National Historical Collection

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The National Historical Collection is the National Museum of Australia’s core assemblage of objects that document and interpret the history, culture, and society of Australia.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage collection
museum collection
accessPolicy accessible through the National Museum of Australia
administeredBy Commonwealth of Australia (through the National Museum of Australia)
collectionType national collection
country Australia
curatedBy curators of the National Museum of Australia
describedAs core assemblage of objects of the National Museum of Australia
digitalAccess partly available online via the National Museum of Australia website
focusesOn culture of Australia
history of Australia
society of Australia
governedBy collection policies of the National Museum of Australia
hasCollectionType archival material
material culture
oral history recordings
visual material
hasPart artworks
cultural artefacts
documents
historical objects
photographs
social history objects
language English
legalStatus public collection
locatedInFacility National Museum of Australia
location Acton Peninsula
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
maintainedBy National Museum of Australia
operator National Museum of Australia
partOf collections of the National Museum of Australia
purpose to document Australian history
to interpret Australian culture
to interpret Australian society
scope national
significance core collection of the National Museum of Australia
subjectArea Australian Indigenous history
Australian cultural history
Australian political history
Australian social history
usedFor education
exhibitions
research

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
National Museum of Australia
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