13 Apr 2024—28 Feb 2024

Heritage Festival 2024

Heritage Festival 2024

Image: A young Dawn Waterhouse (née Calthorpe) at 24 Mugga Way, Red Hill, Calthorpes House Collection, ACT Historic Places

PANEL TALK: Memory, Identity and the Past – Connecting Canberrans to Territory Collections

📅 Wednesday 17 April

🕚 5.30pm - 7.00pm

💸Free but bookings required

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Curious about the similarities and differences between ACT Government cultural, community and archival collections? Our panel members - curators, archivist and librarians who work with these collections - will share how they collectively and separately tell the story of Canberra through government records, photographs, artworks, personal ephemera and objects. 

Presented in collaboration between CMAG, ArchivesACT and ACT Heritage Library. 


CURATOR TALK: Duntroon Estate and It's People

📅 Thursday 18 April

🕚 5.30pm - 6.30pm

💸Free but bookings required

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Duntroon Estate has a fascinating history, with equally fascinating characters.

Through objects, images and archival material, we can start to understand the connections between people, their homes, their community, their work and their leisure. Join Dr. Hannah Paddon as she talks about some of the research for the Duntroon Estate: Work with all your might exhibition.


Canberra/Kamberri: Place & People

📅 Avilable for entire festival

🕚 Available during standard opening times

💸Free entry, no bookings required


Heritage Festival 2024

Image: A young Dawn Waterhouse (née Calthorpe) at 24 Mugga Way, Red Hill, Calthorpes House Collection, ACT Historic Places