Australia's most cherished collecting institutions will share their exhibitions right across the nation.
Thanks to the Albanese Labor Government, 14 captivating exhibitions will make their way to museums across the country.
This includes the development of five brand new exhibitions showcasing a wide-range of displays from Australia's political and pop culture history to visual arts, photography and First Nations culture.
The National Cultural Institutions Touring and Outreach Program provides annual funding available to nine national collecting institutions to assist in touring their collections across Australia. Through this year's funding, exhibitions will be developed and toured by eight institutions to 24 venues.
Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, said the exhibitions would give more people an opportunity to learn about Australian stories.
"Our national collecting institutions belong to everyone. This program provides an opportunity to share some of our best treasures with audiences right across the nation."
"The latest exhibitions explore fascinating aspects of our history, art and culture giving audiences a chance to experience them firsthand."
Exhibitions include:
National Portrait Gallery of Australia - Mīal by Archie Moore is a conceptual self-portrait containing 34 panels of various sizes that can be exhibited at a variety of scales with some or all panels on display. Each panel relates to a part of the artist's body and is named in his Ancestral languages.
National Archives of Australia - 'In real life: Inventors, innovators, and opportunists' celebrates the objects and inventions that have shaped the lives of Australians for over a century. Drawing on the significant design, patent and trademark records held by the National Archives of Australia, along with props and objects, this exhibition explores homegrown heroes like the Hills Hoist and imported icons like Kellogg's Nutri-Grain.
Museum of Australian Democracy - Behind the Lines 2025. An annual exhibition that showcases the best Australian political cartoons from the year. It celebrates Australia's unique, vibrant and fearless tradition of political cartooning, and includes historical political cartoons from Museum of Australian Democracy's collection.
National Film and Sound Archive - Fighting Spirit: The Art of Boxing. This exhibition explores the story of boxing in Australia told through the lens of art and screen culture. It uses portraits and audio-visual media to capture the fighting spirit of Australia's boxing greats and reflects the influence the sport has had on Australian society and culture. It features rarely seen footage from the National Film and Sound Archive with artworks from the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.
