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Disney: The Magic of Animation

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Curating our centrepiece exhibition

Our visitor experience guides pose questions to the curators and creators behind our exhibition, The Story of the Moving Image.

Jess McDonald working on her t-shirt designs

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Meet Jess McDonald, the artist behind our High Tees shop range

Lee Lin Chin, Sam Neill and Adam Goodes are among the Australian and New Zealand icons who appear in the High Tees collection, lovingly designed by Melbourne artist Jess McDonald.

Keenan Mundine behind bars in a still from 'Incarceration Nation' (2021) (Courtesy incarcerationnation.com.au)

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Incarceration Nation: First Peoples voices expose Australia’s inhumane criminal justice system

Bryan Andy speaks from the heart about a new documentary examining the continued systemic injustice and oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.