Illuminate
This event has finished
Illuminate ended on Sunday 11 December 2022.
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Current events

MEGAfauna: a walk through time!
1 – 30 July 2023, 8:30am – 5pm — Australian National Botanic Gardens
Alerting all explorers! We need your help to discover our long-lost creatures at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

MEGAfauna afterDARK
1 – 7 July 2023, 5:30pm – 8:30pm — Australian National Botanic Gardens
Experience a night like no other in this immersive, illuminated and cultural event with life-size diprotodons by award-winning visual theatre masterminds Dead Puppet Society.

Puppet Construction Workshop
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 2:30pm – 4:00pm — Crosbie Morrison Building
Travel back to the Pleistocene era with Dead Puppet Society and delve into a world of creature design and puppet construction in this fun and hands-on workshop.
The 11th Annual Friends Photographic Group exhibition highlights the different moods and inhabitants of the Gardens,
as seen through the eyes and cameras of a diverse group of Friends photographers. It illuminates aspects of the Gardens that visitors may not otherwise be aware of.
Frozen moments of time give everyone the opportunity to witness some of the rare events that take place in the Gardens. A thoughtful photo can reveal things that we ordinarily overlook, like the rich colours and textures of wet bark and the tiny insects that are so vital to the ecosystems.
Framed prints, unframed prints, cards and tote bags available for purchase.
When
24 November – 11 December
Where
Visitor Centre Gallery