The National Museum of Australia — a recognised world class museum exploring Australia’s past, illuminating the present and imagining the future.
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Apr 15, 2025
The lure of the legend of Pompeii bought us down to Canberra for the weekend. It was worth the trip. The exhibition itself was very well curated with a combination of actual articles from the city th…Full review by Tony W
Apr 13, 2025
Visited primarily to view the interesting Pompeii exhibition and then spent additional hours viewing displays in other galleries. Pompeii exhibition was fascinating with the sound effects, and the as…Full review by Dan L
Mar 28, 2025
We viewed 'The Great Kimberley Wilderness - virtual reality adventure' - a 30 minute immersive cinema experience. This has to be the closest thing to a helicopter ride over this spectacular and uniqu…Full review by ruth54866
do you think this exhibition is worthwhile going to from sydney if we have been to Pompei in Italy???/
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Difficult to say - the exhibition was good, but we only took just over an hour. It was a reasonably quiet day (weekday out of school holidays so that allowed us to move more freely), …
Difficult to say - the exhibition was good, but we only took just over an hour. It was a reasonably quiet day (weekday out of school holidays so that allowed us to move more freely), however we haven't been to Pompeii so can't compare. Have been to plenty of other historical sites around the world with Pompeii still on the list. Sorry, can't be any more help than that.
At least two hours. On several occasions we have spent a whole day there, including having lunch at the lovely cafe (with its superb view of the lake) and taking a walk around the grounds.
What would you suggest for 12 and 15yr olds please?
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Same places we went. War memorial especially. There were lots of kids there. Make sure you are there for the ceremony at the end of the day. Lots if teenagers there.
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