Parkes

Kick start your Enlighten at the National Gallery

Join the National Archives of Australia in the heritage-listed East Block building for a unique opportunity to delve into the rare architectural plans that have shaped Australia

Join photography curators Shaune Lakin and Anne O'Hehir for a floor talk focused on performance within the 1970s video art of Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta and American artist, Lynda Benglis

Salut! Baroque performs a concert of Baroque music, including works by Bach, Telemann, Handel and Monteverdi

The National Library of Australia's digitisation of historical newspapers, and To Be Continued: The Australian Newspaper Fiction Database, have opened the pages of Australia's literary past in new and surprising ways

Daily interactions with the Commonwealth generate the records that make up the national archival collection

Little Explorers' Days is a chance for children aged 0 to 6 years old and their carers to explore Questacon without the big kids and school groups around! Enjoy a range of activities, including science shows, story time, busking demonstrations, dress ups and more

Join visiting artists Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam from leading Indonesian batik studio, Brahma Tirta Sari (Yogyakarta), for a two-day workshop focused on batik culture and technique

Be challenged, have a giggle, and reflect on the year that was through the eyes of the nation's best political cartoonists with a visit to Behind the Lines