Media

Museum supports innovation for sustainability
Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability, a conference and workshop program exploring contemporary Indigenous craft and design practice, will be held at the National Museum of Australia from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 March, 2009.

National Museum acquires historic document
The National Museum of Australia has acquired an important historic document presented by an Aboriginal leader to a former Premier of Victoria in 1886.

National Museum explores Australian Journeys
The National Museum of Australia has opened a major new permanent gallery, Australian Journeys which explores the journeys of people to and from Australia and the social, political and economic impacts of those journeys.

Darwin exhibition at the National Museum of Australia
Darwin, the most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on the renowned naturalist Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, will go on display at the National Museum of Australia on December 10, 2008 until March 29, 2009.

Political cartooning exhibition wraps up 2008
Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons 2008, an exhibition exploring the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics, has been opened by the Hon Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts at the National Museum of Australia.

Contemporary Indigenous fibre art ReCoil at Museum
ReCoil: Change and Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art explores the influences underpinning changes to contemporary Indigenous fibre art happening in many parts of Australia. The exhibition opens at the National Museum of Australia this weekend.

National Museum acquires sword
The National Museum of Australia has acquired a sword which tells part of the Ned Kelly story.

Southern Cloud plane crash remembered
In May 1931 two crew and six passengers lost their lives in one of Australia’s greatest aviation mysteries — the disappearance of the Southern Cloud. Despite a comprehensive air search, the wreck lay undiscovered in the Snowy Mountains for 27 years.

PS Enterprise celebrates 130th birthday
The National Museum of Australia will celebrate the remarkable story of the Paddle Steamer Enterprise and volunteers who keep the vessel steaming 130 years after it was launched in Echuca in 1878.

Damage to PS Enterprise
National Museum of Australia conservators have begun an assessment of damage to the Paddle Steamer Enterprise caused by a steel bar which was thrown at the vessel at 9.43am on Saturday 27 September.

Museum acquires Burke and Wills expedition watch
The National Museum of Australia has acquired a gold pocket watch used by the explorer William John Wills on the 1860s Victorian Exploring Expedition, the legendary Burke and Wills expedition.

Celebrating Australian Citizenship Day 2008
More than 1600 people will become Australian citizens tomorrow as part of Australian Citizenship Day celebrations around the nation.