National Museum of Australia - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and history

Exploring the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, enduring Indigenous attachment to country and contributions to Australian society.

Now showing

Bipotaim exhibition

Bipotaim

First Australians gallery

First Australians

Warakurna exhibition

Warakurna

From our past exhibitions

70% Urban

A Different Time

A Different Time

Dhari a Krar exhibition

Dhari A Krar

From Little Things Big Things Grow exhibition

From Little Things Big Things Grow

Menagerie

Off the Walls exhibition

Off the Walls

Paipa exhibition

Paipa

Papunya Painting: out of the desert exhibition

Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert

Utopia exhibition

Utopia

Warakurna exhibition

Warakurna

Yalangbara: Art of the Djang'kawu

Yalangbara

Yiwarra Kuju exhibition

Yiwarra Kuju

Online features

Aboriginal breastplates online feature

Aboriginal breastplates

Cook's Pacific Encounters: Cook-Forster Collection online

Cook's Pacific Encounters: Cook-Forster Collection

Collaborating for Indigenous Rights

Collaborating for Indigenous Rights

Barks, Birds and Billabongs

Barks, Birds and Billabongs

Collection highlights

Detail of Ernabella batik

Ernabella Arts collection

Detail of a pair of white gloves

Faith Bandler's gloves

Mornington Island headress front and back view.

Mornington Is headdress

Warakurna history paintings - Camel Lady detail

Warakurna history paintings

Detail of a shell necklace.

Tasmanian shell necklaces

Sydney Harbour Bridge sculpture of red shells covering a red felt background. Â© Esme Timbery. Licensed by VISCOPY, Sydney 2009.

Shellwork Harbour Bridge

Detail of visitor looking at a painting

Papunya collection

Black and white pencil sketch on a piece of lined paper showing four men dancing.

Oscar's sketchbook

Detail of a Yawk Yawk sculpture

Yawkyawk sculptures

Detail of Evonne Goolagong Cawley holding her 1980 women's Wimbledon trophy

Goolagong tennis collection

Kinchela Boys Home gate

Kinchela Boys Home gate

Collection interactives

A screenshot image of an interactive

Oscar's sketchbook

Audio on demand

Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies conference

Who You Callin' Urban? forum

Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium

Emily Kame Kngwarreye series

Mabo 20 years on: a celebration

Constitutional recognition – so what?

Mick Gooda joins the conversation

Classroom resources

Saibai Island canoe thumbnail image

Saibai Island canoe – Flash interactive

Years 3–6
Indigenous culture & history

Yiwarra Kuju thumbnail image

Yiwarra Kuju

Years 5–9
Indigenous culture & history, Australian history, geography, arts, English

From Little Things Big Things Grow thumbnail image

From little things big things grow

Years 8–12
Australian history, Indigenous culture & history, English, Media

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