The National Museum of Australia this week announces details of its forthcoming exhibition, Extremes: Survival in the Great Deserts of the Southern Hemisphere, and introduces three remarkable stories of survival in some of the world's harshest conditions.

The challenges of conserving precious metallic objects from Brunel's Great Britain steamship to a shipwrecked toilet, from early Australian motor cars to historic Maltese armour are being examined at the Metal 04 conference at the National Museum of Australia next week.

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The secrets of Australian and Asian shipwrecks - how they are discovered, retrieved and protected - will be revealed in a free public forum at the National Museum of Australia this Sunday.

An Australian flag retrieved from the ruins of the World Trade Centre following the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 will be unveiled today at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Three first-time student voters go head to head with politicians from three parties during a special election Talkback Classroom interview at the National Museum of Australia tomorrow.

Two iconic FX Holdens unveiled today at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra will take visitors on a nostalgic journey celebrating the nation's first and most popular mass produced car.

Two iconic treasures of Australia's motoring history will be unveiled at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra at 11.15am tomorrow.

The National Museum of Australia in Canberra wants to hear over the next fortnight from community groups in Darwin who would like their suburb to feature in a photographic exhibit which depicts 'life in the burbs'.

The stories of Aboriginal people from Victoria and Tasmania who are reclaiming lost cultural traditions go on show at the National Museum of Australia on Monday to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.