Waranara: First Nations Tours at the Australian Museum
Highlights
- Expand your understanding of Aboriginal cultures through a 45-minute immersive tour led by a First Nations guide.
- Seek knowledge about sustainable practices from one of the oldest living civilisations on the planet.
- Discover unique cultural objects in the Australian Museum's collections, located in Garrigarrang (Sea Country).
- Engage with rich stories and insights that connect you to the heritage of Australia’s First Nations peoples.
Expand your understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures on this unique tour of objects from the Australian Museum’s collections, led by a First Nations guide.
Waranara means ‘to seek’ in the First Nations languages of the Sydney region – seek knowledge, seek truth, seek understanding. And that’s exactly what our First Nations guides invite you to do on this special 45-minute tour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural objects from the Australian Museum’s collections.
You will learn about the knowledge systems and sustainable practices used for countless generations that helped Australia’s First Nations peoples become one of the oldest living civilisations on the planet.
Led by guides from the First Nations team, the tour will take place in Garrigarrang (Sea Country), located on Upper Ground.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patrons are advised that the exhibitions may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
Images and Video
Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Accreditations
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
- Australian Tourism Export Council
Features
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
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