National Museum of Australia, located in the nation's capital, Canberra, in the suburb of Acton. Here you can find items related to the 50-year history and culture of the Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islander history of Australia itself after 1788 and the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. The museum houses the world's largest collection of drawings of Aboriginal bark and stone tools, the heart of a champion racehorse, Far Lap and the prototype of the first Australian car.

The museum has five permanent exhibitions: "Gallery of First Australians", "Twisted Fate", "settlement of Australia", "Symbols of Australia" and "Eternity: stories from the heart of Australia."

The building of the National Museum was opened on 11 March 2001 in the framework of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Australian federation. But the idea of ​​the museum dates back to the early 20th century, but its embodiment let the two world wars and financial crises. Only in 1980, the Australian Parliament has issued a special decree on the establishment of the museum, and began work on the collection of collections.

The total area of ​​the museum building, built in the style of postmodern - 6600 m? .  It consists of several separate buildings, which are connected to each other and form a semi-circle around the so-called "Garden of Australian Dreams" .  This sculpture in the form of maps on the water, with a little grass and a few trees, which shows the central part of the country with road markings, names of tribes, Australian Aborigines, and the boundaries of the spread of indigenous languages .  The exterior is painted in bright colors - orange, crimson, bronze, gold, black and silver, which sharply distinguishes it on the background of the cityscape .  An interesting detail - on the walls of buildings in Braille (for the blind) written phrases such as "one", "sorry", "excuse us for genocide" (apparently drawn to the Australian Aborigines), "God knows", "time will tell", and "love is blind" .  Some phrases that caused great public outcry, were closed with silver plates .  At the entrance to the museum stands the orange sculpture "Line Uluru", made in the form of a loop, unfolding along the peninsula Acton .  In general, the architecture of the building calls not to forget that the history of Australia - is the story of millions of destinies intertwined . 

In 2005 and 2006, called the National Museum of the most important tourist attraction in Australia.