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Last days, 9am – 5pm, free Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion Celebrate art, history and culture.

Daily, 9am – 5pm, free Talking Blak to History See extraordinary works and hear the voices of Australia’s first peoples.

Daily, 9am – 5pm, free Yidaki: Didjeridu and the Sound of Australia Discover the power of the didjeridu and its meanings with the Yolngu people.

Momentous

Share your COVID-19 and 2019–20 bushfire experiences as we record how Australians adapt in times of great change.

See Momentous stories

4 August 2021, costs apply Toddler fun

Daily, 10–11am and 2–3pm, costs apply Building and architecture tour

August 2021, costs apply Tasting Australia tour and tea with Adam Shipp

The Museum from home

Stuck in lockdown, curled up on a rainy day or not likely to visit Canberra soon? Check out these things to do in quarantine, at home or anywhere you like.

Australian Olympics collection

Acknowledgement of Country

It’s Time for True Constitutional Recognition

Daily, 9am – 5pm, free Gandel Atrium

Evonne Goolagong Cawley tennis collection

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.

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