Join our drop-in workshops supported by our partners at NGV. Kids and families will have an introduction to exploring art through hands-on activities, with Nature and Us: Olaf Breuning for Kids.

The NGV Kids Summer Festival returns 10–16 January 2026 with a week of free, family-friendly events celebrating colour, creativity and play across NGV International and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

An earth-shattering experience from three of the world’s most inspired choreographers, Prism will leave you breathless with its raw intensity and revolutionary design.

Rigg Design Prize exhibition highlights the achievements of Australian designers under the age of 35 working across ceramics, glass, furniture, woodwork, metalwork, textiles, lighting, and contemporary jewellery.

From the extraordinary Bangarra Dance Theatre comes an iridescent new theatrical experience.

Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday explores how designers are reshaping the products and systems that shape our daily lives – transforming them into solutions that are better for people and the planet.

Now or Never invites audiences to explore the profound interconnections between past, present, and future under the theme, I Have Seen The Future.

Calling all apprentice book makers: the Library is in need of new story books and we need your help to create them.

Calling all book lovers and creators! Be the author, illustrator and designer of your very own mini magazine.  

The Playground Project Melbourne is an interactive, international travelling exhibition with a playground takeover.

The upcoming season of NGV Friday Nights offers a lively yet intimate winter's evening at the gallery, where visitors can enjoy an after-hours exploration of the 2025 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® blockbuster French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at NGV International.  

Plans for The Planet: Olaf Breuning for Kids is an exclusive NGV exhibition created by Swiss contemporary artist Olaf Breuning that invites children and families to explore the natural environment and consider their relationship to the world.

Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot and more head to Melbourne for the NGV’s international-exclusive presentation of the major Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition, French Impressionism, from 6 June 2025.

Kimono designs and Japanese style have inspired global art, design and fashion since Japan re-opened to the world in the mid nineteenth century.

At ArtPlay: Discover a world of visual art, music, movement and sensory play at ENOKI’s Wonderland on the Birrarung.

YIRRAMBOI returns for its fifth year and is back showcasing different expressions of culture and identity, creating a platform for the 400+ First Nations Creators. Melbourne streets will be filled with exciting and untold stories, performances and art. Within the 2025 lineup, includes a unique children’s and family program, with whole family fun in mind.

The Makers and Shakers Market is returning to the iconic Royal Exhibition Building for its biggest market yet this autumn.

This major exhibition staged at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia surveys the work of Australian-born Paris-based fashion designer Martin Grant.

The annual Top Arts exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists from across the state to showcase their skills, enthusiasm, and creativity.

Discover a magical cardboard forest where creatures, costumes, and characters spring to life and then add to this strange and delicate planet using paper, tape and your imaginations.

Johan Inger’s award-winning production of Carmen is an exhilarating journey that thrusts Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera into the modern world with a breathtaking display of athleticism and passion.

Vaslav Nijinsky was at the height of his career during the early 20th century. His unparalleled performances brought him adoring fans while his evocative and sensual choreography caused riots in theatres in Paris.

At ArtPlay: Dive into the outdoors in the ArtPlay Backyard this summer.

Want to make a magical animal from scratch? Join Memetica’s craft workshop and you’ll learn how to create your very own snake using just cardboard.

Unleash your creativity these school holidays with NGV Kids on Tour! From wearable cat and dog ears to vibrant flower pompoms and delicate paper moths, there’s an art activity for every age.

Relaxed sessions are an opportunity for visitors who could benefit from a quieter Gallery experience to access NGV exhibitions with fewer people and reduced sensory stimuli. This may include people with autism, disability or chronic illness conditions. All ages are welcome.

Child Nation is a series of interactive experiences that engage children with their surroundings, celebrating their weirdest ideas and giving them permission to be themselves.