Cultural institutions
Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM)
The Australian National Maritime Museum is a prime resource for historic vessels, migrant ships, family history, genealogy, maritime research, arts and culture, seamanship and much more.
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian War Memorial (AWM)
The Australian War Memorial commemorates the sacrifice of Australian men and women who have served in war, through its ceremonial areas, extensive exhibitions and research facilities.
Australian War Memorial
Collections Australia Network
The Collections Australia Network (CAN) portal is intended to be the public gateway to collecting institutions across Australia including the small to medium regional institutions. Besides providing access to nationwide information on Australia's cultural heritage, members of the public can also access an individual institution's own CAN website to explore its specific content. CAN is an initiative of the Cultural Ministers Council.
Powerhouse Museum
Libraries Australia
Libraries Australia is a resource sharing service coordinated by the National Library of Australia for Australian libraries and their users. It is used for reference, collection development, cataloguing and interlibrary lending.
National Library of Australia
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is a living museum of social and political history, located in the home of Federal Parliament from 1927 to 1988. The Museum helps people to understand Australia's social and political history by interpreting the past and present and exploring the future.
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
National Archives of Australia (NAA)
The National Archives promotes good government recordkeeping and encourages community awareness and use of valuable Australian Government records in its care.
National Archives of Australia
National Film and Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive is the national audiovisual archive, playing a key role in documenting and interpreting the Australian experience and actively contributing to the development of Australia's audiovisual industry. They collect, store, preserve and make available screen and sound material relevant to Australia's culture.
National Film and Sound Archive
National Gallery of Australia (NGA)
The National Gallery of Australia is the premier art institution in Australia, providing access to works of art locally, nationally, and internationally. This site provides information about Australian Art, Aboriginal Art, Asian Art and International art including paintings, prints, barks, sculpture, photography, posters, textiles, illustrated books and decorative arts in the National Collection of the Commonwealth of Australia.
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Australia Collection Search
This page provides online facility to search National Gallery of Australia (NGA) collection.
National Gallery of Australia
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the country's largest reference library. Our role is to ensure that documentary resources of national significance relating to Australia and the Australian people, as well as significant non-Australian library materials, are collected, preserved and made accessible either through the Library itself or through collaborative arrangements with other libraries and information providers.
National Library of Australia
National Museum of Australia (NMA)
The National Museum of Australia explores the land, nation and people of Australia. The Museum celebrates Australian social history in a unique way by revealing the stories of ordinary and extraordinary Australians, promoting the exploration of knowledge and ideas and providing a dynamic forum for discussion and reflection.
National Museum of Australia
National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery of Australia is a collection of portraits of people who have made a major impact on Australia; a space in which portraits from around the world are displayed; and a centre for learning about portraiture and history.
National Portrait Gallery
Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre (NSTC)
Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre is Australia's leading interactive science and technology centre. To achieve its aim of promoting greater understanding and awareness of science and technology within the community, Questacon is committed to making an experience with science and technology fun, educational and interactive.
Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre
Vrroom - Virtual Reading Room
Virtual reading room provides easy access to archival records on 20th-century Australian history, civics and citizenship from the National Archives collection for teachers and students.
National Archives of Australia