Women | National Museum of Australia

Explore objects relating to women, along with exhibitions and stories from the collection of the National Museum of Australia.

Feared and Revered

Celebrate the power and diversity of female spiritual beings in cultural traditions and beliefs across the globe in this exhibition from the British Museum.

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Springfield–Faithfull family collection

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters

Marion Sutherland's bicycle

Shellwork Sydney Harbour Bridge

Reima Miezitis' bicycle

Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces

Jackie Huggins collection

Val Plumwood canoe

Yvonne E Kennedy collection

Willsallen sulky collection

Daisy Bates collection

Ellen Rogers collection

Elyne Mitchell's typewriter

Chamberlain trial drawings

Aunty Ivy 'Life. Be in it' posters

Amelia Campbell’s coffee urn

Emilie Roach equestrian collection

Martumili Ngurra canvas

Miss Australia crown

Molly Goodall FJ Holden

Evonne Goolagong Cawley tennis collection

Faith Bandler's gloves

Hetherington doll's house

Latvian national dress

Liz Ellis netball collection

Story of the Women’s Camp

Red Riding Hood wall-hanging

Papunya collection

Queen Elizabeth II wattle painting

Azaria Chamberlain’s dress

Yawkyawk sculptures

Effie Kyprios textile collection

Joan Richmond collection

Rose Pappas collection

Yoshiko Ishikawa’s wedding dress

Gertrud Bodenwieser dance collection

Diana Boyer environmental art collection

Listen Landmark Women

Equal pay for women

Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

Defining Moments

Friends

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