Ticketed entry is in place to safely manage your visit so please book ahead. Need to cancel or rejig? Email bookings@npg.gov.au
A learning resource exploring select works from the NPPP 2020 for secondary students.
A learning resource exploring select works from the NPPP 2019 for secondary students.
This resource ties in with the Australian Curriculum, specifically for Year 4 and Year 9 learners, providing a closer look at individuals and groups who established contact with Asia and Oceania during the European age of discovery.
A Visual Arts resourcedesigned to support students and teachers in Years 5 – 7. Travel the collection and see how portraiture can reflect aspects of identity, art conventions, technology, storytelling, making processes and reveal historical connections.
This resource is intended for teachers and secondary school students. It explores migrant stories of individuals from the period of early European colonisation to today.
The Australian doctor and scientist who dedicated her life to the research and treatment of poliomyelitis.
Australians are known to love their sports. We find many of our heroes and shared values on the sporting field – notions of being a good sport, having dignity in defeat, being socially inclusive and playing fair.
A learning resource for teachers of primary and secondary Visual Arts.
This resource is geared towards students in Years 7 to 10. Through visual analysis, activity and conversation you will evaluate how photographic portraits communicate artistic intentions, see the impact of evolving technologies and be inspired!
The images and themes presented in this resource have been designed to provide inspiration for and to encourage critical thinking in Year 11 and 12 students.
Living in Australia, connecting with the land and telling their stories for 60,000 years.
Explore pose, place, expression and meaning in the photographic portraits from this year's Prize.
John Brack said that portraits involve three people: the painter, the sitter and the viewer
A fine portrait with a hidden message
Learn about colourful characters from Australia's colonial past.
Senses, movement and imagination in portraits of children
16 inmates including Ned Kelly, Captain Moonlite and Frederick Deeming. And 12 sketches of the deceased, including several children.
What makes someone awesome? And how does a portrait tell a person's story? Bring your students up close and personal with some great Australians.
In this ten-part series on Australian portraits, Angus Trumble and Fiona Gruber hold a wide-ranging, thought-provoking and often unexpected face-off with history and culture.
Self-portraits are among the most direct yet intriguing works created by artists for analysis and self-expression. As both subject and creator, the artist is represented entirely in their own terms.
This online resource features the stories of five colonial women, designed for primary students of Arts and History years 3-6.
This resource has relevance to Australian History, Sport, Australian Studies, Cultural Studies, English and Visual Arts and is recommended for Years 9-12.
This online resource about digital portraiture designed for secondary students is available through the ABC Splash website.
This learning resource package is designed for educators of secondary students as a companion to the National Portrait Gallery exhibition Paul Kelly & The Portraits.
This resource, structured around the biography of the artist Hilda Rix Nicholas, is a companion to the exhibition Paris to Monaro.
This project for primary students explores portraits of individuals commemorated in the naming of a Canberra suburb or street.
This learning resource is for use in conjunction with the travelling exhibition and provides suggestions for teachers to use before, during and after the Gallery visit.
Whether you’re at the Gallery, in a cafe or your living room, ‘Portrait Stories’ is a trusty guide to thousands of portraits and people.
Explore portraiture and come face to face with Australian identity, history, culture, creativity and diversity.
Timed ticketing, location, accessibility and amenities
We depend on your support to keep creating our programs, exhibitions, publications and building the amazing portrait collection!