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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Thursday 16 May 2024 – Saturday 16 May 2026

Live online

Thursday 16 May 2024 – Saturday 16 May 2026

Explore the collection from the comfort of you loungeroom. Join us for free, interactive, virtual collection tours. Examine portraits in depth with Gallery Educators delivered via Zoom, and chat, comment and ask questions just like the IRL experience. Videos of selected previous events are available too.

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Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows
Fred Hollows

Virtual Highlight Tour

The Good Doctor

12:30pm, Tue 16 Jul
Live online

Join us as we take a deep dive into the achievements and remarkable lives of eminent medical researchers and doctors in the collection.

Bookings required
Sally Dawson
Sally Dawson
Sally Dawson
Sally Dawson

Virtual Highlight Tour

Staff Favourites

12:30pm, Tue 23 Jul
Live online

Join us as our team share some of their favourite portraits that are currently on view in the Gallery.

Bookings required
Herb and Flan
Herb and Flan
Herb and Flan
Herb and Flan

Virtual Highlight Tour

What’s in a story?

12:30pm, Tue 30 Jul
Live online

In this program, we explore portraits of renowned Australian authors and how artists have represented them.

Bookings required
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth

Virtual Highlight Tour

Wrapt in Photography

12:30pm, Tue 6 Aug
Live online

Join us for a celebration of wintry weather through photographic portraits featuring subjects who are well rugged up against the cold.

Bookings required
Alexis with moon, 2024 Amos Gebhardt
Alexis with moon, 2024 Amos Gebhardt
Alexis with moon, 2024 Amos Gebhardt
Alexis with moon, 2024 Amos Gebhardt

Virtual Highlight Tour

Prose & Pose: Reading the Collection

12:30pm, Tue 13 Aug
Live online

Come, fellow bibliophiles! Join us to explore the intersection of literature and art, and delve into the lives and works of renowned authors immortalised in the National Portrait Gallery collection.

Bookings required
Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes
Adam Goodes

Virtual Highlight Tour

Shadow Speak

12:30pm, Tue 20 Aug
Live online

Join us today as we explore portraits from our collection that make masterful use of shadow and light to tell visual stories.

Bookings required
Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley

Virtual Highlight Tour

Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking

12:30pm, Tue 27 Aug
Live online

In the last week of winter, join us as we explore a bouquet of portraits that even Miranda Priestly would approve of, hand-picked to celebrate and welcome the season of spring.

Bookings required

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Sunday 17 May 2026 – Tuesday 16 May 2028

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