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Courtyard at National Film and Sound Archive

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McCoy Cct, Acton ACT 2601, Australia

4.3 (740)
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Why you'll love this venue

  • Heritage building.
  • Tech at your fingertips.
  • Accessibility focused.
Enjoy the outdoors in our beautiful 1930s courtyard. The art deco heritage courtyard features beautifully landscaped gardens framed by cloisters. The courtyard is the perfect venue for event receptions and live music events for up to 260 people.

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4.3 (740)
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Room Layouts & Capacity

Cluster100
Theatre100
Standing260

Amenities & Extras

$= Additional Cost

Food & Beverage

Coffee / Tea
Venue Offers Catering

Audio Visual Equipment (AV)

Microphone
Speakers
Stage
TV

Other Amenities & Extras

Accessible
Air Con
External Music or DJ
Lighting
Natural light
On-Site Parking
Outdoor Space
Pens & Paper
Receptionist
Restroom
Security
Sustainable
Whiteboard
WiFi

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Sarah H

April 21, 2025

Wonderful friendly and helpful staff who directed us to where everything was. Really well thought out display of physical archives, and excellent use of technology using tablets to describe each piece (some with accompanying sound/video clips). Taking the time to read/view each was a joy, and took away from the clutter you sometimes find in similar exhibits. Absolutely left us wanting more, but would happily return to see the next display.

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Ian M

July 25, 2024

Despite many visits to Canberra, this was our first visit here. Wonderful nostalgic display in the "library", which is well mounted and with excellent touch screen details. Some interesting docos. screening in the theatre room, wonderful art deco building and well worth allowing an hour or so to visit and see the place. No major exhibition at the time of our visit but I am told they do have some great exhibitions there too,

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Shari Henderson

April 6, 2025

I am a pretty fussy cinema buff with quite high expectations around the sound quality, where the screen is positioned and the way the seating is tiered in a cinema so that you don’t have to see over people’s heads to see the screen. Whoever designed the cinema at NFSA is a total legend as it is honestly the best in terms of the above mentioned things that make going to the cinema a good experience for me. I love NFSA and would see any film there over any other cinema in Canberra, especially the other 2 in Canberra city. 10/10 experience for me and the pricing is very reasonable.

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Linda Jowsey

January 3, 2025

Wonderful Art Deco building with a good cafe. A great place to relax in the peaceful courtyard spaces. Intriguing displays... all for free

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Stephen Nicholls

March 20, 2025

About an hour to look around. Pretty cool posters and artifacts. The building is very art deco


Venue Hours

Monday08:30am-Midnight
Tuesday08:30am-Midnight
Wednesday08:30am-Midnight
Thursday08:30am-Midnight
Friday08:30am-Midnight
Saturday08:30am-Midnight
Sunday08:30am-Midnight
Pricing Price on request

Event Types

18th Birthday Party21st Birthday Party30th Birthday Party40th Birthday Party50th Birthday PartyBaby ShowerBirthday PartyChristeningChristmas PartyCocktail PartyCorporate FunctionCorporate OffsiteCorporate RetreatDinnerEnd of Financial Year PartyEngagement PartyFunctionLunchNetworking EventProduct LaunchTrivia NightWeddingWedding Ceremony