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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
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
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
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

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, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru and add-on VR experience.

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Future Now

Step into Future Now, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

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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