Explore classroom resources and school programs, all linked to the Australian Curriculum, and inspired by defining moments in Australian history and objects in our collection.
Defining Moments timeline
Explore an engaging, interactive timeline of defining moments in Australian history.
Learning resources
Bring Australian history to life with our Digital Classroom games, videos, quizzes, images and activities.
Deep time online learning resource
See our new Year 7 history resource, with investigations into Gulaga or Mother Mountain, and Mungo Lady.
What's new
Pompeii: Inside the Lost City
Book an excursion and experience the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii but also preserved it as a remarkable record of daily life.
Warakurna online learning resource
Check out our version 9 Australian Curriculum classroom activities for students from Foundation to Year 10.
Participate in a school program
Onsite school programs
Take a Museum-educator led program for an awesome Museum experience.
Outreach programs
Borrow a kit or book an educator to visit your Canberra region school.
Digital excursions
Join a Museum educator online for schools that can't make it to Canberra.
Get inspired
Teacher professional learning
Book a professional development program for new and established teachers.
National History Challenge
Learn more about our annual research based history competition for students.