MoAD and the Courtyard Cafe are open. Some exhibitions and rooms will be closed from September 2025 for essential building works. Learn more
These activity ideas support caring for the local environment, decision making and being you.
Learn more about your role in a healthy, balanced democracy.
Learn more about our Democracy in a Box resources.
Hear the story of Joan Child, the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Paper fortune tellers, also known as chatterboxes, are a form of origami.
How suffragettes fought and endured for voting rights.
Help us to conserve and archive the Graeme 'Bluey' Thomson Collection.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.
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