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National Museum hooked on Goulburn River
The craft of making a handmade fly, the return of native fish and the joy of catching a crayfish are explored in a new National Museum of Australia online exhibition about the Goulburn River.

Students quiz Australia's top public servant
Three secondary school students will question Australia’s most senior public servant, the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Dr Peter Shergold, at a Talkback Classroom forum at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday morning.

Tasmanians tell their story in a museum first
A groundbreaking new museum book which allows Tasmanian Aborigines to tell their own stories is being launched by the National Museum of Australia in Hobart tomorrow.

Beads link Commonwealth in new exhibition
The creative use of beads across Commonwealth nations over many centuries is explored in a new exhibition opening at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra tomorrow.

Experts unravel meaning of Cook curiosities
Different perspectives on the cultural significance of artefacts collected on Captain James Cook’s Pacific voyages will be discussed at a symposium at the National Museum of Australia this Friday.

Dennis Grant joins National Museum team
Dennis Grant has taken up the role of Director of Public Affairs at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. He was formerly head of communications and marketing at the Australian War Memorial.

New masks and media on show at Museum
A spectacular collection of ceremonial masks and headdresses from the Torres Strait and an exhibition looking at the work of Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome go on show at the National Museum in Canberra this week.

Talkback Classroom goes to South Korea
Two Australian secondary students visiting South Korea to study prospects for peace and reunification will question a key Korean government adviser next week in the National Museum of Australia’s first Asian Talkback Classroom.

School yard sale brings clock to museum
A five-shilling school yard sale has resulted in the National Museum of Australia acquiring a wrecked clock from Australia’s first major civil air disaster, 75 years after the Southern Cloud crashed in the Snowy Mountains.

Top End students star in new photo show
The lives of primary school children living in four remote Top End communities are the focus of a new photographic exhibition that opens at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) this Friday, 2 June.

Rare Pacific objects come from Cook to Canberra
The world’s largest identifiable collection of artefacts collected on Captain James Cook’s Pacific voyages goes on show at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on 1 July.

Canberrans share stories of emigration
A popular exhibition that captures the powerful emotions of British emigration to Australia in the 19th century closes at the National Museum of Australia soon.