The South Australian Museum will join NAIDOC Week (6-13 July) celebrations this year with a host of activities. The theme for this NAIDOC Week, which marks its 50th year is The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, recognising the achievements of the past and empowering future leaders.
Leading the celebrations this year is the installation of a temporary exhibition that explores Warmun art, Ride on, shine on: The East Kimberley Art Movement. This exhibition showcases the 14 works recently acquired by the Museum, highlighting the culturally rich art movement that ignited in this region from the 1970s. Entry is free, opening in the temporary exhibition space of the Australian Aboriginal Cultural Gallery from 5 July.
Throughout the week, there will also be a free drop-in family-friendly activity in the Museum’s Main Foyer, exploring the 2025 NAIDOC theme. Children are invited to decorate a wooden figure and place it around the Museum’s very own campfire, to show how the next generation of Australians can stand in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
The pop-up display featuring the mam-burrumurl wasp or ghost wasp (Gasteruption mamburrumurl), which was discovered at Leliyn [Edith Falls] in Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory, continues to be on display until the end of NAIDOC Week. The name captures the wasp’s distinctive ghost-like flight pattern. In the Jawoyn language, ‘mam’ means ‘ghost’ and ‘burrumurl’ means ‘wasp’. Make sure you visit the display on Level 2 in the Biodiversity Gallery.
Event Details:
Dates: 6 - 13 July 2025
Location: South Australian Museum