What's On
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory provides an entertaining, diverse and educational experience for the local community and visitors to Darwin through exhibitions and events based on the region's art, history and culture and through touring exhibitions.
The Museum also includes other venues in Darwin including the Fannie Bay Gaol, Lyons Cottage and the Australian Pearling Exhibition.
In Alice Springs, museums include the Museum of Central Australia, the Connellan Hangar and the Kookaburra Memorial.
What’s on in May
Museum Tour
Access all Areas: Behind the scenes Natural Sciences tour
Celebrating International Museums Day
Friday 18 May 2012
10.00am, 11.00am or 1.30pm (45 min)
Foyer
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Conacher Street, The Gardens
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at MAGNT? Take this 45 min tour and delve into the dark recesses, nooks and crannies of the Natural Science collection at your museum and art gallery.
Free, limited places.
Bookings essential
Email discoverycentre@nt.gov.au
Seminar
National Archaeology Week
Saturday 19 May 2011 - 10.00am – 2.30pm |
Theatrette |
Join us to explore the Northern Territory’s rich archaeological heritage at this National Archaeology Week event. Explore amazing stories about WWII through military sites and personal relics of war; unearth some of the Territory’s early British settlements; discover through the rock art of Arnhem Land, the
earliest non-Indigenous contact with the Top End and much more!
What’s on in June
School Holiday Program
The Amazing CSIRO Science Show
25TH – 29TH June
Shows at 11am and 1pm (ages 4+)
$5.00 per person
Children under 4 free
Bookings essential
Phone 8999 8206.
What’s on in July
Artist Floor Talk
Reconstructed Empires
By Fiona Morrison
Saturday 7 July 2012, 11.00am – 12.00
School Holiday Program
The Amazing CSIRO Science Show
2ND – 6TH July 2012
Shows at 11am and 1pm (ages 4+)
$5.00 per person
Children under 4 free
Bookings essential
Phone 8999 8206.
Print n paint with prominent local painter Marita Albers
Sunday 15 July 2012
Monday 16 July 2012
Paint n Draw with popular illustrator and painter Marnie J Sharp
Saturday 21 July 2012
Weaving Ghost Nets with renowned artisan Aly de Groote
Tuesday 10 July 2012
Sessions at 10.30am and 12.30pm (90mins)
$10.00 per person, suitable for ages 5+
Bookings essential
Phone 8999 8206.
Lunchtime Talk
Human consumption of sea worms among Indo-west Pacific Islanders
By Dr Chris Glasby
Wednesday 25 July 2012, 12.30 – 1.30pm