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Phar Lap's heart to stay in Canberra
The National Museum of Australia has declined a request to transport Phar Lap’s heart for display in Melbourne. Research on transporting the heart has affirmed the extreme risk of damage during transit.

National Museum's Papunya exhibition opens in China
An exciting exhibition of Aboriginal art from the centre of Australia, from the collection of the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, has opened at the National Art Museum of China, NAMOC, in Beijing.

Big Bucket tells a Huge Story
A 15-tonne bucket from a backhoe rock shovel excavator, used at a major iron ore mine in Western Australia, was unloaded yesterday at the National Museum of Australia’s Repository in Canberra.

New Director for National Museum of Australia
Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, and Chairman of the National Museum of Australia, Danny Gilbert, today announced the appointment of Andrew Sayers as Director of the National Museum. (15 April 2010)

National Museum's Papunya exhibition to visit
The National Museum of Australia exhibition Papunya Painting: Out of the Australian Desert, which showcases the work of Aboriginal artists, will go on display at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing from June until August, 2010.

National Museum to showcase Irish in Australia
The National Museum of Australia is developing a major exhibition on the Irish in Australia, to open on St Patrick’s Day 2011.

Political cartooning exhibition wraps up 2009
A prominent media commentator has raised concerns about the future for Australian cartoonists at the launch of Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons 2009 an exhibition of the year’s best political cartoons at the National Museum of Australia today.

Water: H2O = Life opens at the National Museum
As the world debates climate change the National Museum of Australia will present an in-depth look at the planet’s most precious natural resource — water.

Barks, Birds and Billabongs symposium
The National Museum of Australia will explore the legacy of the biggest scientific expedition in Australian history at Barks, Birds & Billabongs a week long symposium on the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948.

National Museum tells the story of a fight for Indigenous rights
From Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970, an exhibition featuring some of the key moments of Aboriginal activism, has been opened by film maker Rachel Perkins at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

National Museum rolls out huge paintings with a big story
The National Museum of Australia has acquired two large paintings from the south Kimberley in Western Australia and will conduct a conservation inspection on the works in the Hall of the National Museum this evening.

Museum exhibition tells a fine yarn about wool
For more than 200 years, wool has been part of Australia’s social and economic history. An exhibition about this important Australian story, A Fine Yarn: Innovations in Australia’s wool industry, opens today at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.