In the spirit of considering the 2025 National Reconciliation Week (NRW) theme, Bridging Now to Next, which reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future, please join UQ Anthropology Museum staff for a guided tour of Stories through time: Living cultures, enduring connections

Various tours available throughout the week, subject to numbers.

Generations of Indigenous Australian and Pacific peoples have worked to preserve and celebrate cultural continuity through making, sharing and documenting the everyday objects and practices of Country and Custom.

Over the past seventy-five years thousands of objects have made their way into the Anthropology Museum’s custodianship. The Museum has been a place for critical discourse and this exhibition celebrates the collaborative relationships forged between Indigenous and non-Indigenous producers and scholars.

Since the 1950s makers, storytellers and knowledge holders have connected with their material culture in the collection, to re-imagine cultural continuity for future generations. This exhibition presents key collections which contain and convey some of these deeply significant social, spiritual and economic ties.

This public program is held in conjunction with National Reconciliation Week, as we value and celebrate the uniqueness of knowledges, culture, histories and languages that have been created and shared for millennia.

Featuring works by artists, photographers, craftspeople, cultural knowledge holders and researchers from across Australia and the Pacific:

Aspasia Gadai (Yewo) / Eeng Ampeybegan / Esther Ngala Kennedy (1948-2005) / Ivy-Rose Sirimi / Irene Mbitjana Entata (1946-2014) / Kamaki Isaga / Kauindu / Kelly Kanti / Larry Gavenor / Maude Jowrth / Mede / Mikompa Peemuggina / Nanganarralil (c.1938-94) / Napolean Oui / Narritjin Maymuru (c.1916-81) / Peter Mondjingu (2) (c.1931-95) / Richard Birrinbirrin / Wadubu Bawadi /

Yirrkala artists: Marriwana (Djirrmurmur) Marika / Multhara Mununngurritj / Marrnyula Mununngurr / Gunariny Wanambi / Mulmulpa Gurruwiwi

Kamana clay pot artists: James Yamran / Clement Saun / Ruben David / Carolyna Alois / Rubina Tup / Egnas Wapi / Goffred Kanji

Photographs by: Arthur Power Lyons (1879-1965) / Professor Bob MacLennan (1931-2013) / Tony Crawford

Image: Untitled 2010. Irene Mbitjana Entata (1946-2014) Arrernte. UQ Anthropology Museum Collection

Generations of Indigenous Australian and Pacific peoples have worked to preserve and celebrate cultural continuity through making, sharing and documenting the everyday objects and practices of Country and Custom.

Over the past seventy-five years thousands of objects have made their way into the Anthropology Museum’s custodianship. The Museum has been a place for critical discourse and this exhibition celebrates the collaborative relationships forged between Indigenous and non-Indigenous producers and scholars.

Since the 1950s makers, storytellers and knowledge holders have connected with their material culture in the collection, to re-imagine cultural continuity for future generations. This exhibition presents key collections which contain and convey some of these deeply significant social, spiritual and economic ties.

Reflecting on these collaborations, the Anthropology Museum acknowledge the many artists and community researchers who continue to share valuable insights into the dynamism of living cultures with deep connections to Country and Custom.

Featuring works by:

Queensland Museum Kurilpa will host three in-conversation events during May to showcase the stories, contributions, and creative expressions that have shaped the Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islander exhibition on display now at the museum.

Supreme Court Library Queensland’s latest display showcases our series of historic catalogues and indexes, now officially recognised as rich and significant documentary heritage by UNESCO’s Australian Memory of the World program.

Redlands Coast Museum and ATASDA presents ‘Creativity – Diversity’, a fascinating Textiles Exhibition you don’t want to miss!
Opening 30 April.

Queensland State Archives presents a new exhibition: “Winagaylay Ngiyani Ganunga — We Will Remember Them” from 20 February to 18 July 2025. Discover the untold stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service men and women.

Supreme Court Library Queensland presents ‘We. the jury’—an exhibition exploring the different aspects of jury service and how it contributes directly to the delivery of justice.

The Redland Museum presents ‘Boss’, an exhibition about G.J. Walter, a Cleveland business man and Shire Chairman who left a significant impact on the Redlands.

This exhibition Shifting Shores: Redcliffe’s beautiful beaches celebrates the beaches at our doorstep, from the landscape to the wildlife, to how we enjoy and experience the beach.