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Eternity: Stories from the Emotional Heart of Australia tells the personal stories of 50 ordinary and extraordinary Australians.
Eternity presents history through emotions that speak directly to people's real experiences, from joy and hope to fear and chance.
Striking objects powerfully illustrate uniquely Australian stories from the famous and the everyday, the living and the dead.
Visitors are invited to record their personal story in the Eternity video booths.
First Australians: Gallery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples traces 50,000 years of the spirituality, diversity, identity and survival of Australia's Indigenous people.
Traditional and contemporary culture are brought together in the Museum's largest gallery. Communities from across Australia are profiled alongside controversial stories of conflict and resistance and celebratory stories of the success and influence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Every story in the Gallery of First Australians was developed with extensive community consultation. The gallery includes an Open Collections area where Indigenous communities have private access to artefacts.
Horizons: The Peopling of Australia since 1788. The National Museum of Australia is undertaking an exciting program of gallery development. As part of the gallery development, the Horizons gallery is closed. The gallery will reopen in late 2008 as Australian Journeys, an exhibition about the journeys that connect Australia to the world.
Nation: Symbols of Australia explores the personal and collective visions that have formed Australia's national identity.
National symbols such as the flag, the ANZAC digger, Vegemite and the Holden car are typical themes.
The gallery also looks at the unique Australian vernacular, the spread of the suburbs and the importance of sport to the national psyche.
Old New Land looks at Australia's environmental history.
Stories of land and people, climate, flora, fauna and ecology illustrate how human histories are written on the land and how the environment has shaped life and agriculture.
The gallery examines Australia's unique plants and animals, the impact of introduced species and the land as a link between black and white histories.
For images, interviews or more information please contact the National Museum's Public Affairs office on (02) 6208 5351, 0409 916 481, or
media@nma.gov.au
or visit
ww.nma.gov.au/media
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