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exhibitions

Future exhibitions

The National Museum develops and hosts a dynamic range of exhibitions. Here are some highlights from the upcoming program.

Inside: Life in Children's Homes and Institutions

Opens 16 November 2011

A new exhibition featuring the voices and personal objects of the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants who experienced institutional care as children.

Badges from Roslyn Hall Children's Home, Murray Dwyer Boys Orphanage, Protestant Homes

Inside provides a chance for all Australians to understand something of a history that affected so many of us and was hidden for so long.

Supported by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.


Inside public program

Music to remember the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants
Wednesday 16 November 2011, 11am to 2pm

Musical performances to mark the second anniversary of the national Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants, and the opening of the Inside exhibition.

Free
The Hall