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Historic rugby league shield handover
The historic Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Challenge Shield, presented to winners of the premiership in the first six years of first-grade rugby league competition in Australia - from 1908 to 1913 - will be unveiled at the National Museum of Australia tomorrow.

Royal visitors experience stories of Australia
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will learn more about Australia’s land, nation and people during a visit to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday.

Historic rugby league shield handover
The historic Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Challenge Shield, presented to winners of the premiership in the first six years of first-grade rugby league competition in Australia - from 1908 to 1913 - will be unveiled at the National Museum of Australia on Tuesday.

Cackle of cartoonists consider country's best
A cackle of cartoonists (or is the collective noun a giggle?) will gather in Sydney tomorrow for the launch of the National Museum of Australia’s Behind the Lines exhibition.

Eternity gallery to show off 'the clock frock'
A new costume which enraptured onlookers at Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 1995 is sure also to thrill visitors to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra when it goes on display tomorrow.

Deserts come to Canberra for A Day in the Extremes
The spirit of the world’s great southern deserts comes to Canberra this Sunday when the National Museum of Australia throws open the doors of its Extremes exhibition for a day of free family fun.

Hope continues for A World Without Polio
“Truly grateful my child will never have to face the ravages of polio in his lifetime.”

National Museum nation's top tourist spot
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra was last night judged the nation’s best Major Tourist Attraction, three years after it burst on to the tourism scene.

New books on deserts and climate change
Four new books exploring the history and archaeology of the world’s deserts and their people - and the impact of climate change - will be launched at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra this Thursday.

Canberra team unearths ancient burial boat
One of the oldest log canoes in Southeast Asia has been unearthed by Australian archaeologists at a burial site in Vietnam.

South American treasures on show in Australia
A collection of precious objects tracing centuries of human survival in the Atacama and Puna deserts are on show in a new exhibition just opened at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Robbie the Rat brings history to life for kids
A giant Cockney rat who scarpered from a convict ship to bring Australia’s history to life is running free tours and storytelling at the National Museum of Australia from today.