Events
The Museum and Art Gallery has a dynamic event program that engages all ages. Events include talks, seminars, school holiday activities and performances. Information about upcoming events including those associated with the exhibition program can also be found at what’s on or exhibitions.
28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Public programs including talks, workshops and film program for the 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award can be downloaded here (pdf 2.3Mb)
| Exhibition opening: | Thursday 11 August 2011 |
| Venue: | Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin |
Entertainment, award presentations and speeches will comment at 6.00pm. Award exhibition will open to the public from 5.00pm-8.00pm. All welcome.
Lunchtime Curatorial Talks
Weird and wonderful (Sea) Worms.
A lunchtime talk by Chris Glasby, Curator Natural Sciences, MAGNT.
Discover the astounding world of polychaetes; from giant deep-sea jawed serpents over two metres long to microscopic creatures living between grains of beach sand.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Wednesday 1 June
MAGNT Theatrette
No bookings required, all welcome
A History of Australian Butterfly and Moth Art Work and Scientific Illustration
A lunchtime talk by Michael Braby, Curator Natural Sciences, MAGNT.
Discover the stunning butterfly and moth artwork from the collections of the National Library of Australia beginning with illustrations from Cook’s voyage of discovery and arrival of the First Fleet to the present day.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Wednesday 15 June
MAGNT Theatrette
No bookings required, all welcome
Hand carved masks and shadow puppets of Bali
A lunchtime talk by Joanna Barrkman, Curator South East Asian Art, MAGNT.
In anticipation of the forthcoming MAGNT exhibition TAKSU: The Art and Craft of Bali, explore the hand carved masks and shadow puppets used in the Balinese performing arts. Featuring recently filmed footage of Balinese puppeteer, I Made Sidia.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Wednesday 29 June
MAGNT Theatrette
No bookings required, all welcome
A NAIDOC Week Lunchtime Curatorial Talk
Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic: Arnhem Land paintings and objects from the Donald Thomson Collection.
National catalogue launch and talk by Lindy Allen, Curator, Museum Victoria.
Discover the extraordinary paintings and painted objects of central and eastern Arnhem Land in the Donald Thompson Collection from Museum Victoria.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Wednesday 6 July
MAGNT Theatrette
No bookings required, all welcome
Biodiversity of marine molluscs in the Northern Territory.
A lunchtime talk by Dr Richard C. Willan, Curator Natural Sciences, MAGNT.
Molluscs of Darwin Harbour, not just pretty shells! What are molluscs? Why they are ecologically important? How are they sensitive indicators of environmental change? Learn about the iconic longbum and False Trumpet, giant clams and the infamous black-striped mussel.
12.30 – 1.30pm
Wednesday 20 July
MAGNT Theatrette
No bookings required, all welcome
