National Museum of Australia - Ishbel and Heidi's Girly Trip to Canberra

Tuesday 14th January 2008 - From the War Memorial we went to the National Museum of Australia http://www.nma.gov.au/index.html which is housed in an amazing building http://www.nma.gov.au/about_us/the_building/#row_3 .
After making over $100 in purchases in the museum shop (we'd only gone in for camera film) and getting instructions on what to see, we headed off. Unfortunately we'd been told about KSpace http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/childrens_spaces/kspace/ and Ishbel wanted to race through everything so she could get there. I think museums and galleries and memorials should have moving creches that take the children round the stuff children want to see, leaving their adults to see adult stuff without being rushed and nagged.
Ishbel did finally make it to KSpace where she used a computer to design a house of the future. Then we were herded into a little theatrette where we donned goggles and were taken on a 3D tour of all the vehicles and houses designed by the 12 or so children in our group. It was great fun, although Ish and I both felt a bit travel sick at the end.
Our last exhibit before the closing announcements came was Behind the Lines - the Best Cartoons of 2007 http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/behind_the_lines_2007_the_years_best_cartoons/ . We voted for our favourites in a People Choice poll.