Major ACTIVITIES IN 2013–14

July

  • Model Global Parliament event
  • Pop-up exhibition: Crown, Sword and Sceptre

August

  • The Hansard Monologues theatre performance
  • Pop-up exhibition: 1901 Unearthed: The Lost Election Papers
  • The People’s Parliament: ABC Radio broadcast event
  • Declaration of ACT Senate nominations with the Australian Electoral Commission
  • ACT Schools Constitutional Convention program with the National Archives of Australia and the ACT Legislative Assembly
  • Model United Nations Assembly with Rotary
    District 9800

September

  • House & Garden: Work, Rest and Play at Old Parliament House exhibition
  • Building History exhibition
  • Pop-up exhibition: Silver Service: Silverware from the Parliamentary Table
  • The 2013 Election! – super voting booth in King’s Hall

October

  • Insurgence exhibition and symposium
  • Senate ballot announcement with the Australian Electoral Commission

November

  • About Face: The Art of Caricature exhibition
  • Behind the Lines 2013: The Year’s Best Political Cartoons exhibition
  • Pop-up exhibition: Season’s Greetings

December

  • Pop-up exhibition: Vale Nelson Mandela
  • OpenMi Tours app launch giving multi-language audio access to Behind the Lines
  • Australasian Parliamentary Educators Conference

January

  • Happy and Glorious: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Queen’s Visit exhibition

February

  • Enlighten Festival, including Occupy Small Street and Deviator events
  • Opening of the Zine Lounge

March

  • Beyond the Veneer: A Fresh Look at the Prime Minister’s Suite exhibition
  • The Governors-General exhibition
  • National Schools’ Constitutional Convention program with the National Archives of Australia

April

  • Pop-up exhibition: Power of Words
  • Introduction of scaffold tours of the
    re-rendering project
  • Canberra International Music Festival events

May

  • Michael Cook: Through My Eyes exhibition
  • National Indigenous Youth Parliament program
  • 101 Humans with Australian Capital Tourism

June

  • Queen’s Birthday weekend events
  • Australian Prime Ministers Centre seminar
Original image by R.C. Strangman, between 1930 and 1950. National Library of Australia.
Original image by R.C. Strangman, between 1930 and 1950. National Library of Australia. an24895746-V.
Photo: Coloured by Art Direction creative. Museum of Australian Democracy Collection.
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