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Museum adds 2017 Holden Calais to collection
The National Museum of Australia has acquired one of the last vehicles to roll off the Holden production line before the Elizabeth factory closed on 20 October 2017, marking the end of Australian-made car manufacturing.

Museum acquires historic Jack Brabham car
The National Museum of Australia has acquired an historic car constructed and driven by Australian racing legend and three-time Formula One (F1) world champion, (1959, 1960 and 1966) Sir Jack Brabham, AO, OBE (1926–2014).

Museum takes 'Love Wheels' into collection
The rainbow crocheted Love Wheels bicycle which was chained to a pole outside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Sydney home during the marriage equality postal vote campaign will join the National Museum of Australia’s collection in Canberra.

Joint exhibition commemorates 2018 Australian of the Year State and Territory recipients
A pioneering craniofacial surgeon, an entrepreneurial community leader, an actor turned cancer research fundraiser, a theatre director pushing big ideas, a ground-breaking paediatric cardiologist, a quantum physics professor transforming computers, a National Rugby League hero changing young lives, and an advocate for Indigenous mental health will be honoured in a new exhibition featuring the 2018 Australian of the Year State and Territory recipients.

Midawarr | Harvest
Immerse yourself in a vast Arnhem Land floodplain and lose yourself in a forest of bark paintings, in an ambitious and beautiful cross-cultural collaboration between renowned landscape artist John Wolseley and the great Yolŋu artist, Mulkun Wirrpanda.

National Museum wins Canberra Region Tourism Award for the second time
The National Museum of Australia has won the Major Festivals and Events prize for its most popular ever exhibition, A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum, at the Canberra Region Tourism Awards.

Collisions – two worlds impact across time
Collisions is an extraordinary virtual reality (VR) experience which takes visitors on a journey to the land of Indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan and the Martu tribe in the remote Western Australian desert.

Songlines exhibition opens in Canberra

kanalaritja: An Unbroken String
A national touring exhibition focused on shell stringing, one of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community’s most culturally significant and closely guarded traditions, opens at the National Museum of Australia today.

Appointment of three new Council members
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has welcomed three new federal government appointments to its governing Council, which will reinforce the institution’s continued commitment to excellence, enterprise and innovation.

Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks
Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks features 20 of the world’s most astonishing skyscrapers from Australia, Asia, Canada, USA and United Arab Emirates, constructed with breathtaking architectural detail and accuracy by Australia’s Ryan McNaught, the only certified LEGO professional in the Southern Hemisphere.

Vale Don McMichael
The staff and Council of the National Museum of Australia note with sadness the recent death of Dr Don McMichael, inaugural Director of the National Museum and a long-term advocate for Australian museums.