National Museum of Australia - Arts

From our exhibitions

70% Urban

A New Horizon

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

Dhari a Krar exhibition

Dhari A Krar

Off the Walls exhibition

Off the Walls

Papunya Painting: out of the desert exhibition

Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert

Recoil exhibition

ReCoil

Utopia exhibition

Utopia

Yalangbara: Art of the Djang'kawu

Yalangbara

Yiwarra Kuju exhibition

Yiwarra Kuju

Online features

Cook's Pacific Encounters: Cook-Forster Collection online

Cook's Pacific Encounters: Cook-Forster Collection

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

Collection highlights

Warakurna history paintings - Camel Lady detail

Warakurna history paintings

Detail from 'Story of the Women's Camp and Origin of Damper', Anatjari Tjakamarra, 1973.

Story of the Women's Camp

Detail of portait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a pale yellow dress and tiara.

Elizabeth II 'wattle painting'

Detail of a Yawk Yawk sculpture

Yawkyawk sculptures

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

Shellwork Harbour Bridge

Detail of Rolf Harris wobbleboard

Rolf Harris wobble board

Detail of Ernabella batik

Ernabella Arts collection

Detail of Little Red Riding Hood wall-hanging

Riding Hood wall-hanging

Detail of visitor looking at a painting

Papunya collection

Watercolour paintings of two small blue flowers, another yellow bloom and grey-green foliage.

Diana Boyer art collection

A blue tin with 'DANTE' written at the top and 'MINERVA SA' at the base. An image of a man dressed in red appears in a central circle on the tin. Bamboo tubing extends from one end

Dàn tre musical instrument

Detail of a violin pegbox

AE Smith instruments

Collection interactives

A screenshot image of an interactive.

Crimson Thread of Kinship

A screenshot image of an interactive

Harvest of Endurance scroll

Audio on demand

A tribute to Bob Edwards

Violent ends: the arts of environmental anxiety

AE Smith instruments collection

Classroom resources

Yiwarra Kuju thumbnail image

Yiwarra Kuju

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

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