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Barka: The Forgotten River
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/barka/

The health of Barka affects us all. Learn how you can support the river by listening to those that have cared for it since time immemorial.

Published 13 March 2023

First Nations Exhibition Barka
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2023
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge-2023/

'What stories will you dream?' is the theme for the 2023 Schools Reconciliation Challenge, an annual writing and art program for young people across NSW and the ACT, conducted by Reconciliation NSW.

Published 30 October 2023

First Nations education reconciliation schools
Schools Reconciliation Challenge 2023: Primary School finalists
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/schools-reconciliation-challenge-2023/primary-school-finalists/

Primary School finalists from the 2023 Schools Reconciliation Challenge, share their artworks and stories inspired by the theme 'What stories will you dream?'.

Published 30 October 2023

First Nations education reconciliation schools
First Nations Restricted Collections and Repatriation Program
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/restricted-collections-repatriation/

Repatriation at the Australian Museum is a First Nations led program for the culturally appropriate management of the AM Restricted Collections and the repatriation of these collections to their communities of origin.

Published 27 May 2025

First Nations repatriation
Bayala Nura: Yarning Country
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/bayala-nura-yarning-country/

Celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through a rich diversity of objects and fascinating stories of living culture.

Published 16 May 2018

First Nations Cultural collections Indigenous Australia permanent exhibition
Garrigarrang: Sea Country
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/garrigarrang-sea-country/

From the Sydney Basin to Torres Strait, discover and celebrate the rich cultures of Australia’s Salt Water People, who for tens of thousands of years have lived and flourished on Garrigarrang nura – sea country.

Published 16 May 2018

Cultural collections First Nations Indigenous Australia permanent exhibition
Spark
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/spark/

Learn about cutting-edge technologies and time-tested approaches created by Australian innovators to protect our planet.

Published 13 May 2021

technology science innovation climate change First Nations
Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/bilas/

This special exhibition showcased the beauty and diversity of cultural decoration and body adornment from Papua New Guinea.

Published 09 May 2023

Pacific collection First Nations Pasifika Bilas Body adornment
Crocodile Mask from the Torres Strait- E017339
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-crocodile-mask-from-torres-strait-e17339/

In the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks were worn for rituals and ceremonies. Masks represented ancestors and associated totems, frequently the crocodile.

Published 20 March 2015

First Nations Torres Straits
Kalti Paarti: Carved emu eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/

Kalti Paarti is the practice of emu egg carving that depicts rich visual history through commemorating First Nations traditions and connection to animals and the land.

Published 11 March 2015

First Nations art emu

RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO^® brick worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO^® Masters winners.

Special exhibition
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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent kids learning space
10am - 4.30pm

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Wansolmoana

Experience the diverse and dynamic cultures of Pasifika peoples through stories and objects from across the region.

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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