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Friends enjoy exclusive access to special events including our monthly Object Club and Time Traveller's Book Club. The forward schedule of events will be added in January 2025.

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.

Time Traveller’s Book Club – Pompeii by Mary Beard 11am–12pm Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Free, bookings essential Book tickets

This engaging portrait of Pompeii by Britain’s leading classicist, Mary Beard, explodes a number of myths and provides a surprising insight into life in a Roman town. It’s a great companion to our current blockbuster exhibition. Exclusive to Friends. Join Friends

Time Traveller’s Book Club – Unmaking Angas Downs by Shannyn Palmer 11am–12pm Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Free, bookings essential Book tickets

Join author Shannyn Palmer to discuss her colossal work of history, a book that seeks to unmake mythologies of pioneers, pastoralism and possession in the Northern Territory. This is the first time we’ll welcome an author to Book Club. Exclusive to Friends. 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.

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