Exhibitions

Nurses: from Zululand to Afghanistan

Sister Christine Erica Strom, 1917

Australian nurses have been going to war for well over 100 years, but their important contribution to Australia's overseas military operations often goes unreported. Read more

Image: Sister Christina Strom. P04397.001

On tour

Read more about the Australian War Memorial's travelling exhibitions program.

  • A wounded AIF soldier receives an affectionate welcome home at the ANZAC Buffet.

    Of love and war

    Of love and war, looks at the impact of war on the lives of our servicemen and women, the relationships and the ways in which Australians incorporated affairs of the heart into their wartime lives. Read more

    On display at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery until 15 January 2012.

    Image: A wounded AIF soldier receives an affectionate welcome home at the ANZAC Buffet. H11574

  • Jon Cattapan Heading out (Gleno), 2008, oil and coloured pencil on paper. ART93992

    Perspectives: Jon Cattapan and eX de Medici

    Presenting the unique insights of two contemporary artists responding to the subject of peacekeeping. Commissioned by the Australian War Memorial, Jon Cattapan travelled to Timor–Leste in July 2008 and eX de Medici went to the Solomon Islands in March 2009.

    On display at the Cairns Regional gallery from 16 December 2011 until 22 January 2012.

    Image: ART93992 Jon Cattapan Heading out (Gleno), 2008, oil and coloured pencil on paper

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    Sidney Nolan: the Gallipoli series

    81 striking and iconic drawings and paintings by one of Australia's most acclaimed artists. Read more

    On display at the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery until 22 January 2012.

    Image: Sidney Nolan, [Young soldier], painted in London, 1977, alkyd on hardboard. ART91435