Open until 12 October
Icon and archive presents an engaging survey of the
Australian War Memorial's extensive and highly significant
photographic collection. This exhibition portrays the experience
of service personnel and the families they left behind. It
features iconic favourites and rarely seen photographs from
the First and Second world wars. This exhibition is part of
Vivid: National photography festival being held in Canberra.
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Holiday Programs
Saturday 5 July – Sunday 20 July
During the school holidays the Memorial offers a range of family programs, including performances, tours, talks, and hands-on activities.
Children’s photographic workshop
Friday 11 and Wednesday 16 July
10.30 am and 2.30 pm, Orientation Gallery
“Blak” diggers tour: an Indigenous perspective
Monday 7, Wednesday 9 and Friday 11 July
2 pm, Orientation Gallery
Harry’s War (1999) (MA15+)
Monday 7 and Wednesday 9 July
Friday 11, Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July
3 pm (28 mins), Memorial Theatre
Icon and archive: photography and the World Wars
Curator-led tour
Wednesday 9 and 16 July
10.45 am, Orientation Gallery
Icon on icon: Iconic photographs projected onto the Memorial’s iconic entrance
Friday 11 July, Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July
Dusk – 10 pm If you take any stunning images of the iconic projections why not upload them to the Memorial’s Flickr page
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iTour
iTour offers visitors an interpretative multimedia guide to the Commemorative Area, the heart of the Memorial, rich in symbolism and meaning. Using a world first technology touch-screen hand held device, the iTour allows visitors to understand and appreciate this important area. The iTour features interpretation of the Hall of Memory, the Four pillars sculpture and the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier. Also including special footage of the making of the Hall of Memory, the creation of one of the world's largest mosaics. With stories from the Roll of Honour it brings a human dimension to the list of over 102,000 Australians who have died in war.
At just $3, the iTour is an ideal way to start your visit to the Memorial. |
Friends of the Memorial
Recently the Friends enjoyed a Friends-only Icon and archive curator-led tour to celebrate the opening of the Memorial's current photographic exhibition. Coming up on Sunday 13 July at 9.15 am is the special before hours guided tour through the Memorial's newest galleries, Conflicts 1945 to today. To RSVP please call (02) 6243 4523. Visit the Friend's activity page for more information on Friends-only offers.
For more information about the program, which includes your involvement in Friends-only activities, please contact the Friends Coordinator on (02) 6243 4523. |
Social networking
Join the Memorial's online communities on Facebook, Youtube and Flickr and extend your experience with videos, photographs and events. Keep up-to-date on activities within the Memorial, upcoming events, ceremonies and exhibition launches.
Flickr
See professional photos of AWM buildings and Ceremonies in our online Flickr Gallery
Post your own photos of the AWM, Ceremonies and exhibits in our Flickr Group
Youtube
Watch film excerpts from AWM Archival footage online on our Youtube Channel Facebook
Join our Facebook page and keep up-to-date with events, videos and news from the AWM
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Shop Online
50 Years of Silence - Audio Book
Jan Ruff-O'Herne
Jan Ruff-O'Herne's childhood in Dutch colonial Indonesia ended in 1942 with the Japanese invasion of Java. She was interned in a prison camp with her mother and sisters, and in February 1944 she was chosen with nine other young women and enslaved into prostitution by the Japanese Imperial Army. This is a reading of O'Herne's book, long out of print.
Warrior Brothers - My Life in the Australian SAS
Keith Fennell
In 1995 Keith Fennell was accepted into the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, the SAS. Over the next 11 years he took part in operations from the jungles of East Timor to Afghanistan and Iraq. This is an unflinching and confronting look inside one soldier's service in the SAS.
Arthur Blackburn, VC
Andrew Faulkner
Gallipoli hero, Victoria Cross recipient, battalion and brigade commander, conqueror of Damascus and defiant antagonist of the Japanese - Arthur Seaforth Blackburn was one of Australia's most remarkable soldiers. This gripping biography tells his story through the eyes of his comrades, including those who survived the horrors of the Burma Railway. Subscribe to the shop newsletter
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Special anniversary closing ceremonies in the Commemorative Area
Friday 4 July
90th anniversary of the Battle of Hamel Sunday 27 July
55th anniversary of the armistice ending hostilities in Korean War
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Travelling exhibitions
All together: sport and war
On display: Waltzing Matilda Centre – Outback Regional Gallery, Winton, QLD, 24 April until 6 July 2008
On display: Tuggeranong Homestead, Canberra, ACT, 24 July until 24 August 2008
Gallipoli: a Turkish view
On display: Western Australian Museum – Geraldton, WA, 24 July until 7 September 2008
Sport and war
On display: State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, 11 July until 26 October
George Lambert: Gallipoli and Palestine landscapes
On display: Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC, 27 July until 31 August Find out where the exhibitions are travelling in the future |
