NAIDOC week
Explore a range of exciting activity ideas to celebrate NAIDOC week.
This matrix has activities, recipes and our list of favourite First Nations picture books.
MoAD and the Courtyard Cafe are open. Some exhibitions and rooms will be closed from September 2025 for essential building works. Learn more
This matrix has activities, recipes and our list of favourite First Nations picture books.
This miniature elephant is a tongue-in-cheek souvenir depicting Provisional Parliament House.
Support your students to become active citizens in the very place history was made.
A spotlight on the work of two Indigenous artists.
Hear stories of the people and events that shaped Australian democracy in the very place it happened.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased people.
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