Coming Up

Opens 22 August 2008
Temporary Exhibition Gallery

A major exhibition of the work of Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye has been developed by the National Museum of Australia. Currently on display in Tokyo, Japan. Arriving in Australia in August.

> View more information about Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Late 2008
New permanent gallery

Australian Journeys is a new National Museum of Australia exhibition exploring the voyages that connect Australia to the world. It shares personal stories of some of the people who have travelled to and from Australia over time.

27 November 2008 – 25 May 2009 (dates to be confirmed)
First Australians Focus Gallery

The technique of coiling fibre bundles and stitching them together was initially used by the Aboriginal people of South Australia's Coorong. After a number of encounters and skills exchanges between Indigenous and other Australian practitioners, coiling is now one of the most common basketry styles used across the Northern Territory and well beyond its border regions.

ReCoil displays the medium of coiling and its importance in contemporary Australian fibre art practice. The diverse works in the show highlight the history of coiling, its rapid spread and diversification, particularly, in remote Aboriginal communities from South Australia throughout the desert regions to Arnhem Land.

In showing a diverse range of fibre works by various artists, ReCoil provides a unique insight into the creative process and cultural factors that have shaped contemporary weaving throughout the middle of the Australian continent.

10 December 2008 – 26 April 2009
Temporary Exhibition Gallery

The Charles Darwin exhibition has been developed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York and has been shown in the United States, South America, Japan and New Zealand.

The exhibition details the life and work of naturalist Charles Darwin including his travels and research work and how they helped shape his later publication The Origin of the Species.

Darwin is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with the Museum of Science, Boston; The Field Museum, Chicago; the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; and the Natural History Museum, London, England.

Presented in conjunction with Art Exhibitions Australia.