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Emotional stories of epic emigrant journeys
An exhibition that captures the powerful and conflicting emotions of British emigration to Australia in the 19th century opens at the National Museum of Australia on 21 April.

Students to quiz Environment Minister
Three secondary school students will ask federal Minister for the Environment and Heritage Ian Campbell about climate change and the Kyoto Protocol at a Talkback Classroom forum at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday.

New journal focuses on museum matters
Australia’s newest journal of material history and museum practice, reCollections, will be launched at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra tomorrow.

Bodyline buy matches new cricket exhibition
A match-used, signed Bodyline series stump is a key new National Museum purchase, which coincides with the opening of a new cricket exhibition tomorrow.

Museum visitors captivated on fifth anniversary
The National Museum of Australia marks a couple of key milestones this week, with the fifth anniversary of operations at Acton and more than 70,000 people visiting its Captivating and Curious exhibition.

Iconic FJ Holden on display at museum
A rare unrestored FJ Holden will take pride of place in a new display opening at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra this week.

Canadian exhibition opens in Museum first
An exhibition of Canadian indigenous art opening in the National Museum’s First Australians Gallery this Thursday marks the first time a collection from another country has been shown in the space.

Student panellists to quiz Barnaby Joyce
Three secondary school students will ask Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce about party loyalty, Senate deal-making and the Telstra sale in the first Talkback Classroom forum for the year at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday.

Canadian First Nations art joins First Australians
In a series of firsts, the National Museum’s First Australians Gallery will host an exhibition of Canada’s First Nation Peoples from the Northwest Coast - People of the Cedar.

Rare Pacific artefacts return to Southern Hemisphere
Rare artefacts collected on Captain James Cook’s Pacific voyages have returned to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time in 220 years and are on show in an exhibition opening today at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Phar Lap's heart too risky to send to NZ
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has decided, in consultation with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, not to send the preserved heart of the race horse Phar Lap to the Wellington museum for a short-term loan.

Phar Lap's heart on loan to NZ museum
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has agreed to the short-term loan of one of its iconic objects - the preserved heart of the mighty race horse Phar Lap - to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.