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FREE ENTRY National Museum of Australia Acton Peninsula FREE ENTRY Australian War Memorial Campbell FREE ENTRY National Film and Sound Archive McCoy Circuit, Acton FREE ENTRY National Library of Australia Parkes Place, Parkes FREE ENTRY National Archives of Australia Kings Avenue, Parkes FREE ENTRY Parliament House Capital Hill FREE ENTRY Royal Australian Mint Deakin OPEN DAILY Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House King George Terrace, Parkes

Science, nature & family

PAID ENTRY Questacon: The National Science and Technology Centre King Edward Terrace, Parkes FREE ENTRY Australian National Botanic Gardens Clunies Ross Street, Acton FREE ENTRY National Arboretum Canberra Molonglo FREE ENTRY Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Tidbinbilla PAID ENTRY National Dinosaur Museum Gold Creek, Nicholls PAID ENTRY Cockington Green Gardens Gold Creek, Nicholls

Upcoming museum events

FRI 9 OCT Choose Your Own Antarctic Adventure (ages 13–17) National Museum of Australia FRI 16 OCT Questacon After Dark: Rewind (18+) Questacon, Parkes FRI 16 OCT Honouring the Hidden Service Gala Dinner Australian War Memorial DAILY National Capital Exhibition Barrine Dr, Parkes
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