Friends enjoy exclusive access to our monthly Object Club and Time Traveller's Book Club. Our Friends Car Club special interest group is also exclusive to Friends and costs $15 per adult annually.
Object Club
Join us on the last Friday of each month as one of our Museum curators, conservators or other expert staff share their deep understanding of an object or exhibition. Object Club is free and exclusive to Friends. Bookings essential.
Time Traveller's Book Club
Our Time Traveller’s Book Club is hosted by the Friends team on the last Tuesday of each month. Book Club is free and exclusive to Friends. Bookings essential.
Read Vale Mike Smith, Dr Mathew Trinca’s statement on the passing of our dear friend and former Book Club host.
Reading list
Dip into our Time Traveller's Book Club list of upcoming titles at your own pace.
- April 2023 – Otherlands: A World in the Making, 2022, by Thomas Halliday
- May 2023 – Chiang Kai-Shek: An Unauthorized Biography, 2015, by Emily Hann
- June 2023 – The Boer War, 2012, by Martin Bossenbroek
- July 2023 – The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 2021, by Marc Morris
- August 2023 – Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilisation, 2010, by Paul Kriwaczek
Friends Car Club
Get in the fast lane and join our Friends Car Club to get up close and personal with motoring icons from across the globe, including Jack Brabham's BT23A-1 Repco V8, the Australian Six and the Bentley ‘S’ Series 3 used by Sir Robert Menzies.
Friends Car Club is a special interest group available exclusively to Friends. It costs $15 per adult per year. Benefits include:
- Experiencing the Museum’s historic car collection and feasting your eyes on cars not currently on display.
- Enjoying tailored events relating to the Museum’s vehicle collection.
- Hearing about important collection updates and acquisitions throughout the year.
- Priority access to any vehicle-related events at the Museum.
To join, please call Friends on +61 2 6208 5108 or email friends@nma.gov.au
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