Come Down
For Air

Unshackled is an award-winning immersive digital exhibition that reveals the untold story of Australia's convict past. Unlike the popular narrative of punishment and chains, Unshackled tells the story of the Assignment System — where convicts earned their freedom through skill and labour. Through cutting-edge digital storytelling, visitors can connect with individual convict stories from the 160,000 men, women, and children transported to Australia. The exhibition brings the Assignment System to life through immersive projections, interactive displays, and deeply personal narratives. Housed in the purpose-built Nigel Peck Centre at Woolmers Estate, Unshackled is accessible in all weather and is included with combined admission tickets.

Featuring a variety of acrylic and mixed media works by Tasmanian Artist Annette Fuller. Annette's artworks are love letters to Tasmania's wild places, quiet moments and untamed landscapes. Opening event: Sunday 2 August, arrive from 2.15 for a 2.30pm start Meet Annette, see the collection of her artworks, light refreshments All artworks will be for sale. Showing: Fri 31 July till Wed 27 Aug Open daily from 9am-4pm

French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière is marking a descent into deep time at Mona. Come and sample sculpture, film, photography and installation from the full breadth of Charrière's elemental output—where stone grinds, iceberg groans, mountain heaves—bridging nature, science, history, industry, myth and morality. Until 29 March 2027

Learn to sculpt with professional bronze sculptor Jody Pawley at Tasmanian Sculpture School. You will learn how to create a sculpture in modelling clay over an aluminium armature and learn a method of sculpting that is designed to give you practical skills and confidence. This class is ideal for complete beginners through to those with intermediate experience wishing to hone their skills. You have the added benefit of being in a working sculpture studio surrounded by a myriad of sculptures in various stages and mediums.

For more than four decades, David Stephenson's practice has explored the sublime through long-term photographic and video projects spanning architecture, landscape, cities, and ecology. His work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. His photographs and videos are held in major public collections in Australia, Europe, and the United States, including the National Gallery of Australia, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Marking the 80th birthday of the highly respected Elder, artist and cultural custodian, Aunty Lola Greeno, this exhibition honours her extraordinary contribution to Tasmanian Aboriginal art and culture and celebrates a lifetime of creativity, cultural knowledge and leadership. "We have a legacy to carry on from our old women to teach our children and grandchildren the knowledge and skills of our cultural practice. We must work to maintain our culture, our environment, and to continue our story into the next generations." – Aunty Lola Greeno, 2026

Bugs are the hidden heroes of our planet. From pollinating plants to breaking down waste, these fascinating creatures play vital roles in ecosystems everywhere. Marvel at the incredible variety found in the world of bugs, from beautiful butterflies and brilliant beetles to marvellous millipedes and spectacular spiders. These tiny wonders are the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on earth. Experts believe there are more species not yet named by science than those already described. Through hands-on activities, games and interactive displays, discover amazing bug superpowers and learn to love nature's little helpers.

'The first impulse of the maker of hand pottery is to obtain pleasure in making and decorating an article, and making that pleasure intelligible to others…' – Merric Boyd, 1930 Fantastic Forms captures the energy, movement and colour in the expansive creative practice of Merric Boyd (1888-1959). Featuring over 200 drawings and ceramics from the Bundanon Collection, in dialogue with contemporary works by Rubyrose Bancroft, Stephen Benwell and Nabilah Nordin, this exhibition celebrates the endless creativity of the human imagination. This Bundanon Touring exhibition will travel to ten regional and metropolitan venues across Australia from 2025 through until 2028.

The Past the Post racing exhibition is a collection of stories and memorabilia relating to the horse racing history of the Meander Valley. Over many years, racing at Deloraine has witnessed heroics, greatness, humour and tragedy. Come along to the exhibition and learn about this fascinating era. This exhibition seeks to celebrate the people and the horses whose legacy has helped shape our community. In a new world where cattle roam freely over the high country, rivers radiate across the landscape and early settlers travel, hunt and carve out an existence on the plains – the horse was king. It was inevitable that the stockmen and drovers would want to compete against each other. It began as an informal challenge, a race between two towns for bragging rights as to the best horse and rider. Before long the 'sport' evolved into a more structured race with primitive courses and townsfolk wagering on the outcome. Whether you know nothing of Deloraine's racing history or you have decades of memories, this exhibition invites you to connect with both its long and more recent past. Due to the popularity of this exhibition it will be extended until further notice.

For more than four decades, David Stephenson's practice has explored the sublime through long-term photographic and video projects spanning architecture, landscape, cities, and ecology. His work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. His photographs and videos are held in major public collections in Australia, Europe, and the United States, including the National Gallery of Australia, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

ACMI's collection has a rich, 75-year history from its inception as the State Film Centre in 1946. Since its incarnation as ACMI in the early 2000s, the collection has expanded to include artworks and experimental film. ACMI now holds a significant archive of complex, time-based media works and videogames, as well as an ever-expanding repository of digitised content and born-digital material. This exhibition celebrates ACMI's vibrant collecting and commissioning program, showcasing five moving image artworks by Australian artists. Working in video offers artists the opportunity to use editing as a primary technique; mixing and matching elements from other films, or their own work, to tell new stories. By remixing or rearranging footage, these five artists build different rhythms and moods, creating hilarious juxtapositions or shedding new light on cultural cliches and presumed histories. All works featured in this exhibition demonstrate an irrepressible desire to bring deep themes to the surface with humour and an incredible attention to detail. Featuring: Kaylene Whiskey, Deborah Kelly, Zanny Begg, David Rosetzky, Christian Thompson

QVMAG's latest collection exhibition provides a unique opportunity to bring unexpected objects, hidden favourites, and overlooked curiosities back into public view. Selected by members of the QVMAG team, Out of the Vault is designed for audiences to encounter the remarkable breadth of the QVMAG collection as a world shaped by innumerable people, perspectives, and personalities over time. The chosen objects and artworks move between the historical, humorous, beautiful and the bizarre. Out of the Vault reminds us that museums are living collections – constantly changing, growing, and revealing new stories depending on who is looking, and why.