UQ Anthropology Museum

31/08/2026

Shields: Design and Functionality closes this coming Sunday! Visit the Anthropology Museum for your last chance to view the 130+ shields from the collection and important artworks by Judy Watson, Dylan Sarra, Bernie Singleton Jnr, Paul B**g and Jennifer Herd during the week or this Sunday at BLOCK PARTY ST LUCIA!
The Museum opens from 11am Monday through to Friday with guided tours on Sunday from 11:30 to 2:30. For more information about Block Party visit the link https://events.humanitix.com/st-lucia-block-party

30/07/2026

Join us at the Museum this Sunday 2 August for UQ open day from 10am to 3pm.
Visit the Shields exhibition, closing in only 5 weeks! View the wonderful works presented by artists Dylan Sarra, Bernard Singleton Jnr, Paul B**g, Jennifer Herd and Judy Watson.
Hourly tours of the Museum starting at 10:30, with the last tour of the day starting at 2:30pm.
Visit the Open Day program here https://study.uq.edu.au/open-day

23/07/2026

We are excitedly looking forward to hosting a national touring exhibition from October - Veiled Histories: Works by leading First Nations artists - Jennifer Herd (MBarbarum) and Joanne Currie Nalingu (Gungurri), a national touring exhibition curated by Sunshine Coast’s Regional Gallery at Caloundra in partnership with FireWorks Gallery and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland.
Looking forward to working with the MGQ team and hosting this remarkable exhibition.
Opening to the public on October 5, the exhibition will be on display at UQ Anthropology Museum until March 19, 2027.

11/06/2026

As we are closed for a couple of days, an ol' time Throwback Thursday for you. 15 years ago when we moved out of the old gallery and labs on level two.
In the first picture you would now be standing in room 211
Second picture I think you'd now be heading into the amazing The RD Milns Antiquities Museum

05/06/2026

The museum will be closed Thursday 11th and Friday 12th June.
If you can't reschedule your visit, please send us an email with preferred time and date and we will try to make it happen!

01/06/2026

Thank you to Paul B**g - Buna Binda Print Maker - Etch Above The Rest, for sharing your artistic practice and wealth of cultural knowledge with the audience on Thursday in conjunction with National Reconciliation Week 2026.
The Anthropology Museum shop ha almost sold out of the Etching Past & Present: Paul B**g, Yidinji Artist publication,! pop in to grab your copy now!
Join us for the final guided tours at 11:30 tomorrow Tuesday, 2 June and Wednesday, 3 June.

Photo: Mandana Mapar, Curator and Paul B**g - Buna Binda Print Maker - Etch Above The Rest speaking at Shields: Design and functionality, UQ Anthropology Musuem
Photo: Ngaire Dowse

14/04/2026

The Anthropology Seminar series presents

'Patrol Officers (Kiaps) as Political Educators: An archival ethnography of aspects of state formation in PNG'

Thursday 23rd April 3:30-5pm
ModWest 11A-131, St Lucia Brisbane Q 4072

Followed by refreshments in the Anthropology Museum foyer 5-6pm

04/03/2026

Thank you to the NITV team for covering the Shields: Design and functionality exhibition now on at the The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum. Open Monday to Friday from 11am to 3pm, through to September!
For more information:
https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/from-protection-to-power-uq-showcases-historic-and-contemporary-shields-carved-in-culture/jjbvpvtjy

Many of the 130 shields on display are over a century old, and have been marked with use and tarnished by age. READ MORE: https://tinyurl.com/3vja3t9m

24/02/2026

The exhibition Shields: Design and functionality is officially open!
Visit the Museum to view the remarkable collection, consider the history, artistic intricacies and regional variations of more than 130 shields traditionally used by Aboriginal people for demonstrations, conflict resolution and symbolic warfare.

On display Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm through to September.

https://news.uq.edu.au/2026-02-uq-showcases-history-and-artistry-indigenous-shields

24/02/2026