National Museum of Australia

Tickets to our 'POMPEII’ exhibition are on sale now! 🌋 'POMPEII'is an extraordinary new immersive experience that combines captivating soundscapes and large-scale digital projections with over 90 remarkable objects from the ancient city. On show from 13 December 2024. Book your ticket today: https://lnkd.in/gQ-dAjPF 📸: Fresco, @pompeii_sites

Our Paddle Steamer ‘Enterprise’ (PSE) had a very special visitor! Jocelyn Creager (née Brown) grew up and lived for many years on the ‘Enterprise’, one of oldest working paddle steamers in the world. Jocelyn’s father bought the Enterprise in 1919 and she lived on it from 1933 to 1945. While her parents worked fishing the Murray River (her mother was one of the only women in Australia with a commercial fishing licence), Jocelyn and her brother Ken were two of the Enterprise’s youngest crew members! Although the family lived on board, it was moored to a riverbank for most of the time, allowing Jocelyn and her brother to attend school. 📷1: (Left to right) Volunteer David Miles, Senior Conservator Nathan Pharaoh, Jocelyn Creager, Volunteer Jeff Heron, and Curator Dr Jono Lineen, 2024 📷2: Two of the Enterprise's youngest crew members, Ken and Jocelyn Creager, Creager family collection 📷3: A young Jocelyn Creager with the PSE, Creager family collection 📷4: Jocelyn Creager onboard the PSE with Volunteer David Miles (left), Curator Dr Jono Lineen (middle), 2024

Our original groundbreaking exhibition, ‘Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters’ has officially opened in Finland. On show at Museokeskus Vapriikki, ‘Songlines’ is a powerful and moving example of our decades-long collaboration with First Nation communities across the APY, NPY and Martu Lands. Led by traditional custodians, Songlines explores the wisdom of an ancient history with contemporary relevance. Learn more: https://bit.ly/480cKhP 📸 1: Cultural Ambassadors at the 'Songlines' exhibition in Vapriikki 📸 2: Minyma Punu Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters Tree Women) 2018, Tjanpi Desert Weavers

‘Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters’ is almost ready for you Finland! Since its debut at the Museum in 2017, ‘Songlines’ has been travelling around the world with its next stop at @vapriikki in Finland. This epic exhibition highlights five sections of the Indigenous Western and Central Desert songlines and uses more than 300 paintings and objects, song, dance, photography and multimedia to tell the story of the Seven Sisters. We’re so proud to share this ancient First Nations story with audiences all over the globe. 📸: Installation of Songlines exhibition

These incredible instruments are getting pampered before their big performance! In a few weeks, musicians from the Canberra Symphony Orchestra will play the string quartet of AE Smith instruments from our National Historical Collection. Since they haven’t been played in years, we’ve brought in some expert luthiers to ensure they’re in the best condition possible while still preserving their unique history.

Such a pleasure to recognise our curator Catherine Czerw with the 2024 Peter Yu Reconciliation Award! The award acknowledges excellence in advancing the Museum’s vision for reconciliation, which deservingly went to Catherine for her work capturing generations of connection to Country in our ‘Belonging’ exhibition. Congratulations Catherine and thanks to John Paul Janke for announcing the award.

We are delighted to share that prominent culture and arts leader Kate Fielding has been appointed to our Council. Ms Fielding has extensive leadership experience in arts and culture organisations and is the Chief Executive Officer of A New Approach (ANA) -- Australia's national arts and cultural think tank. “Kate will bring drive, passion and creativity to the National Museum – the very qualities that define our people and our work," National Museum Director Katherine McMahon said. Please join us in welcoming Kate to the National Museum 👏 📖 Read our media release: https://lnkd.in/gjgiQVbg

Congratulations to Adam Duncan for taking home AMaGA's Kids in Print award for ‘The Bunyip and the Stars’! 🎉 Part Sky Country creation story, part exciting adventure tale, ‘The Bunyip and the Stars’ was the first in a series of picture books featuring stories inspired by our Discovery Centre. Drawing on First Nations oral storytelling traditions, Adam created this book in collaboration with the children of Wiradjuri Preschool and Childcare in Canberra. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gFtAhd2Q

Large digital projections and fascinating objects are just a fragment of what’s coming in our summer blockbuster exhibition, ‘POMPEII’! Discover more about the exciting exhibition. 👇