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Friends enjoy exclusive access to special events including our monthly Object Club and Time Traveller's Book Club.

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.

Event Object Club – Canberra rocks! Time: 10.30am–11.30am Date: Friday, May 30, 2025 Ticket information: Free Ticket information: Book tickets

Did you know that volcanic eruptions like the one that devastated Pompeii formed the foundations of Canberra? Join Friend and leading geologist Marita Bradshaw to learn about Canberra’s geology and how the National Rock Garden celebrates Australia’s rich geological heritage – and even handle a few exciting rocks! Join Friends

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 – Madhouse at the End of the Earth Time: 11am–12pm Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Ticket information: Free, bookings essential Ticket information: Book tickets

It’s August 1897. The Belgica sets sail, aiming to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. Then everything goes terribly wrong. Join us to discuss this chilling survival story cleverly told by Julian Sancton. Exclusive to Friends. Join Friends
Time Traveller’s Book Club – Living with the Anthropocene Time: 11am–12pm Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Ticket information: Free, bookings essential Ticket information: Book tickets

Join us to discuss how human activity is transforming the places we live in and love. Living with the Anthropocene: Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis, edited by Cameron Muir, Kirsten Wehner and Jenny Newell, features some of Australia's best-known writers and thinkers reflecting on what it is like to be alive during a time of great ecological change. Exclusive to Friends. Join Friends

March

Unmaking Angas Downs by Shannyn Palmer, ISBN 9780522878387

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April

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton, ISBN 9780753553459

May

Living with the Anthropocene: Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis edited by Cameron Muir, ISBN 9781742236889

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June

Games People Played: A Global History of Sport by Wray Vamplew, ISBN 9781742236889

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July

A Brief History of Korea by Michael J Seth, ISBN 9780804851022

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