Like us, you know Australia's past, present and future are a fascinating maze of stories and questions. You realise an extraordinary country deserves an extraordinary place to tell those stories and ask those questions. Like us, you want to be part of it.

What does it mean to be Australian? A 60,000-year journey? A 'lucky' young country on the world's oldest continent? It means your story and those of others asking the same question. The National Museum of Australia was conceived to search for the answers and its journey has only begun.

The Friends of the National Museum of Australia has promoted the Museum since it was only an idea. Now it's your turn to shape the horizons of the Museum that tells your fascinating story. Join people like you who want to help Australia explore its past, illuminate its present and imagine its future.

This discounted membership is being offered to all schools throughout Australia to allow you to bring the Museum into your classrooms and to provide an excellent teacher resource. As part of this membership your school will receive the following:

• Quarterly edition of the Friends magazine
  The magazine provides insight into Australia's past, present and future. It tells you what's currently happening in the Museum and offers a great variety of interesting articles on cultural and topical issues. Four great pages are devoted purely to schools - this is where you get the latest information on our school programs. You'll read about our new projects, publications and the current programs we have on offer. As a School Friend you have the opportunity to contribute articles of interest that may benefit other schools around Australia, such as effective units of work or student research projects you might like to share with the nation, how you incorporated your last Museum visit into the curriculum and what benefits your students gained from their museum experience.
• 10 per cent discount on all education programs offered at the Museum
• 10 per cent discount at the Museum shop

COME ON - MAKE SOME NEW SCHOOL FRIENDS!

> Become a School Friend (PDF file size 210kb)

For more information please contact:

Education Section
National Museum of Australia
Tel + 61 2 6208 5119
Email education@nma.gov.au

or

The Friends office
Tel + 61 2 6208 5048
Email friends@nma.gov.au

For education resources visit our website at http://nma.gov.au/education