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arts, photography, prints, sculpture and fashion. There's also a great museum gift shop.
Free tours are conducted daily at 11am, noon, 1pm and 2pm.
The Aboriginal permanent exhibition on the ground floor is stunning, and seeks to chal-
lenge ideas of the 'authentic'. There are some particularly fine examples of Papunya
painting, and interesting use of mediums from bark, plus didgeridoos, contemporary
sculpture and dot paintings on canvas.
Upstairs are permanent displays of paintings by artists such as Arthur Streeton and Tom
Roberts, including Roberts' famous
Shearing the Rams
. There's also the work of the
Heidelberg School impressionists and a fabulous collection of the work of the modernist
'Angry Penguins', including Sir Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Joy Hester and Albert Tuck-
er. Other prominent artists on display include Fred Williams, John Brack and Howard
Arkley.
Australian Centre
for the Moving Image
MUSEUM
(ACMI;
03-8663 2200;
www.acmi.net.au
; Federation Sq;
10am-6pm;
1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72,
Flinders St)
Managing to educate, enthral and entertain in equal parts, ACMI is a visu-
al feast that pays homage to Australian cinema and TV, offering an insight into the
modern-day Australian psyche perhaps like no other museum can. Its floating screens
don't discriminate against age, with TV shows, games and movies on-call - making it a
great place to waste a day watching TV and not feel guilty about it. Free tours are conduc-
ted daily at 11am and 2.30pm.
Screenworld
is the main focus here, an interactive exhibition that celebrates the work of
Australian cinema and TV; its exhibitions, games lab and zoetrope will interest anyone,
whether they're clued in about Dexter from
Perfect Match
or not. Upstairs, you'll find the
Australian Mediatheque
, a venue set aside for the viewing of programs from the National Film
and Sound Archive and ACMI, the perfect hideaway on a rainy day. Mini-festivals of
cinema classics and the occasional Pixar blockbuster are screened throughout the year;
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