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Fred Hollows eye-testing equipment donated to National Museum
The National Museum of Australia has received a donation of portable opthalmologist’s equipment used by the late Fred Hollows to restore eyesight for many thousands of people in Australia and overseas.

National Museum hosts major exhibition of contemporary Indigenous sculpture
A major exhibition of contemporary sculptures by established and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists opens at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Thursday 12 July and will be on display until 14 October 2012.

International Museum Day
International Museum Day is a celebration of the crucial work of museums worldwide in collecting and sharing culture and preserving memory.

National Museum acquires rare drawings of remarkable stories
The National Museum of Australia has acquired two pen and ink drawings of a significant moment in Australian history drawn by an Aboriginal artist of the nineteenth century.

National Museum visitors travel the Silk Road
A major exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra will bring to life the Silk Road. Stretching from China to eastern Europe, the Silk Road was the most celebrated trade route for more than a thousand years.

National Museum acquires rare colonial ‘Holey dollar’
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has acquired a rare 1813 New South Wales ‘Holey dollar’ – the first currency minted in Australia.

Life in Children's Homes and Institutions
An exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra will go behind the gates of Australia’s Children’s Homes and Institutions in the 20th Century and find the voices of the children who lived under institutional care.

National Museum displays horse racing treasures
The National Museum of Australia has acquired two significant trophies presented to winners of the Melbourne Cup.

National Museum restores historic Holden, on show at Open Day
The first Holden car sold in Australia, number 48-215, or FX model as it became known, is back in working order following an extensive mechanical overhaul at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra

Off the Walls: art in the context of cultural politics
A rich and diverse collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, gathered over almost 40 years by Australian Government agencies responsible for Aboriginal affairs will be on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra until June, 2012.

National Museum provides cultural introduction to Australia for Commonwealth heads
A remarkable collection of paintings and stories from the deserts of Western Australia, gathered and presented in a record-breaking exhibition, will form the cultural centrepiece for visitors to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth.

National Museum hosts major exhibition of contemporary Chinese art
A New Horizon: Contemporary Chinese Art, an exhibition that examines the art of China since 1949, has opened at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.