A Lifetime of Service for Australia tells a selection of personal stories of some remarkable Australians who have dedicated their lives to serving in Australia's military forces in multiple conflicts.

This exhibition brings together, for the first time, unique and beautifully framed soldier portraits from the First World War. Each design painted on the reverse of the glass surrounding the photograph is different, along with each soldier's story. The Memorial has the largest collection of these fragile portraits. They are rarely on display and seeing them together is not to be missed.

After the war is a new exhibition exploring the personal stories of hope, loss, and love of ordinary Australians whose lives have been altered by war, from those who have served to loved ones left behind. Take an intimate journey through the personal costs and consequences of war, unfolding over 100 years from 1918 to 2018.

Propaganda has been used to influence audiences for as long as recorded history. Hearts and minds: wartime propaganda features home-front propaganda from the First and Second World Wars. Opens 1 August 2019 Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill, Victoria

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a long standing tradition of fighting for Country, and continue to serve with honour among our military forces. The new exhibition For Country, for Nation presents a diverse range of art, objects, photographs and stories from across Australia to explore.

Years 7-12: Join curators for a tour of The Courage for Peace exhibition. Uncover some of the stories behind peacekeeping and humanitarion operations.

The Australian War Memorial has switched on its world-class sustainable green energy project in a purpose-built Central Energy Plant (CEP).

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The Australian War Memorial has revealed footage of the award-winning new Main Entrance Foyer, scheduled to open this summer.

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The Memorial releases the first glimpse of a diorama depicting Australian troops making an amphibious landing in Dili, East Timor (now Timor-Leste) as the peacekeeping operation began.

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The Australian War Memorial in Canberra commemorated the service and sacrifice of Donnybrook resident Sergeant Russell Seymour Trigwell at the Last Post Ceremony on Sunday 15 September 2024.

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Read about the history of how the Kokoda trail got it's name

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The Holocaust reveals the extremes of humanity's capacity for evil, as well as its spirit of endurance and survival. This exhibition represents the Holocaust through the experiences of some of the survivors who made new lives in post-war Australia, as well as those of Australian official war artist Alan Moore, who accompanied British troops as they liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.