Enlighten Audio Described Tours

Join an Audio Described tour of the 2026 Enlighten Festival which has been specially curated to ensure people of all abilities can enjoy and engage with the magic of the Enlighten projections across the National Library of Australia, Questacon, Parliament Hill, National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery.

This is a free event but bookings are essential.

A pre tour information package will be emailed 4 days in advance of each talk.

This opportunity provides an audio description of a series of specific routes through the Enlighten Festival. This service is specially designed to enhance the experience of customers who are blind or have low vision. This is a live commentary of the visual projections, activities and performances in the festival by trained audio describers. Audio description is relayed via a free headset and receiver linked to the FM radio system.

Meeting place: Enlighten Site office, Questacon carpark

Image Description: An image of the National Library of Australia in which the façade of the library is covered in brightly covered projections. Eight columns are lit up in turquoise edged with bright yellow. The roof of the library extends out over the front façade and it lit in vertical lines alternating orange and grey lines. 7 Panels of the face of the library are filled with projections archival images from the 1950’s of people sorting apples and oranges in a factory. The building is reflected in a perfect mirror image in a pool of water at the base of the image and people are sitting at the edge of the pool looking up at the library, with their backs to us, the viewer. Behind the building the sky is a deep blue with shattered clouds as night begins to fall.

Event Info

When: Monday 2 and Saturday 7 March
Time: 7:30PM til 9:00PM
Where: Enlighten Festival, meeting place is at Questacon Carpark (accessible off Parkes Place West)
Tickets: This is a free experience, but registration is required.

Register for tickets here

Please note that this service is specially designed to enhance the experience of customers who are blind or have low vision.