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Corsetry - Shaping the waist
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/corsetry-shaping-the-waist/

The shaping of the waist, through belting, corseting, girdling or hiding its natural curve, has long held universal interest. What is considered an acceptable shape for the torso is intimately tied up with cultural aesthetics, discipline and social status.

Published 27 October 2010

body art past exhibitions
Henna
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/henna/

Henna is a dye made from a flowering plant, Lawsonia inermis, to dye skin, hair and fingernails. It has been used for thousands of years across many cultures as an important part of ceremonys and rituals.

Published 26 October 2010

body art past exhibitions
Paint up - Aboriginal Dance
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/paint-up-aboriginal-dance/

Many Aboriginal communities have been painting their bodies for thousands of years. For these communities, body painting is not necessarily just about visual artistic creativity, it relates to conventions, laws and religion.

Published 26 October 2010

body art past exhibitions
Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Kennard OAM
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/gabrielle-gaby-kennard/

First Australian woman to circumnavigate the world by airplane.

Published 27 November 2015

Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Kennard OAM trailblazers exhibitions past exhibitions
Sir Hubert Wilkins
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/hubert-wilkins/

Polar explore who was on the first flight in Antarctica and first submarine under polar ice cap.

Published 27 November 2015

Trailblazer Sir Hubert Wilkins exhibitions past exhibitions
Andrew Lock OAM
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/andrew-lock/

First Australian to climb all 14 "eight-thousanders".

Published 27 November 2015

trailblazer Exhibition Andrew Lock OAM past exhibitions
Ron and Valerie Taylor
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/ron-and-valerie-taylor/

Pioneers of skindiving, underwater photography and cinematography.

Published 27 November 2015

Trailblazers Ron Taylor Valerie Taylor past exhibitions
Lady Jane Franklin
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/lady-jane-franklin/

Adventurer and early agitator for women's rights.

Published 27 November 2015

Trailblazer exhibitions Lady Jane Franklin past exhibitions
Robert O’Hara Burke and William Wills
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/burke-and-wills/

The first to successfully cross the continent from South to North.

Published 21 April 2016

trailblazers exhibitions Robert O’Hara Burke and William Wills past exhibitions
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/sir-douglas-mawson-obe/

One of Australia’s greatest Antarctic explorers.

Published 27 November 2015

past exhibitions Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson exhibitions Trailblazer

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

An exhibition about sustainability created by the Australian Museum.

Touring 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 education space
10am - 4.30pm

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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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