19 June 2019
Free curator-led tour
Captain Reg Saunders Gallery, 12.30 pm
Each Australian colony raised their own militia units prior to Federation. Join a curator to learn more about these units and to see some never-before-displayed objects from the Memorial’s collection.
21 June 2019
Free activity for children
Lower galleries, 10:30am
Hear stories of brave animals, extraordinary people, and faraway places brought to life through puppets, uniforms, and educational toys.
21 June 2019
Free performance
Anzac Hall - 11:40am, 12:40pm and 1:40pm
This museum theatre piece captures the emotional struggle for Australian families at the end of the First World War as they faced the task of writing an epitaph for their loved ones buried in foreign lands.
22 June 2019
Free performance
Anzac Hall - 11:40am, 12:40pm and 1:40pm
This museum theatre piece captures the emotional struggle for Australian families at the end of the First World War as they faced the task of writing an epitaph for their loved ones buried in foreign lands.
23 June 2019
Free performance
Anzac Hall - 11:40am, 12:40pm and 1:40pm
This museum theatre piece captures the emotional struggle for Australian families at the end of the First World War as they faced the task of writing an epitaph for their loved ones buried in foreign lands.
27 June 2019
Free curator talk
Captain Reg Saunders Gallery, 12.30 pm
Join the curator and conservator of Framing memory to hear about how this exhibition was put together, some of the conservation required for these fragile objects, and how the framing adds to the stories of the soldiers pictured.
28 June 2019
Free activity for children
Lower galleries, 10:30am
Hear stories of brave animals, extraordinary people, and faraway places brought to life through puppets, uniforms, and educational toys.
28 June 2019
Free public talk
BAE Systems Theatre, 12 pm
Australia suffered more than 60,000 war dead during the First World War. How was this loss recognised at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?
04 July 2019
Free behind-the-scenes art tour
Meet in the Orientation Gallery, 12.30pm
To mark the 74th anniversary of the Australian amphibious landing at Balikpapan, join a curator-led behind-the-scenes tour of rarely seen collection material relating to the last Australian ground operation to be launched during the Second World War.
Bookings essential.
