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Jimmy Little headlines NAIDOC Week at Museum
One of Australia’s newest National Living Treasures, Jimmy Little, will talk about his remarkable musical career - and his recent kidney transplant - to launch NAIDOC Week celebrations at the National Museum of Australia.

National Museum embarks on Olympic Odyssey
A host of Australian Olympians, sports journalists and two Greek boys who grew up in Sydney are visiting the National Museum of Australia next month as a winter warmup for the Athens Olympic Games.

Local cartoonist wins Canberra's approval
Canberra Times cartoonist Geoff Pryor has triumphed in his home town, winning the People’s Choice award in the last week of the National Museum of Australia’s Behind the Lines exhibition.

Wentworth women capture riverine environment
A photographic exhibition by nine Wentworth women will be launched tomorrow in an ambitious new project to get Murray Darling Basin communities talking about their local environment and cultural heritage.

Students quiz Lawrence on Labor's left
Australian Labor Party President Carmen Lawrence will be quizzed about factions, the left’s leadership record and new recruit Peter Garrett during a National Museum of Australia Talkback Classroom session on Thursday.

Sunken Treasures reveal secrets of the deep
The secrets of a massive shipload of ceramics which lay at the bottom of the sea for 500 years are revealed in a new exhibition opening at the National Museum of Australia in August.

Changing views of war and citizenship
The changing view of citizenship in times of war - the conflicting loyalties and internment of enemies - is being examined in a symposium at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra this week.

Mummified thylacine has national message
A rare mummified thylacine head goes on show at the National Museum of Australia this Friday, reminding Australians about the animal’s former presence on the mainland.

Rare FJ Holden finds a home in Canberra
A rare unrestored FJ Holden - which sat in a garage for years after its owner was startled by her first encounter with traffic lights - has been acquired by the National Museum of Australia.

Popular Play School exhibition hits the road
Ten Australian cities and towns are being invited to open wide and come inside to Hickory Dickory Dock a travelling National Museum of Australia exhibition exploring the changing face of Play School.

Nancy Bird-Walton makes flying Museum visit
Australia’s best-known female pilot and barnstormer, Nancy Bird-Walton, will tomorrow visit the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, where her flying helmet and goggles have just gone on show.

Veteran cartoonist under the spotlight
The man behind more than 20 years of political cartoons in the Canberra Times, Geoff Pryor, is under the spotlight himself when he fronts Talkback Classroom this Thursday at the National Museum of Australia.