Rare Australian treasures
Discover the renowned Trevor Kennedy collection of Australian historical and decorative arts, acquired by the Museum in 2020.
Take a seasonal tour of our new Forecourt Garden.
Join a free host talk in our exhibitions, Forecourt Garden or the Garden of Australian Dreams.
Join our Spring school holiday activities.
Instore or online, where everything we sell has a story to tell.
Plan your visit
Getting here, parking, booking details, visitor and safety information and more.
Watch, listen, read
The Museum from home
Explore our exhibitions, experiences and events online and in Canberra as we continue to bring our nation’s unique and remarkable stories to life online.
Our collection
At the heart of the National Museum of Australia is our National Historical Collection, more than 210,000 objects which represent Australia’s history and cultural heritage.
Discover our collectionExplore stories
Join us in commemorating 20 years since the Sydney Olympics with a display of objects in the Gandel Atrium until later this year.
Discover Indigenous perspectives and facts about native plants collected during Endeavour’s 1770 voyage, in our new online feature.
Revisit the exhibition and dive back into all things Rome online.
What the Colonists Never Knew: A History of Aboriginal Sydney, by Dennis Foley and Peter Read, reveals 200 years of hidden history.