bohai Sea. Only 20 leading landscape architects from around the world have been asked to design gardens for the exposition, and Canberra's own Harris Hobbs (www.hhl.com.au) has created the only Australian garden - The Garden of the Southern Cross. Neil Hobbs will talk about the huge site and inspiring scheme, the individual gardens, his own creation and the challenges of working in China, all fully illustrated with photographs.
Cost: $25 (includes refreshments)
Sold only through the OGA website (www.opengarden.org.au) or by phone to Abigail Place on 0458 700 079. Only unsold tickets will be available on the night.
Visions Theatre
Landmark women - 8th birthday celebration
Friday 21 June, 10am to 11.30am
This month we welcome Rear Admiral Robyn Walker, Royal Australian Navy. Admiral Walker is the first female in the Navy to attain the rank of Rear Admiral and to take on the job of Surgeon General for the Australian Defence Force. The talk will be followed by a celebration of eight years of Women's Voices/Landmark Women.
Cost: $10, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Visions Theatre and Main Hall
July 2013
Get messy with Grandma or Grandpa
Wednesday 3 July, 10am to 11.30 am
Art and craft activities especially for pre-school aged children and their grandparents.
Cost: $10 family, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Friends Lounge and galleries
Landmark women
Friday 19 July, 10am to 11.30am
Prominent women talk about their lives, work and passions.
Cost: $10, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Visions Theatre and Friends Lounge
August 2013
Get messy with Grandma or Grandpa
Wednesday 7 August, 10am to 11.30 am
Art and craft activities especially for pre-school aged children and their grandparents.
Cost: $10 family, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Friends Lounge and galleries
Landmark women
Friday 16 August, 10am to 11.30am
Prominent women talk about their lives, work and passions.
Cost: $10, $5 Friends (includes refreshments)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Visions Theatre and Friends Lounge
