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  • Free general admission

Friends enjoy free access to the Sharing Stories series of special events.

Event Sharing Stories: First Nations directions Time: 11am–12pm Date: Friday, June 26, 2026 Ticket information: Free, bookings essential Ticket information: Book tickets

Meet Dr Jilda Andrews, Deputy Director First Nations at the Museum. Join us as Jilda outlines the commitment to integrating First Nations stories, material, content, perspective, culture and ideas in the work we do, and hear how future strategy will safeguard communities as the authority of their histories and cultural knowledge to deliver an inclusive national narrative.

Event Sharing Stories: Heart of Ice Time: 12pm–1pm Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Ticket information: Costs apply, bookings essential

Transform how you think about Antarctica’s ice – its sheets, glaciers, shelves and sea ice – in this compelling talk by environmental historian Dr Joy McCann. Joy's latest book is Heart of Ice: A journey into Antarctica's frozen realm. Friends go free!  Join Friends

Sharing Stories: Bringing Antarctica to life Time: 11am–12pm Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Ticket information: Costs apply, bookings essential

Discover how the Museum’s new Antarctica exhibition evolved from first ideas to final realisation in this behind-the-scenes chat with curator Dr Laura Cook. Friends go free! Join Friends

2026 Book Club reading list

February

Rose: The Extraordinary Story of Rose de Freycinet by Suzanne Falkiner, ISBN 9780733342356

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March

Warra Warra Wai: How Indigenous Australians Discovered Captain Cook by Darren Rix and Craig Cormick, ISBN 9781761424021

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