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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.