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Emily Kngwarreye exhibition opens in Japan
The largest collection of works by an Australian artist to be exhibited outside Australia has gone on display at the National Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan until April 13, 2008.

National Museum to screen National Apology
The apology by the Australian Government to the Stolen Generations will be shown on a big screen in the main hall at the National Museum of Australia tomorrow morning.

Papunya paintings prove popular with visitors
Almost 50,000 people visited Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, an exhibition that showcased a collection of colourful canvases from the early days of the Papunya Tula art movement, at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Jimmy Little centre stage for Family Festival Day
The shores of Lake Burley Griffin will come alive on Australia Day in celebration of Indigenous arts and culture with a free Family Festival Day at the National Museum of Australia from 10am to 3pm, Saturday January 26, 2008.

Emily exhibition to Osaka, Tokyo and Canberra
The largest solo exhibition of an Australian artist to tour overseas, Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, will be on display at the National Museum of Australia in August 2008.

Museum cartooning exhibition wraps up 2007
Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons, an exhibition exploring the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics, opens tomorrow at the National Museum of Australia.

Top cartoonists go behind the lines at Museum
Through the eyes of Australia’s top cartoonists, a National Museum of Australia exhibition Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons captures the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics.

Museum exhibition paints story of Papunya
‘This exhibition shows how Papunya art acts as a mediator between the audience and the stories the paintings tell,’ said Dr Michael Pickering, head of the National Museum’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program.

National Museum opens Papunya exhibition
During the 1970s and early 1980s artists at the Northern Territory community of Papunya created a body of work which transformed understandings of Aboriginal art. Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, a free exhibition at the National Museum of Australia, explores the stories behind the canvas.

Pacific workshops stimulate regional dialogue
‘The workshops demonstrate how the National Museum of Australia, already involved in cooperative ventures with museums in the Asia-Pacific region, is taking a lead in forging a new understanding of and new partnerships with museums in our part of the world,’ said Craddock Morton, Director of the National Museum of Australia.

Students go behind the lines on political satire
A panel of three Canberra secondary students will interview broadcaster John Safran and Canberra cartoonist David Pope about political satire in a Talkback Classroom forum at the National Museum of Australia on Wednesday November 14 at 10am.

Museum wins tourism award for record year
The National Museum of Australia has been named winner of the Canberra and Capital Region’s Tourism award for best Major Tourist Attraction for the fifth year running.