National Museum of Australia

The National Museum of Australia ( Australian National German Museum ) is a museum in the Australian capital Canberra. It was opened in March 2001 and shows virtually every aspect of the lives of Australians and their culture. The collection ranges from prehistory through the Aboriginal culture to European colonization and also takes a look into the future. The museum is located near the Australian National University on the Acton Peninsula in Lake Burley Griffin. The Royal Canberra Hospital was located at this site before; this hospital was demolished in June 1997. This allowed the collection, which had been since the legislation to that effect in 1980 increased constantly be summarized in a single place.

Exhibition

The basis of the collection is the National Historical Collection ( national historical collection ) with around 200,000 objects, which represent the history and heritage of Australia. After the formal establishment in 1980, the museum inherited a collection, which consisted mainly of horse carts and cars. Since then, the collection has been expanded gradually. Through donations, purchases or through the acquisition of existing state collections The museum has the world's largest collection of Aboriginal bark paintings with more than 1600 objects.

Other objects exhibited, for example, Aboriginal artifacts of stone, newspapers, pictures and Equipment Australian scientists, historic vehicles, personal belongings of the first European settlers as well as clothing, leg irons and discharge papers of the convicts. The largest object is a boat were stranded with the 38 Vietnamese boat people in 1978 on the north coast of Australia.

Architecture

Designed by Howard Raggatt postmodern building is reminiscent in shape to linked ropes that connect the residents of Australia together. The main building is the center of the node that seem to stand out from the strip or the ropes. The whole complex is completely asymmetrical and awakens with his colors, the unusual angles and spaces, the unpredictable projections and textures not the impression of being a museum. The walls are clad with anodized aluminum panels, which have inscriptions in Braille, in part, with politically charged statements.