Event
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK TALK: In Conversation with a Robot & Artificial Intelligence
12 August 2025

Ever high-fived a robot?

Celebrate National Science Week at Canberra Museum and Gallery with Pepper, the quick-witted humanoid who can…

Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945
Exhibition
9 August 2025—1 February
Australia’s Home Front: 1939-1945

 The story of Australia's Home Front during World War II (1939-1945) is an important one

Maree Clarke: Seeing the Invisible
Exhibition
2 August 2025—23 November 2025
Maree Clarke: Seeing the Invisible

Maree Clarke - Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung multi-disciplinary artist - presents a group of newly made supersized scale Reed Necklaces…

KIDS WORKSHOP: Mask Making with Tom Buckland
Event
18 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Mask Making with Tom Buckland

Inspired by Sidney Nolan’s magnificent lyrebird, this hands-on workshop invites kids to design and make their very own wearable animal mask using cardboard and a mix of fun, recycled materials.

KIDS WORKSHOP: Wearable Whimsy - Design Colourful Accessories
Event
9 July 2025—9 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Wearable Whimsy - Design Colourful Accessories

Experiment with unconventional materials and playful approaches to making by designing your own set of badges, earrings and keyrings.

KIDS WORKSHOP: Make a Layered Lyrebird Drawing
Event
7 July 2025
KIDS WORKSHOP: Make a Layered Lyrebird Drawing

Do you love animals, costumes and drawing?

PANEL TALK: Taglietti Home Owners
Event
Booked Out
5 July 2025
PANEL TALK: Taglietti Home Owners
Booked out

Have you ever wondered about what it would be like to live in a house designed by renowned Canberra architect, Enrico Taglietti?

TOUR: Italian Language Tour of Taglietti: Life in Design
Event
Booked Out
28 June 2025
TOUR: Italian Language Tour of Taglietti: Life in Design
Booked out

Parli Italiano? Join this exhibition tour in Italian of Taglietti: A life in Design

CONCERT: Taglietti’s Songbook with National Opera
Event
21 June 2025
CONCERT: Taglietti’s Songbook with National Opera

Join us for this special concert performed by the National Opera to hear the music and songs inspired by the renowned mid-century architect Enrico Taglietti's Italian cultural heritage and also the music and songs enjoyed by his family.

Exhibition
Dean Cross: Prologue
20 June 2025—29 June 2025

The title Prologue signals a beginning—this new moving image work by Canberra-born, Worimi artist Dean Cross marks the start of…

TALK: Space Junk - Australian Highlights Live Podcast
Event
7 June 2025—7 June 2025
TALK: Space Junk - Australian Highlights Live Podcast

What goes up must come down…or does it?

FLOOR TALK: Taglietti: Life in Design
Event
Booked Out
7 June 2025
FLOOR TALK: Taglietti: Life in Design
Booked out

Share insights into the life, work and legacy of architect Enrico Taglietti with Virginia Rigney (CMAG Senior Curator), Dr Silvia…

PANEL TALK: World Environment Day - Exploring Biodiversity and Creativity
Event
5 June 2025
PANEL TALK: World Environment Day - Exploring Biodiversity and Creativity

This special event brings together artist Karen Holloway, ecologist Rainer Rehwinkel, and NatureArt Lab Director Julia Landford, to explore the…

2025 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize
Event
4 June 2025—30 August 2025
2025 CMAG Secondary School Photography Prize

Calling all young photographers in Canberra!

Are you a Year 7–12 student with a passion for photography? Enter the 2025…

Event
MakerSpace
2 June 2025—31 August 2025

Celebrate the Nolan anniversary spirit by creating a Paper Cup Lyrebird in our winter Makerspace.

Sidney Nolan drew inspiration from…

Celebrating 50 Years of the Australian Honours System
Exhibition
31 May 2025—31 August 2025
Celebrating 50 Years of the Australian Honours System

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Australian Honours system, which was established in 1975 to acknowledge the outstanding contributions of Australians in diverse and wide-ranging fields. 

PANEL TALK: Reconciliation Week - Djara and First Nations Sky Stories
Event
Booked Out
29 May 2025
PANEL TALK: Reconciliation Week - Djara and First Nations Sky Stories
Booked out

This Reconciliation Week join a Nobel Prize winner, artist, educator, and astrophysicist as they share their knowledge and first hand experience of First Nations peoples’ millennia long connection with the sky