Media

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.

National Museum of Australia turns two!
The National Museum of Australia celebrates its second birthday tomorrow, with Director Dawn Casey donning an apron and chef’s hat to put the finishing touches on the Museum’s cake.

Behind-the-camera look at Aussie films
Film producer Rebel Penfold-Russell will draw back the curtain on her career, show her favourite footage, and tell some behind-the-scenes stories about the Australian film industry at the National Museum next week.

Pollies at the end of the cartoonist's pen
Politicians get the last word in a forum at the National Museum this Sunday when they reveal how it feels to be caricatured by Australia’s best cartoonists.

Rare Trades, Making things by hand in the digital age
An intriguing exhibition featuring the tools, methods and philosophies of skilled trades people opens at Scienceworks on 18 February, 2003.

Frontier Conflict explored in Museum book
The National Museum of Australia continues to explore the controversial issue of armed conflict between European settlers and Aborigines with the publication of Frontier Conflict: The Australian Experience, to be launched at the Museum in Canberra next Monday, February 10.

Museum Voices bound for the classroom
An ambitious series of educational materials aimed at bringing history alive for primary school students will be launched next Wednesday, February 12 at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Sky Lounge: Music + new media under the stars
Kick back and imagine the future at the National Museum’s outdoor new media festival Sky Lounge each Friday night in February.

Humphrey B Bear gives to National Museum
Children’s TV star Humphrey B Bear today hands over iconic Humphrey memorabilia including, reluctantly, his famous honeypot for the National Historical Collection held at the National Museum of Australia.

Weapons cartoon takes the political cake
A topical cartoon on the search for weapons of mass destruction has won Fairfax contributor Ron Tandberg the National Museum of Australia’s 2002 Political Humour Award.

Bonzer Aussie English for Australia Day
The National Museum of Australia is celebrating Australia Day with a fair dinkum book launch complete with pavlovas and lamingtons, backpackers and Aussie English.

New partnership gives voice to the Murray Darling
People of the Murray-Darling Basin will be given the means to participate in the management of the region's natural resources problems, with the launch today of a unique communication project at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.