National Museum of Australia - Household & domestic

From our galleries and exhibitions

Captivating and Curious exhibition

Captivating and Curious

Collector Cam King exhibition

Collector Cam King

Collection highlights

Ochre-glazed stoneware kangaroo, with paws extended round a ring.

Lane kangaroo collection

Australian Expo 67 hostess Kate 'Kay' Maisey wearing her original uniform at the National Museum exhibition launch.

Expo Mark II sound chair

Nelson's dog collar

Zilm family furniture

Zilm family furniture

Detail of Bendigo pottery

Bendigo Pottery collection

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

Farm Life quilt

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

Blaxland clock

Detail of a wooden table

First Fleet table

Audio on demand

Guna Kinne and her Latvian national dress

Moving stories: women’s lives, British women and the postwar Australian dream

Flora Pell: the cook and her turbulent career

Why we love our gardens by Hugh Mackay

Food and space: the Australian nation in the British Empire

Springfield transformed: family collection into national treasure

A load of old rubbish: displaying archaeology of the modern city

A nice drop - recycled water discussion and tasting

History in the baking

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