Friends program

Join curator Anthea Gunn on a special tour of the Glorious Days exhibition, with a focus on photography in 1913.

Cost: $12, $8 Friends (includes refreshments and exhibition entry)
Bookings essential by email friends@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5048 (business hours)
Friends Lounge and galleries 

Join us for hands-on art and craft activities inspired by the Museum’s collections and exhibitions. Suitable for preschool-aged children and their carers.

Cost: $12, $6 Friends
Limited numbers
Bookings essential by email bookings@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5021 (business hours)
The Hall

Find out what was happening in Australia 100 years ago in our Glorious Days lecture series.

Join Professor Tom Griffiths as he discusses the role of Australians in Antarctica in 1913 – the adventure, misfortune, triumph and tragedy. Professor Griffiths tells the story of the young and hopeful men who set out to explore the frozen continent in the name of scientific curiosity. For Australians in Antarctica, 1913 was an unexpected year. It was a year of trauma and waiting – and of nightmares more than dreams. 

Free
Bookings essential by email bookings@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5021 (business hours)
Visions Theatre

The Museum continues its art workshops for adults with a disability. These regular workshops explore the exhibitions and themes in the Museum with art and creative crafts and are facilitated by artist Ali Aedy. 

Scenes from pictures

Be inspired by the artworks in the Warakurna exhibition and make sculptures using cutting, stuffing and sewing.

Cost: Adults (16 years and over) $10, $5 Friends
Bookings essential by email bookings@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5021 (business hours)
Meet at the Information Desk

If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired you can call the Museum through the National Relay Service: TTY 1800 555 677; Speak and Listen 1800 555 727; Internet relay and please request 1800 026 132.

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Come and explore the Museum's Library and all it has to offer. Meet the Library staff who will guide you through our rich book collection, including the publications from 1913 that were the inspiration for their food blog, The Mixing Bowl.

Free, but spaces are limited

BOOKED OUT

Come and explore the Museum's Library and all it has to offer. Meet the Library staff who will guide you through our rich book collection, including the publications from 1913 that were the inspiration for their food blog, The Mixing Bowl.

Free, but spaces are limited

BOOKED OUT

Join our guides, Ernest and Catherine, wearing period costumes, as they share the history of Acton Peninsula on a one-hour walking tour. 

Cost: Adults $10, Concession $8 
Numbers per tour are limited.
Bookings essential by email bookings@nma.gov.au or telephone (02) 6208 5021.
Group bookings can be made by arrangement. Please telephone (02) 6208 5021 to discuss your requirements.

Tour information

We recommend you wear comfortable shoes on this outdoor tour. Our tours are conducted at an easy pace, however participants must be fit to walk and stand for an hour. If you have any special needs please advise us at the time of booking. The tour may be cancelled in the event of severe weather and refunds or transfers will be made available.

We continue our 'Music at the Museum' workshops for people with disabilities. Facilitated by music therapist Julie Wright.

Come and join in the fun and explore what the Museum has to offer through music and movement.

For preschool children (0 to 5 years) with their families
These workshops are designed for all preschoolers with or without a disability.

Free
Bookings essential by email bookings@nma.gov.au or phone (02) 6208 5021 (business hours)
Meet at the Information Desk

If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired you can call the Museum through the National Relay Service: TTY 1800 555 677; Speak and Listen 1800 555 727; Internet relay and please request 1800 026 132.

View more information about our access programs

'World Landscape Art Exposition in China'

Friends program

Talk by Neil Hobbs, internationally renowned and highly awarded, Canberra-based landscape architect. China is staging a huge exposition May – 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 problems 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 0458 700 079. Only unsold tickets will be available on the night
Visions Theatre

Friends program

Prominent women talk about their lives, work and passions. 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