Media

An historic venture
The History Channel is pleased to announce an historic agreement with the National Museum of Australia. The two year agreement is the first formal collaboration for the channel and is part of a broader plan which has the channel working with museums and historic societies across the country.

Conflict and beyond: Real families of the frontier
The unknown stories of intermarriage, domesticity and the acts of cooperation - and conflict - that form the global frontier experience will be revealed in a ground-breaking conference at the National Museum of Australia next week.

Purchase builds national breastplate collection
The purchase of 15 Aboriginal breastplates at auction today means the National Museum of Australia now holds one of the most significant collections in the world.

Sunken Treasures unveiled in Canberra
The finest pieces from a massive shipload of ceramics which lay at the bottom of the sea for 500 years are being installed at the National Museum of Australia on Thursday.

Kerry Nettle faces thorny questions
Outspoken young Greens Senator Kerry Nettle will be quizzed about her long-term political intentions and the sustainability of the party’s environmental policies during a Talkback Classroom interview at the National Museum of Australia this Wednesday.

Hip hop beat for new National Museum stories
The lives and places, slang and speech of young Australians will be captured using hip hop in a new storytelling venture by the National Museum of Australia.

National Museum starts major changes
The National Museum of Australia is to change two of its five permanent exhibitions and refurbish all the galleries to improve the way stories are told and themes explored.

Jimmy Little headlines NAIDOC Week at Museum
One of Australia’s newest National Living Treasures, Jimmy Little, will talk about his remarkable musical career - and his recent kidney transplant - to launch NAIDOC Week celebrations at the National Museum of Australia.

National Museum embarks on Olympic Odyssey
A host of Australian Olympians, sports journalists and two Greek boys who grew up in Sydney are visiting the National Museum of Australia next month as a winter warmup for the Athens Olympic Games.

Local cartoonist wins Canberra's approval
Canberra Times cartoonist Geoff Pryor has triumphed in his home town, winning the People’s Choice award in the last week of the National Museum of Australia’s Behind the Lines exhibition.

Wentworth women capture riverine environment
A photographic exhibition by nine Wentworth women will be launched tomorrow in an ambitious new project to get Murray Darling Basin communities talking about their local environment and cultural heritage.

Sunken Treasures reveal secrets of the deep
The secrets of a massive shipload of ceramics which lay at the bottom of the sea for 500 years are revealed in a new exhibition opening at the National Museum of Australia in August.