About
Our vision and role
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is a living museum of social and political history, located in a nationally listed heritage building in Parkes, Canberra.
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House helps people to understand Australia’s social and political history by interpreting the past and present and exploring the future. We achieve this by:
- bringing alive the importance of Parliament in the lives of Australians;
- interpreting, conserving and presenting the building and our collections;
- providing entertaining and educational public programs; and
- providing a range of other services that enhance the visitor experience.
Corporate and strategic plans
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Strategic Framework for 2018-23 identifies our key objectives, priorities and measures of success.
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Corporate Plan describes the purpose of the entity, the environmental context in which we operate, the performance measures used to assess the entity’s performance, the entity capabilities and the entity’s risk oversight and management systems. Both are available for download here, along with our organisation structure:
- Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Strategic Framework, 2018-23 (PDF, 271 KB)
- Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Corporate Plan 2019-20 [PDF, 1.5 MB]
- Museum Overview (PDF, 3.3 MB)
- Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House organisation structure (PDF, 107 KB)