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Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art

Metaphors of cooking and eating are a firm favourite among writers on multiculturalism. No comment on cultural contact seems complete without the proverbial “melting pot”. This metaphor tends to imply a balanced mix of diverse ingredients, each adding its own flavour but merging with the whole.

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Hallyu! rides the Korean wave. It’s a fun exhibition with depth – but misses the Australian story

As a K-drama tragic I have long wondered what qualities it has that make me marvel so. K-drama and K-pop are the clearest manifestations of the Korean cultural wave sweeping the world, but it also includes fashion, food, beauty, film, art, webtoons and more – culture in all its forms.

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Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight

If you grew up in Australia any time between the 1960s and the late 1990s, chances are you knew a little man from the Moon with a pencil for a nose. His name was Mr Squiggle. Every week he would float down to Earth in his rocket to turn random…

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Pompeii comes to Australia, and ancient and contemporary stories of disaster and loss converge

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

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Time machine to Pompeii: blockbuster opens in Australia

History-buffs can walk the streets of ancient Pompeii in a multi-sensory summer blockbuster at the National Museum of Australia.

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Australians really love their mummies. In record-breaking numbers

Discovering Ancient Egypt becomes museum's most-attended event.

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From Crater Crescent to Canberra: Mr Squiggle gets a new home at the National Museum of Australia

The original pencil-nosed puppet and objects including fellow puppets, artworks, scripts, costumes and more have become part of the National Historical Collection

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Ancient Egypt comes to Canberra as National Museum opens blockbuster

The exhibition includes five unidentified mummies.

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The ultimate Canberra Christmas gift guide

Give the gift of Canberra, and all at the last minute!

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Just landed: Inside Voyage, the new exhibition from Singapore

Voyage is the latest exhibition to open at the National Museum.

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Indigenous Australian art bridges ancient and modern worlds in Paris exhibition

Indigenous communities around the world are faced with the challenge of preserving and transferring ancestral knowledge. A new exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris is an example of how indigenous Australian elders are finding innovative ways to protect the bridge between ancient and modern worlds.

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Deadly silica dust contaminates museum collection

Part of the National Museum of Australia's collection has been stored next to a concrete factory and contaminated with deadly silica dust.

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Outgoing National Museum of Australia director pushes for institutions to 'be honest' about Indigenous history

As he announces his resignation, National Museum of Australia director Mathew Trinca urges historical institutions to "be honest" about the conflicts that marked Australia's colonisation.

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Spears stolen by Captain Cook from Kamay/Botany Bay in 1770 to be returned to traditional owners

Held by Cambridge University for more than 250 years, the spears mark ‘first point in shared history’

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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel tour the National Museum of Australia in Canberra

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel in Canberra on Monday and Tuesday.

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The 2023 Australians of the Year and the objects that define them: Museum opens new exhibition

The exhibition includes significant objects chosen by the eight 2023 Australian of the Year state and territory recipients.

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Kim Mahood's Wandering with Intent redefines the Australian frontier

Kim Mahood came to prominence with the publication of her first book, Craft for a Dry Lake (2001), which detailed her efforts to reconnect with the land of her upbringing, a cattle station in the Tanami Desert.

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Why the National Museum wanted to acquire this 1800s billiard table

Built in 1885, the one-of-a-kind billiard table features intricate carvings of Australia's early history.

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Paddle boats back on the lake again, and each has a very Canberra design

The new looks represent the city's national institutions.

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Revealed: how women cricketers mended Australia's relationship with Britain after Bodyline

To combat the prodigious run scoring of Australian batting legend Don Bradman, the captain of the visiting English cricket team, Douglas Jardine, instructed his four fast bowlers to bowl at the man not the wicket in the summer of 1932-33.

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Bushwalker recalls stumbling on mangled plane wreck

A rusty relic hanging in a Berridale woolshed provides a tangible link to a tragic 1931 plane crash in the Snowy Mountains that remained a mystery until 27 years later.

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Finally bold and imaginative: the first major redesign of the National Museum of Australia is a triumph

The National Museum of Australia has just opened the most significant redevelopment in its history.

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Great Southern Land: Icehouse and National Museum team up for gallery launch

Icehouse's hit Great Southern Land is one of the most iconic songs in Aussie music, and now the namesake of the National Museum of Australia's new gallery.

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First look: New $9m discovery centre opens at the National Museum

Canberra kids have a new place to play. And it's pretty amazing.

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Scientists are trying to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger. So when did the last one die and what about all those sightings?

Partners in a new science venture say a living baby Tasmanian tiger might be as little as 10 years away. But before we start seeing them in fenced-off areas of the wilderness, let's take a look at what led to its extinction in the first place.

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