when: 21 February 2025 - 31 October 2025 | venue: Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre | cost: See event for details | address: King Edward Terrace Parkes 2600 | website: https://questacon.edu.au | tickets: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx%3Fsh%3DQUESTACO20//?q=eyJ0eXBlIjoiYm9va2luZyIsImRlc3RpbmF0aW9uIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcmVtaW
published: 05 May 2025, 5 min read
Be transported to the magical mangroves of Australia's Top End in Mangroves - Tales from the Tide. The exhibition is a scientific collaboration of textile, photography and digital art that celebrates the diversity, beauty and importance of mangrove environments.
Showcasing detailed and delightful textile works by three Darwin-based artists visitors can wander between columns of recycled denim patchwork quilts and get up close to needle felt sculptures of the mangroves' shyest inhabitants.
The exhibition also features breathtaking footage of the Top End's mangrove ecosystems on Questacon's 15-metre-wide curved video wall.
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Be transported to the magical mangroves of Australia's Top End in Mangroves - Tales from the Tide. The exhibition is a scientific collaboration of textile, photography and digital art that celebrates the diversity, beauty and importance of mangrove environments.
Showcasing detailed and delightful textile works by three Darwin-based artists visitors can wander between columns of recycled denim patchwork quilts and get up close to needle felt sculptures of the mangroves' shyest inhabitants.
The exhibition also features breathtaking footage of the Top End's mangrove ecosystems on Questacon's 15-metre-wide curved video wall.
Go see Mangroves: Tales from the Tide 2025.
Mangroves: Tales from the Tide 2025 is on 21 February 2025 - 31 October 2025. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Parkes. Call 02 6270 2800 for details. Visit their website at https://questacon.edu.au.
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