Event Name: Community Festival

Event Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum

Summary: Explore our museum exhibitions and enjoy free creative activities for children and families as part of USYD Community Festival.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-07T11:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-07T16:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: The Preliminary Cartoon for Raphael’s ‘School of Athens’

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: Join Monsignor Dr Alberto Rocca for a journey into a rare drawing by Raphael.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-09T18:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-09T19:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Unravelling Penelope

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: Explore the radically different portrayals of the wife of Odysseus, from Homer to Nolan.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-10T13:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-10T14:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: The Uncertain Image

Event Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum

Summary: Join us for a symposium day of lectures, tours and panels on the expanded and uncertain field of photography.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-12T09:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-12T16:15:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Objects That Carry Us Home

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: A panel discussion of writers about objects and memories.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-13T13:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-13T14:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Knowledgeable Object Symposium 2026

Event Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum

Summary: Explore the diverse practical applications for working with objects in educational and museum contexts.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-17T10:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-18T16:30:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Being Collected 2026

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: Gnallee Yeebaree bu’ la Yahgabillie (We Connect and Create) collaboration through Indigenous weaving-fibre practices and curation.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-18T18:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-18T19:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Shakespeare Memorial Lecture: Arthur L. Little Jr

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: The CREATE Centre presents the 2026 Shakespeare Memorial Lecture at the museum.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-20T18:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-20T19:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Seidler Session 4: Architects on Seidler’s Legacy

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: Andrew Andersons, Ed Lippmann and Peter Lonergan in conversation.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-28T14:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-28T15:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: SugarFest

Event Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum

Summary: Come celebrate and learn about Oceanic culture, history and music. Dance. Weave. Listen. Yarn. Eat. Explore.

Event Start Date: 2026-11-29T12:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-11-29T16:00:00.000+11:00

Event Name: Seidler Session 5: Seidler, the Sydney Opera House and thin-shell concrete structures

Event Location: Nelson Meers Foundation Auditorium

Summary: Emeritus Professor James Weirick keynote.

Event Start Date: 2026-12-05T14:00:00.000+11:00

Event End Date: 2026-12-05T15:00:00.000+11:00