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Wolfgang Georg Sievers, AO (1913–2007) was a well-known modernist photographer who documented Australian architecture and industry over a career spanning almost 60 years.

PhotoAccess tutors Eunie and Claire led a hands-on cyanotype printing workshop inspired by the Fit to Print exhibition.

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Explore early European encounters with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art through the work of William Westall and engage students in considering the cultural significance of special places.

See some of the many talented bird artists from the 19th and 20th centuries in our collection.

Drawings, sketches, plans and photographs of Australian colonial architecture, ancient buildings from China and Greece, furnature designs and sketches for a proposed "ideal city" of Kurrajong.

About 280 paintings and drawings by William Strutt dating from 1837-1900, produced in France, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and England, as well as 2 typescripts of stories by Strutt.

Canberra Writer's Festival Artistic Director, Beejay Silcox, talked about the festival and the inaugural meeting of Canberra’s Biggest Book Club. 

Learn about one of our largest manuscripts collections.

The film and theatre legend Jim Sharman – the renowned director of more than 70 productions including The Rocky Horror Picture Show – reflected on his incredible career, his legacy and the future of the arts.

This small but significant collection of early 20th-century German and Austrian books includes poetry, plays, novels, essays, fairytales, folklore, art books, memoirs, and works on theatre and opera. Many are rare or limited editions, notable for their fine bindings and illustrations.