Our vision and role

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is a living museum of social and political history, located in a nationally listed heritage building in Parkes, Canberra.

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House helps people to understand Australia’s social and political history by interpreting the past and present and exploring the future. We achieve this by:

• bringing alive the importance of Parliament in the lives of Australians;
• interpreting, conserving and presenting the building and our collections;
• providing entertaining and educational public programs; and
• providing a range of other services that enhance the visitor experience.

Our structure and strategic plan

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House’s Strategic Plan for 2009-12 identifies our key objectives, priorities and measures of success. It is available for download here, along with our organisation structure:

• Old Parliament House Strategic Plan, 2009-12 (pdf, 283kb)
• Old Parliament House organisation structure (pdf, 10kb)
• Old Parliament House Charter of Operations (pdf, 84kb)

Our Client Service Charter

This Charter sets out the standards of service which visitors to the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) at Old Parliament House can expect. You can download the full Charter and if you have visited us recently, but did not have the opportunity to provide feedback, you may wish to fill out the Visitor Feedback Form (pdf) or complete it online.

• Old Parliament House Client Service Charter (doc, 29kb)
• Old Parliament House Visitor Feedback Form (pdf, 67kb)

Have you visited the Museum recently? Tell us what you think by completing the online visitor feedback form.