Exhibitions
Opens December 2012Art of InfluenceIn 2013 Art of Influence is the overarching theme for the museum’s exhibitions and public programs. Through Art of Influence you can explore the relationship between art and democracy in Australia in the past, present and future.
Opens 8 May 2013Arthur Boyd: An Active WitnessBe one of the first to see Arthur Boyd: An Active Witness, a Bundanon Trust touring exhibition showcasing part of Arthur Boyd’s gift to the Australian people—his collection.
Opens 17 December 2012Art is a WeaponArt is a Weapon takes you back to an Australia gripped by the Cold War. Amid propaganda for and against communism, artists turned to an image familiar to most Australians; the Southern Cross flag of the Eureka Stockade.
Open until November 2013Behind the Lines 2012Behind the Lines 2012 looks back on the highs and lows of the political year through the eyes of Australia’s best cartoonists.
Admission and opening hours
Open daily 9am–5pm (closed Christmas Day)
$2 adults, $1 children and concessions, $5 family
18 King George Terrace, Parkes, Canberra
For more information see Visiting
On site
Permanent exhibition
Living Democracy: the power of the people
Permanent exhibition
Designing Democracy
Permanent exhibition
Hands on Democracy—Make:Play
Permanent exhibition
Prime Ministers of Australia exhibition
Permanent exhibition
Opposition Party Room and the Leader of the Opposition’s Office
On the road
January - November 2013Behind the Lines 2012 traveling exhibitionThis touring version of Behind the Lines 2012 will travel to venues throughout Australia from January to November, 2013.
February - June 2013Beyond Reasonable DroughtThe Beyond Reasonable Drought exhibition returns to Victoria in 2013, accompanied by two of MAPgroup’s photographers to again record how our communities survive and prepare for the ongoing cycle of drought.