Wonderful example of what happens when politicians and public servants take control of museums. Earnest, boring and irrelevant. Give me the Sydney Museum any day. More

I love this place. Fantastic location, great building. I really enjoyed the current temporary exhibition on the Silk Road...just terrific. So helpful guides, and the shop is good too. Can't understand why it isn't higher in the Tripadvisor ratings!! More

This is a fine place to spend an afternoon, but I didn't find it to be designed in an intuitive way, so that was frustrating. The exhibitions felt a bit random. More

I visited to photograph the wonderful shapes, colours and design features and have only done the outside thus far, taking about 4 hours for that because it was just so interesting. There was a lot of walking involved but nearly all flat and lifts available. It was only at the end it was suggested by staff that next time I... More

has a spectacular collection of Australiana that will fascinate people of all ages More

This was my first time at the NMA. I found the regular exhibits to be interesting, engaging and thoughtfully put together. There was enough interaction to keep little ones interested along with enough to read to keep the adults interested I thought the Silk Road exhibition was fantastic! I hope to see more of the same high calibre. I'm looking... More

It was well organised and set out, we had a great time and learnt a lot about our history. More

Although this building is a little architecturally perplexing from the outside, stepping inside you'll find a wonderful array of displays. Starting with "Circa", the rotating cinema that shows a 15 minute audiovisual summary of Australian history and culture and what you will see in the museum - I've seen it several times now and have thoroughly enjoyed it each and... More

This was quite contraversial when it opened and even after 4 visits I still can't quite make it out. It's in a fantastic modernist building, in a fantastic location on a peninsula in the lake but it seems to try to be all things to all people and ends up being nothing special to anyone. It just seems to be... More