MoAD and the Courtyard Cafe are open. Some exhibitions and rooms will be closed from September 2025 for essential building works. Learn more

Explore

POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

Explore
Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

How Billy Hughes lost the 1916 conscription referendum

How Billy Hughes lost the 1916 conscription referendum

A look at the reasons why Australia didn't adopt conscription during the First World War.

Political football

Political football

Politicians and their sporting passions.

Hands that shook Australia

Hands that shook Australia

Significant Australian handshakes.

Flags, snags and bags: Putting the finishing touches on the opening of Parliament House

Flags, snags and bags: Putting the finishing touches on the opening of Parliament House

How preparations were managed for the opening of Old Parliament House in 1927.

A perfect dress rehearsal for the grand opening of Parliament House

A perfect dress rehearsal for the grand opening of Parliament House