The year's best political cartoons - tracing the tsunami, war, free trade and the fall of Latham - go on show at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra tomorrow.

A group of artists will wrestle with the question of why deserts captivate them at a free public forum this Sunday at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

The Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Security, Kevin Rudd, will face heavy questioning from three students in a Talkback Classroom interview at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

The historic Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Challenge Shield, presented to winners of the premiership in the first six years of first-grade rugby league competition in Australia - from 1908 to 1913 - will be unveiled at the National Museum of Australia on Tuesday.

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will learn more about Australia's land, nation and people during a visit to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday.

The historic Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Challenge Shield, presented to winners of the premiership in the first six years of first-grade rugby league competition in Australia - from 1908 to 1913 - will be unveiled at the National Museum of Australia tomorrow.

A cackle of cartoonists (or is the collective noun a giggle?) will gather in Sydney tomorrow for the launch of the National Museum of Australia's Behind the Lines exhibition.

A new costume which enraptured onlookers at Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 1995 is sure also to thrill visitors to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra when it goes on display tomorrow.

The spirit of the world's great southern deserts comes to Canberra this Sunday when the National Museum of Australia throws open the doors of its Extremes exhibition for a day of free family fun.

A World Without Polio: Truly Remarkable is in its final weeks, closing on February 27. The exhibition is part of the celebration of the service club's 100th anniversary next Wednesday.