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Canberra bushfires book launch at Museum
A book which documents the stories and images of the ACT’s devastating January bushfires contributed by those who lived through the capital’s greatest disaster will be launched at the National Museum next week.

National Museum's new branding campaign
The National Museum of Australia is inviting Australians to “Discover why we are like we are” in a major new branding campaign to be launched next month.

Anzac pilgrims plot Australia's social history
Are you one of the thousands of Australians who has made the pilgrimage to join Anzac Day services at Gallipoli?

Museum talkback goes international
Students from the United States will join Australian students in questioning Prime Minister John Howard about the Iraq conflict and other issues next month through a TV hookup between the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution a new twist in this year's series of Talkback Classroom.

Australians recorded for Eternity
The personal stories of 25 extraordinary Australians, including cricketer Victor Trumper and bionic ear developer Professor Graeme Clark, will be brought to life in one of the National Museum of Australia’s most popular galleries next month.

Drought in the Year of Freshwater
Australia has just weathered the longest and worst drought for a century.

Canberra's green gardens to flourish again
ACT residents whose gardens have been damaged or lost through drought and January’s bushfires will get free advice from a panel of experts at a National Museum forum next weekend.

Twists and turns of Museum's history
One of Australia’s foremost historians, Professor John Mulvaney, will reflect on the tangled history that led to the creation of the National Museum of Australia in a lecture this week to mark the Museum’s second anniversary.

Museum performers recreate old magic
Australia’s most successful but now largely forgotten magician will be brought back to life in a performance work during a unique two-week residency this month at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Museum reveals its unmentionables
The National Museum of Australia is throwing open its closet next week to reveal the role of underwear in shaping Australian women's bodies and perhaps their minds.

Vietnamese writer joins National Museum
A writer for young adults whose books feature Vietnamese culture in Australia is spending three weeks at the National Museum of Australia this month as the 2003 resident "Writer in the Museum".

Jetty upgrade for good ship Enterprise
An upgrade to the jetty beside the National Museum in West Basin on Lake Burley Griffin last week has created a secure mooring site for the Museum’s paddlesteamer, the PS Enterprise, in time for Canberra Day.