South Australian Museum - North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000

The South Australian Museum is responsible for the most signficant ethnographic collection of Australian Aboriginal material culture in the world.

For over a century the South Australian Museum has been deeply involved in, and committed to the collection, study, display and interpretation of Indigenous cultures of Australasia.

The Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery is an object-rich experience that features over 3,000 items from communities across the country. As the gateway to Aboriginal Australia, it draws from the Museum's extensive collections to show how Aboriginal people created innovative and creative ways of life in one of the world's harshest occupied continents.

Rediscover the newly reopened gallery today and explore this amazing wealth of boomerangs, bark paintings, shields, maps, early recordings, photographs, field notebooks, and the return of the Yuendumu School Doors. These magnificent Doors represent one of the earliest examples of Aboriginal artists successfully transferring their ancient ground paintings to a large-scale modern medium.

Image above: Door #17 – Ngatijirrikirli (Budgerigar) by Paddy Japaljarri Stewart

The South Australian Museum is grateful for the generous support of individual donors to the Yuendumu School Doors appeal and the South Australian Museum Foundation, Inc.