MoAD and the Courtyard Cafe are open. Some exhibitions and rooms will be closed from September 2025 for essential building works. Learn more
Students share their opinions on media and the news.
Explore the gardens on either side of Old Parliament House.
Support students to make change in their community.
Read about the significance of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.
What was involved with the move to the permanent Parliament House?
First class travel for the wife of the prime minister.
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.
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