Current and upcoming exhibitions
| Home: Here and NowOpening date : 19-07-2024 Closing date : 03-11-2024 Home: Here and Now explores the experiences of Chinese people who have migrated to Tasmania, from the 1880s through to today. Oral history recollections are paired with objects meaningful to the participants. From moments of humour, to struggles as children and staying connected to heritage, the interviewees reflect on their modern lives and traditional values. |
| Unshackled: The True Convict StoryOpening date : 13-03-2024 Closing date : 28-07-2024 Unshackled tells a new story of convict Australia drawn from recent discoveries within the UNESCO listed convict records. It highlights the shared but different experiences of the dispossessed poor, the political radicals and First Nations resistors across Australia who were forced into the convict system. |
| Lands of Light: Lloyd Rees and TasmaniaOpening date : 07-03-2024 Closing date : 27-10-2024 This exhibition celebrates the work of Lloyd Rees (1895-1988), particularly his works painted in Tasmania between 1967 and 1988. Rees was one of the pre-eminent Australian landscape artists of the twentieth century and a highly accomplished painter, draughtsman and printmaker. |