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Friends enjoy exclusive access to special events including our monthly Object Club and Time Traveller's Book Club.

Event Museum Market Time: 9am–3pm Ticket information: Free

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 November
Join us for an incredible weekend of art, design and community as AIATSIS and the National Museum collaborate for Peninsula Markets: Acton Together. Enjoy music, food and drinks and take advantage of our annual Friends sale weekend! Join Friends

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. Free for Friends, bookings essential.

Event Object Club – Sporting glory Time: 10.30am–11.30am Date: Friday, November 28, 2025 Ticket information: Log in to book Ticket information: Book tickets

Sports fans, backyard cricketers and history lovers! Join curator Henry Buckenham to discover the stories behind Don Bradman’s 1947–48 baggy green and other sporting treasures. You’ll be surprised to find their significance extends beyond the field of play! Free and exclusive to Friends, bookings essential. Join Friends

Time Traveller’s Book Club

Our Time Traveller’s Book Club is hosted by the Friends team on the last Tuesday of each month. Free for friends, bookings essential.

Event Time Traveller’s Book Club – The Birth of Korean Cool Time: 11am–12pm Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Ticket information: Log in to book Ticket information: Book tickets

Get ready for our summer exhibition, Hallyu! The Korean Wave, with this cultural history by Euny Hong, that reveals how South Korea catapulted itself into the 21st century and is conquering the world through pop culture. Free and exclusive to Friends, bookings essential. Join Friends

March

Unmaking Angas Downs by Shannyn Palmer, ISBN 9780522878387

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April

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton, ISBN 9780753553459

May

Living with the Anthropocene: Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis edited by Cameron Muir, ISBN 9781742236889

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June

Games People Played: A Global History of Sport by Wray Vamplew, ISBN 9781742236889

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July

A Brief History of Korea by Michael J Seth, ISBN 9780804851022

August

Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions by Clare Wright, ISBN: 9781922330864

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September

Lest: Australian War Myths by Mark Dapin, ISBN: 9781761108075

October

Stories My Grandmothers Didn’t Tell Me by Andra Putnis, ISBN: 978761471322

November

The Birth of Korea Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture by Euny Hong, ISBN: 9781250045119

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