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National Museum begins a national conversation
The National Museum of Australia has begun a new discussion program to engage with opinion makers in debates about the nation’s future and the history of ideas in Australia.

National Museum opens Landmarks gallery
The National Museum of Australia has opened a major new permanent gallery, Landmarks: People and Places across Australia. Bringing together more than 1500 objects, Landmarks explores Australian history since European settlement.

Major exhibition on the Irish in Australia opens at the National Museum
The epic story of the Irish in the history of Australia is told in a major exhibition at the National Museum of Australia which opens in Canberra on St Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2011.

National Museum exhibition sets new record
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route, an exhibition of paintings and stories of the Aboriginal history of the world’s longest stock route, has closed at the National Museum of Australia after attracting a record number of visitors.

National Museum exhibition sets new record
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route, an exhibition of paintings and stories of the Aboriginal history of the world’s longest stock route, has closed at the National Museum of Australia after attracting a record number of visitors

September 11 remembered at the National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia is marking the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington with displays which directly connect Australia and Australians to the hijacking and destruction of passenger aircraft by terrorists in the United States

Canning Stock Route exhibition sets new record for visitors to National Museum
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route, a remarkable collection of paintings and stories which reclaims the Aboriginal history of the world’s longest stock route through the deserts of Western Australia, has set a new record for a temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Australia.

Yalangbara: the remarkable Marika family
The National Museum of Australia, in partnership with the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, presents Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu a free exhibition at the National Museum in Canberra from 7 December to 14 August, 2011.

National Museum acquires racing treasure
One of Australia’s earliest sporting trophies has been added to the collection of the National Museum of Australia.

National Museum to launch braille map
The National Museum of Australia will launch a large print and tactile map of the building and exhibits and an interpretation brochure about the Garden of Australian Dreams on Friday 3 December, 2010 at 10am. The launch coincides with the International Day of People with Disability.

Come into our shed – an Open Day at the National Museum
The National Museum of Australia will open storage and conservation work areas at the Museum’s Mitchell, ACT store from 11am to 2pm on Sunday 14 November, 2010.

Aboriginal treasures at the Vatican
Aboriginal artworks sent from Catholic missions in the north and west of Australia will be on display at the Vatican’s Ethnological Museum from 15 October, 2010. The opening of the exhibition is timed to coincide with the canonisation of Mary MacKillop.