National Museum of Australia - Australian history and society since 1788

Australian history and society since 1788. Photo: Andrew Taylor/Fairfax Syndication.

Exploring the history of settlement in Australia and the development of the nation's political, social and economic life since British colonisation of the continent.

Now showing

Australian Journeys

Australian Journeys

Exhibition in the Hall

Big objects

Circa theatre exterior

Circa

Eternity

Glorious Days: Australia 1913

Glorious Days

League of Legends exhibition

League of Legends

From our past exhibitions

A colour cartoon depicting Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. They stand staring at each other. A red dotted line connects their gaze. Julia wears a white t-shirt and black trousers. On the t-shirt is 'Kevin 10' and 'Julia 10' underneath. The 'Kevin' in 'Kevin 10' has been crossed out. Abbott wears a white t-shirt and red swimmers. On his t-shirt is 'Brendan 10' and 'Malcolm 10'. In each case, the names have been crossed out. On his swimmers is 'Tony 10'. Above Gillard is text that reads 'Behind the Lines'. Above Abbott is text that reads 'The year's best cartoons 2010'.

Behind the Lines

Between the Flags exhibition

Between the Flags

Captivating and Curious exhibition

Captivating and Curious

Cook's Pacific Encounters exhibition

Cook's Pacific Encounters

Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions exhibition

Inside

Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest exhibition

Miss Australia

Not Just Ned: A true history of the Irish in Australia

Not Just Ned

Royal Romance exhibition

Royal Romance

Symbols of Australia exhibition

Symbols of Australia

Online features

A black and white photogram showing an image of a man as well as a pair of scissors to the far right.

Australian Digital Journeys

ANZAC Pilgrims

Collection highlights

David Allen agricultural medals

Agricultural medals

Daisy Bates collection

Detail of two people looking at Phar Lap's heart on display at the National Museum

Phar Lap's heart

Detail of a 35mm hand-crank movie camera

Hurley's movie camera

A photograph showing a 1940s car. The car's radiator grill and headlights are visible. A strong photographic light has produced highlights on the front mudguards of the car.

Daimler landaulette

A close-up of part of the face of a mantelpiece clock.

Blaxland clock

Glass plate negative shoswing two miners in historic dress standing outside a slab hut.

Daintree's glass plates

Detail of small magnifying glass and silver case

Cook's navigational tools

A convict token

Convict tokens

Detail of gold coloured netball skirt

Liz Ellis netball collection

Detail of the a patterned dress

Heidelberg dress

Fred Hollows collection

Fred Hollows collection

Detail of a holey dollar

Holey dollar

Collection interactives

A screenshot image of an interactive

Cricketing Journeys

A screenshot image of an interactive

Jerilderie letter

A screenshot image of an interactive.

Crimson Thread of Kinship

A screenshot image of an interactive

European voyages to the Australian continent

Audio on demand

Marion Mahoney Griffin lecture 2012

The heart of Australian racing: The Melbourne Cup

Collections 2006 series: Collecting for a nation

Ludwig Leichhardt series

Inside: Life in Children's Home series

League of Legends

Eternity conversation series

Behind the Scenes - Australian Journeys series

Classroom resources

Eternity thumbnail image

Eternity

Years 6–10
Australian history, historical skills, English

In Search of Ned Kelly thumbnail image

In search of Ned Kelly

Years 6–10
Australian history, historical skills

Life at Federation thumbnail image

Life at the time of Federation

Years 6–10
Australian history, geography

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