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Unshackled is an award-winning immersive digital exhibition that reveals the untold story of Australia's convict past. Unlike the popular narrative of punishment and chains, Unshackled tells the story of the Assignment System — where convicts earned their freedom through skill and labour. Through cutting-edge digital storytelling, visitors can connect with individual convict stories from the 160,000 men, women, and children transported to Australia. The exhibition brings the Assignment System to life through immersive projections, interactive displays, and deeply personal narratives. Housed in the purpose-built Nigel Peck Centre at Woolmers Estate, Unshackled is accessible in all weather and is included with combined admission tickets.

Salamanca Market showcases over 300 stallholders every Saturday and is an experience not to be missed. It’s the best place to find Tasmanian-designed and handmade products and discover the heart of a creative island. You will meet local artisans, designers, collectors, and producers and discover the story behind the makers that make a visit to Salamanca Market so special. With so much to see, give yourself plenty of time to browse, enjoy the buskers and musicians and soak up the atmosphere. There is delicious market food to enjoy and plenty of tastings and hot coffee to be found as you stroll around. You will find a huge selection of products to explore, including local gins, whisky and wines, preserves and cheeses, organic skincare, Tasmanian timber and ceramics, woollen products and handmade jewellery, clothing and homewares. Salamanca Market is the most visited tourist attraction in Tasmania and is open every Saturday from 8.30 am to 3 pm. The market is centrally located at historic Salamanca Place, nestled against historic Georgian sandstone warehouses. It is home to galleries, restaurants and cafes and is only a short stroll to the city centre. Salamanca Market is proudly owned and operated by the City of Hobart.

Featuring a variety of acrylic and mixed media works by Tasmanian Artist Annette Fuller. Annette's artworks are love letters to Tasmania's wild places, quiet moments and untamed landscapes. Opening event: Sunday 2 August, arrive from 2.15 for a 2.30pm start Meet Annette, see the collection of her artworks, light refreshments All artworks will be for sale. Showing: Fri 31 July till Wed 27 Aug Open daily from 9am-4pm

A free, weekly, timed 5km walk/jog/run at 9am every Saturday. Open to all ages and abilities. Organised entirely by volunteers. Friendly and fun. Join in! The course is at Heritage Park, Geeveston on a mixture of concrete paths and grass. There are three laps, ensuring that you pass lots of friendly faces along the way. When you run along the Kermandie River stretch, keep one eye on the river in case one of the resident platypus is out and about! If you'd like your time recorded and are not yet a parkrunner, register in advance at www.parkrun.com.au and save your barcode or print it out. Even if you don't register, you're still very welcome to run or walk with them.

A weekly run (or walk), covering five km along a winding coastal track from Whitemark Wharf and back again. The aim is not to outrun everyone else, but to beat yourself, as each run is timed, and each new week presents you with the opportunity to beat your previous score. People from all levels of fitness are welcome. Though not necessary to participate in the run, in order to be timed it is recommended that you follow the web link and register, so as to receive the unique bar code that will allow you to keep track of your times and results.

Becoming Modern is a survey exhibition exploring the emergence of modernism in Australia during the twentieth century. Drawn largely from the Tasmanian State Collection, it features iconic Australian modernists alongside lesser-known works, many of which are exhibited for the first time. This large-scale exhibition brings together paintings, sculpture and works on paper, highlighting figuration, abstraction, and foregrounding works by Tasmanian women artists.

This exhibition is a survey of 100 years of photographic history depicting Tasmania's nature, sharing perspectives of the island, Lutruwita, as Aboriginal Country, as well as terrain charted by colonists' exploration, adventure and exploitation. These images reveal an island State through the lens of landscape, capturing meanings of place, nature's beauty and resources, as well as exposing shifting conceptions of the natural world and boundaries of the photographic medium. This exhibition encompasses images developed from wet-plate processes and albumen prints, original cibachrome prints, as well as contemporary digital works, and is accompanied by selected photographic equipment from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection.

French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière is marking a descent into deep time at Mona. Come and sample sculpture, film, photography and installation from the full breadth of Charrière's elemental output—where stone grinds, iceberg groans, mountain heaves—bridging nature, science, history, industry, myth and morality. Until 29 March 2027

A dynamic group exhibition has opened in Cygnet stretching across the Winter months featuring artists of the Huon Valley. Balfour House presents - The Winter Collection. An exhibition of over 40 works showcasing a diverse range of mediums and forms - from the whimsical world of pastels by Kate Smith to the intricate craftsmanship in the bespoke musical instruments by Lachlan Maclennan. Come and enjoy the beautiful township of Cygnet in the Huon Valley, relax in one of the many fabulous eateries, stroll the main street to discover Cygnet's boutique shops and be inspired as you visit the Artisans in their working studios at The Artisan's Hand Studios of Balfour House. The Winter Collection - proudly presenting works by Aaron Gray, Deborah Wace, Emma Coombes, Jillian O'Brien, Kate Smith, Lachlan Maclennan, Libby Dyer, Mel Stranger, Nicole Hutchins, Sarah Bird and Stewart Woods.

This exhibition celebrates the natural beauty of seashells and the enduring sense of wonder they inspire. It features a striking selection of specimens from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) Collections, showcasing a wonderful array of shapes, sizes, colours and patterns. Seashells have long captivated the imagination, holding diverse meanings and purposes across cultures and through time. Today, they continue to fascinate and remain embedded in everyday life, appearing in design and popular imagery. Step into The World of Seashells to discover more about these natural treasures –how molluscs have evolved, how shells grow, what their colours and patterns might reveal –or simply marvel at their extraordinary beauty.

Learn to sculpt with professional bronze sculptor Jody Pawley at Tasmanian Sculpture School. You will learn how to create a sculpture in modelling clay over an aluminium armature and learn a method of sculpting that is designed to give you practical skills and confidence. This class is ideal for complete beginners through to those with intermediate experience wishing to hone their skills. You have the added benefit of being in a working sculpture studio surrounded by a myriad of sculptures in various stages and mediums.

Willie Smith's Artisan Market occurs each Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm at the Willie Smith's Apple Shed in Grove. Willie Smith's is proud to showcase local Huon Valley artisans, with an ever-changing variety of products, including handmade jewelry, honey, art, condiments, jams, ceramics, quality leather goods, and many more. Willie Smith's Apple Shed kitchen is open from 10 am with coffee and changing breakfast specials every Saturday.