Touring exhibition: Future Now

A touring exhibition about sustainability created by the Australian Museum.

Future Now exhibition opening at Stockland Burleigh Heads.

About the Future Now exhibition

Every day, we are creating our future. Although our environment and climate are facing challenges, there are many ways Australians are taking action to create a more healthy, safe, fair and affordable way forward.

Explore the benefits of sustainable living in this new exhibition jam-packed with exciting ideas for what we can do now to create a more liveable future.

Take a look into a hopeful future with three dioramas featuring scale models and audio-visual content that bring sustainable landscapes to life and highlight innovative solutions for tackling the impacts of climate change. Featuring everything from community gardens to flying taxis, each pod explores how solutions can be applied to your home life or community.

Whether you’re looking for small changes to make in your own home or want to be inspired by larger-than-life solutions, the Australian Museum will show you that there is plenty of hope and potential for tackling climate change in our communities. Leave this exhibition with a toolkit full of practical ideas to take home to help lower costs, protect biodiversity, and reduce the severity of climate change.

Models built by MODELCRAFT (SYDNEY).

Exhibition highlights

Clever Homes

There’s so much we can do at home to help build a healthy future for ourselves and our planet.

Sustainable design
Resilient homes
Backyard oasis

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Smart Towns

We already have the knowledge and the technology. We can create places that are good to live in: healthy, sustainable, affordable, innovative and with strong communities.

Clean energy
Strong communities
Living greener

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Caring for our Country

We are part of nature. This country provides for us and we are all responsible for caring for it.

Understanding Country
Sustainable farming
Renewable energy

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Touring itinerary

5 June to 6 December 2024 – Scone Administration Centre, Upper Hunter Shire Council, Scone, NSW
21 December 2024 – 13 April 2025, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW

Previous locations:

4 July to 31 July 2022 - Stockland Retail Town Centre, Burleigh Heads, QLD
4 August to 31 August 2022 - Stockland Retail Town Centre, Green Hills, NSW
3 September to 30 September 2022- Stockland Retail Town Centre, Wetherill Park, NSW
3 October to 31 October 2022 - Stockland Retail Town Centre, Shellharbour, NSW
8 March to 24 April 2023 – Albury LibraryMuseum, Albury, NSW
27 June to 27 September 2023 - Wagga Wagga City Council Civic Centre Arcade, Wagga Wagga, NSW
29 September 2023 to 31 January 2024 – Orange City Library, Orange, NSW
2 February to 3 June 2024 – Wangaratta Library, Wangaratta, VIC