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Bendigo Pottery's Bill Derham to visit Museum
In 1968 Bill Derham took over leadership of Bendigo Pottery and drove the company out of a period of struggle into a flourishing business. Bill will visit Bendigo Pottery: Celebrating 150 Years, a display celebrating the history of one of Australia’s best known potteries, at the National Museum of Australia at 10am tomorrow.

National Museum acquires Melbourne Cup
The National Museum of Australia has acquired one of Australian horse racing’s treasures, the 1934 Melbourne Cup won by the great chestnut champion Peter Pan.

Rugby League exhibition kicks off at Museum
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has opened an exhibition celebrating the history of Rugby League, League of Legends: 100 years of Rugby League in Australia. The free exhibition will be on display in Canberra until May 11 and travel to Brisbane, Sydney, Townsville and Melbourne.

Museum celebrates 100 years of rugby league
A free exhibition celebrating the history of rugby league, League of Legends: 100 Years of Rugby League in Australia, will officially open at the National Museum of Australia on Friday, March 7, 2008.

Emily Kngwarreye exhibition opens in Japan
The largest collection of works by an Australian artist to be exhibited outside Australia has gone on display at the National Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan until April 13, 2008.

National Museum to screen National Apology
The apology by the Australian Government to the Stolen Generations will be shown on a big screen in the main hall at the National Museum of Australia tomorrow morning.

Papunya paintings prove popular with visitors
Almost 50,000 people visited Papunya Painting: Out of the Desert, an exhibition that showcased a collection of colourful canvases from the early days of the Papunya Tula art movement, at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Jimmy Little centre stage for Family Festival Day
The shores of Lake Burley Griffin will come alive on Australia Day in celebration of Indigenous arts and culture with a free Family Festival Day at the National Museum of Australia from 10am to 3pm, Saturday January 26, 2008.

Emily exhibition to Osaka, Tokyo and Canberra
The largest solo exhibition of an Australian artist to tour overseas, Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, will be on display at the National Museum of Australia in August 2008.

Museum cartooning exhibition wraps up 2007
Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons, an exhibition exploring the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics, opens tomorrow at the National Museum of Australia.

Top cartoonists go behind the lines at Museum
Through the eyes of Australia’s top cartoonists, a National Museum of Australia exhibition Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons captures the twists and turns of another eventful year in Australian politics.

Museum exhibition paints story of Papunya
‘This exhibition shows how Papunya art acts as a mediator between the audience and the stories the paintings tell,’ said Dr Michael Pickering, head of the National Museum’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program.