13 cracker museum exhibitions in 2025

Shift your perspective on the world in 2025, and visit a museum. Here are 13 hot shows for the diary.
‘Joy’, installation view at Immigration Museum. Photo: ArtsHub. A corridor with neon plastic mobiles hanging overhead that reflect light onto both sides of the walls. The space is lit in purple light with more shaped mirrors at the end of the corridor.

We have great museums in Australia, filled with riches and curiosities. And yet we tend to think of them as merely fun places of learning for kids. Wrong.

Museums today offer an incredible diversity of world-class exhibitions for all ages, and are often very hands-on, immersive and entertaining experiences. So, the next time you are looking for something to do, consider a museum visit! We have put together this list of teasers to broaden your world in 2025.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina