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The Museum's online database includes about 10 per cent of the objects in its collection, currently searching 48,000 objects.

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Explore some of the latest additions to the Museum's collection.

> About the National Historical Collection

This core collection of more than 200,000 objects represents Australia's history and cultural heritage.

Information about potential donations, vaulations and the Museum's acquisition process.

Learn about the physical care and the life of objects at the Museum.

> Collection interactives

Objects from the Museum's collection come to life in this series of Flash interactives.

Information on the Museum's work to return ancestral remains and secret and sacred objects to Indigenous custodians.