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Current exhibition

Guided tours of the exhibition and public areas of the JCPML may be arranged by contacting the JCPML. Please allow 30 minutes. Special Seniors Tours including morning tea are also available.

Pursuit of Knowledge exhibition

The Pursuit of Knowledge: CURTIN, LOOKING EVER FORWARD

This new major exhibition was opened by His Excellency, Dr Ken Michael, AC, Governor of Western Australia on 26 March 2008.

Open Monday to Friday 12 noon to 5pm in the JCPML Wesfarmers Exhibition area in the John Curtin Gallery, Building 200A, Curtin University of Technology.

Travelling Art of the Possible exhibition

Travelling exhibition - The Art of the Possible
The travelling exhibition focuses on Australia's foreign policy between 1935 and 1950 and is based on the JCPML’s major exhibition of the same name. Three bronzes depicting John Curtin form the centrepiece of the exhibition.
View the online version of the travelling exhibition.
If you would like to discuss hosting this travelling exhibition in your institution, please contact the JCPML.

John Curtin: Fairest and best

John Curtin: Fairest and best
This exhibition is a permanent display in the JCPML reading room, John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm.
View the online version of John Curtin: Fairest and best.

 

Art exhibitions in the John Curtin Gallery
The John Curtin Gallery at Curtin University of Technology is an exciting public gallery of contemporary art with wide ranging exhibitions and public programs.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 12 noon to 5pm.

Past exhibitions

Includes Educational Interactives Past exhibitions which are online and display this icon include educational interactives.

Introductory panel of exhibition

The art of the possible: Creating an independent Australian foreign policy Includes Educational Interactives
This major JCPML exhibition ran from February 2005 until December 2007 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology. It explored Australia’s growing independence in the realm of foreign policy from 1935 to 1950.

View the online version of The art of the possible.

Image from Backyard Frontline poster

Backyard Frontline: Australia Under Attack 1942-1943
This Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition hosted by the JCPML used personal stories, film footage, photographs and displays of original relics to tell the story of the home front in the period when Australia was under attack in World War Two. The exhibition was on display in the JCPML foyer during March and April 2007.

Cartoon by John Frith - Self portrait with Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser, 1983, on flyer for original Old Parliament House exhibition

A brush with politics: The life and work of John Frith
This Old Parliament House travelling exhibition hosted by the JCPML celebrated the work of John Frith, one of Australia’s most influential cartoonists of the 20th century and was on display from 11 March - 23 May 2005 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.
View the online version of A brush with politics on the website of Old Parliament House, Canberra.

John Curtin's legacy

John Curtin's legacy: Leading Australia from war to peace Includes Educational Interactives
This major JCPML exhibition ran from September 2002 to December 2004 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.
View the online version of John Curtin's legacy.

View of Without classification exhibition

Without classification: Hazel Hawke
This exhibition was jointly organised by the JCPML and the John Curtin Gallery and was on display in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology, from 26 September to 10 November 2002.
View the online version of Without classification.

Exhibition booklet

Shaping the nation: John Curtin and Australia Includes Educational Interactives
This major JCPML exhibition ran from October 2000 to August 2002 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.
View the online version of Shaping the nation.

Bronze bust of General Blamey by Daphne Mayo, made and cast in Sydney, 1958.

Soldier for a crisis: Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey
This Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition hosted by the JCPML was on display from 9 October to 11 November 2001 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.

Beginnings exhibition

Beginnings: Images of occupied Japan
This exhibition from the Douglas MacArthur Memorial Library and Archives, hosted by the JCPML was on display from 5 October to 28 November 1999 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.

Man of peace exhibition

John Curtin: A man of peace, A time of war Includes Educational Interactives
This major JCPML exhibition ran from April 1998 until August 2000 in the John Curtin Building, Curtin University of Technology.
View the online version of John Curtin: A man of peace, A time of war.