Exhibitions 2025

Newcastle's Lost World

12 December 2025 - 15 February 2026

History and Heritage Exhibition

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Model Newcastle

27 September 2025 - 19 April 2026

History and Heritage Art and Culture Community Children and family

Step into a world where little things tell big stories.

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Heimat in the Hunter

Tuesday 17 June - Sunday 21 September 2025

History and Heritage Exhibition Art and Culture Free event Community

Heimat in the Hunter is a free exhibition that highlights the history and stories of German-speakers in the Hunter region, developed in partnership with the University of Newcastle.

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Disrupt, Persist, Invent: Australians in an ever-changing world

Saturday 22 March - Sunday 1 June 2025

From quiet persistence to noisy protest, explore the many ways people have achieved social change in Australia.

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A Place Called Hollywood

Tuesday 6 August 2024 - Sunday 25 May 2025

A special exhibition that tells the stories of those who lived, worked and played in an unofficial “suburb” of Newcastle established just outside Jesmond during the Great Depression of the 1920s...

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City of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and recognise that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession. City of Newcastle reiterates its commitment to addressing disadvantages and attaining justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.