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Kwaio Cultural Performance
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/kwaio-cultural-performance/

Members from the Kwaio community in the Solomon Islands have treated Museum visitors to a performance of traditional dance and song.

Published 21 November 2017

blog Kwaio Solomon Islands music performance event
Nights at the Museum
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/nights-at-the-museum/

Why not visit us after dark?

Published 16 December 2021

music programs
Ngalu Warrawi Marri (We Stand Strong)
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/archive/ngalu-warrawi-marri/

A free, after-hours event of live music, conversations, workshops, tours and performances celebrating the continued resistance and ongoing resilience of First Nations Peoples.

Published 11 November 2021

First Nations music
The Catadon Polka
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/the-catadon-polka/

The polka was the great dance craze of the 1840s. So how did the Australian Museum get its own Catadon (Whale) Polka?

Published 04 August 2014

archives Whale history music
Mbira - Thumb Piano of Africa
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/african/mbira-thumb-piano-of-africa/

Ancient instrument with a promising future.

Published 20 October 2014

music Africa

Barka: The Forgotten River

Meet <i>Barka: The Forgotten River</i> in this new First Nations exhibition developed by Uncle Badger Bates and Justine Muller with the Barkandji community.

Special exhibition
Now on until 23 July 2023

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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea

Witness the beauty and diversity of cultural decoration and body adornment from Papua New Guinea in this special exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Opening 9 June 2023, featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.

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School programs and excursions

Book school excursions at the Australian Museum, Sydney, that inspire and engage students of all ages.

Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours

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Burra

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

Permanent education space
Open daily

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