National Museum of Australia - Environment

From our galleries and exhibitions

Circa theatre exterior

Circa

Old New Land gallery

Old New Land

Water exhibition

Water

Yiwarra Kuju exhibition

Yiwarra Kuju

Online features

Urban Farming and the Agricultural Show online feature

Urban Farming and the Agricultural Show

Violent Ends

Hooked on the Goulburn River

Hooked on the Goulburn River

Digital Landmarks 2012

Digital Landmarks 2012

Into the desert

Bottles from the Basin online feature

Bottles from the Basin

Farmers' stories from the Upper Murray

Farmers' Stories

Wentworth Basin Bytes exhibition

Basin Bytes

Pass the Salt exhibition

Pass the Salt

Collection highlights

Val Plumwood canoe

Val Plumwood canoe

Nelson's dog collar

Detail of the skin of an adult thylacine

Thylacine

A windmill's grey sails set against a blue sky.

Kenya station windmill

Detail of paddle steamer boat on the lake

Paddle Steamer Enterprise

Detail of a Snowy Mountains Australia medal

Snowy Scheme collection

Murray-Darling Basin Authority collection

Murray-Darling Basin Authority collection

Detail of Leichhardt plate

Leichhardt plate and medal

Detail of a portrait of Robert O'Hara Burke

Burke and Wills collection

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

Diana Boyer art collection

Detail of black and white coloured dog

Bush pram and dog boots

David Allen agricultural medals

Agricultural medals

Detail of an embroidered rooster sewn into a square of a quilt

Farm Life quilt

Collection interactives

A screenshot image of an interactive

European voyages to the Australian continent

A screenshot image of an interactive.

Crimson Thread of Kinship

screenshot image of an interactive

Exploring the world at Port Macquarie

Audio on demand

Into the Simpson Desert

Rugged Beyond Imagination: Stories from an Australian mountain region

A way through: a forum for Rick Farley

Violent ends: the arts of environmental anxiety

Landmarks behind the scenes series

A compleat archaeologist: tribute to Dr Mike Smith

Charles Darwin series

Peter Singer: How ethical is Australia?

A nice drop - recycled water discussion and tasting

Classroom resources

What impacts has immigration had on Australia? thumbnail image

What impacts has immigration had on Australia?

Years 6–10
Australian history, geography, environment

Water and the Murray-Darling Basin thumbnail image

Water and the Murray-Darling Basin

Years 8–12
Geography, environment

Peopling the Pacific thumbnail image

Who peopled the Pacific?

Years 9–10
Australian history, historical skills, environment, geography, Indigenous culture & history

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