Our PlayUP exhibition is re-opening!

This creative exhibition space celebrates the role of children in our community and provides a welcoming environment for families to engage in a variety of experiences through imagination, discovery, role-play and fun.

All the popular favourites are available to be enjoyed once again including the facilitated craft activity, the Kindness Café and listening pods and there’ll also be story time!

We’ve made some changes in an effort to keep everyone safe, here’s everything you need to know:

We look forward to welcoming old and new PlayUP friends to MoAD.

Three things I've learnt about democracy

MoAD not only provides a unique learning opportunity for our visitors, our staff are constantly learning and understanding more about our democracy.

Last month we celebrated International Day of Democracy and MoAD’s Director, Daryl Karp wrote about the 3 things she has learnt about democracy from our visitors.  

Read her blog here

Last chance to see Behind the Lines 2019

Remember 2019? It probably seems like a distant memory.

With the theme of The Greatest Hits Tour – Behind the Lines 2019 allows visitors to hit rewind to the most significant political moments of 2019 through political cartoons.

It’s your last chance to catch a glimpse of the current exhibition and have a giggle at simpler times.

Behind the Lines 2019 will close on 25 October to make way for the Behind the Lines 2020.

Don’t miss out, book your general museum pass here

From the shop

From award-winning writer and artist, Sara Dowse, West Block is a timeless classic of gender and federal politics. The novel follows five characters who all have links to the public service building which housed the prime minister’s department in 1977.

Sara draws from her life experience when she worked in the building as the head of the inaugural Women’s Affairs Section of Prime Minister and Cabinet. West Block has recently been reissued in hard cover and is available now at the MoAD shop.

This month at MoAD

MoAD usually has some interesting visitors around Budget time and this year we had a live television interview onsite, with Chris Uhlmann speaking with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about the outlook for the year ahead.

Here’s some behind the scenes shots from an early Sunday morning in the House of Representatives Chamber.

When visiting us, please follow the below guidelines to help us keep everyone healthy.