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Exhibition highlights

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Last weeks The Historical Expression of Chinese Art exhibition Explore calligraphy and paintings from the National Museum of China.
Daily Painting on Country See stunning large-format photographs of rock art on country from Tjungu Palya artists.
Daily The Studio: Collections Up Close Explore the story of the Seven Sisters in a new installation of fibre-art figures.

What’s on

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Canberra Writers Festival
Chinese festival day
A Chequered Past
Tracking Apollo: 50 Years since the Moon Landing
The Antarctica Experience

Our collection

At the heart of the National Museum of Australia is our National Historical Collection, more than 210,000 objects which represent Australia’s history and cultural heritage.

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Explore stories

Blog Songlines audio journey
Blog Writers share their life in an object
Collection highlights Chamberlain trial drawings
Collection highlights Willsallen sulky
Defining Moments Black box flight recorder invented
Defining Moments Glenn Murcutt
Defining Moments Papunya Tula
Defining Moments Rabbits introduced
Defining Moments Rum Rebellion
--> Audio on demand Collections 2010 series

Museum news

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Exquisite sculpture donation

See the beautiful brolgas permanently on display in the Museum’s Garden of Australian Dreams.
Encounters 2019 Indigenous fellows

Read the media release about our new fellows embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Top five Defining Moments

Discover the top five Defining Moments in Australian history according to our Discovery Wall and website.
Defining Moments Discovery Wall

Find out how we built the large interactive timeline located next to the Museum's Cafe.
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