The National Archives held its first public exhibition in 1998. The links below take you to information about the more than 20 exhibitions we have curated or hosted since.

National Archives exhibitions

Strike a Pose

Max Dupain on Assignment

Beacons by the Sea: Stories of Australian Lighthouses

Patriotism Persuasion Propaganda: American and Australian War Posters

Wine! An Australian Social History

Caught in the Rear View Mirror: with Roy and HG!

Belonging – A Century Celebrated

A Vision Splendid – How the Griffins Imagined Australia's Capital

Signed, Sealed, Delivered – When the Post Office was King

Eye to Eye – Observations by FE Williams, Anthropologist in Papua 1922–43

Home Sweet Home? Living in Canberra in the 1920s and 1930s

Scene Stealers – Australian Theatre 1870–1955

John Curtin – A Man of Peace, A Time of War

Selling a Dream – Promoting Australia to Postwar Migrants

Canberra’s Early Years – Photographs from the Mildenhall Collection

Hosted exhibitions

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2008

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2007

Drawing Together

Wrecked! Tragedy and the Southern Seas

Humanity in the Midst of Conflict

Antarctic Views by Hurley and Ponting

2005 Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award

Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2005

Courage to Care

The Policeman's Eye

Radical Architect: John Horbury Hunt 1838–1904

Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art Award 2004

From the Steps of Bonegilla

Matthew Flinders – The Ultimate Voyage

A Mad Century – Works by Bruce Petty