Exhibitions & openings

Having aptly opened its doors during Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations, Qtopia is the city’s first ‘queer history’ museum, and claims to now be the largest LGBTQIA+ centre in the world. qtopiasydney.com.au

Work may be ongoing to restore Paris’ Notre-dame after the tragic fire of 2019, but visitors to the city’s Galerie des Gobelins/mobilier National can still experience the cathedral through the Restoring the Grand Decor of Notredame exhibition (from 25 Apr), which will showcase masterpieces saved from the fire. mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr

Explore artworks by contemporary and modern artists such as Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama in the new Moco Museum in London’s Marble Arch this summer. It is set to become the Moco collection’s flagship location. mocomuseum.com

Germany’s Colditz Castle has led many lives: hunting lodge, POW camp, asylum. Much of it has lain empty for years; now it’s opening its lesser-seen rooms up to visitors from 17 April, using AR devices to bring them to life. schloss-colditz.de

The Museum Hof van Busleyden (pictured) in Mechelen, Belgium, has reopened after two years of renovations. The 16th-century city palace museum also has a new exhibition on The Knights of the Golden Fleece (until 2 Jun) that delves into its collection of Burgundian coats of arms. hofvanbusleyden.be

The impressive new Kunstsilo art museum, set inside a restored grain silo, opens in Kristiansand, Norway, on 11 May. The star here is the world’s largest private collection of Nordic art, numbering some 5,500 works. kunstsilo.no