Australian War Memorial Review

Love love this place a must for everyone should be compulsory so we don't forget the outcome on life.. when we go to war

Very special place to visit. Worth the effort if you have time to visit.

Excellent exhibitions and very emotive 5pm services every day. Just don t try and use the loo right before closing they ll chase you out!

Powerful place. Very in-depth history, accompanied by a wide array of artefacts and visually engaging exhibits.

Exhibits are interesting and the treatment of the fallen is respectful. Lots of great exhibits, movies and dioramas. Had activites for children.

The solemn war memorial is opposite the National Assembly and is suitable for walking around to see the history of Australia.

found my ancestors name on the wall.I think it is the best museum in Australia.

A fitting memorial to the Australians who have sacrificed their lives for our country

The most beautiful and touching experience of my life.

Even having visited the AWM regularly, our family is always happy to go back. The Last Post Ceremony at the end of the day is also worthwhile. Each day a different soldier is honored in the ceremony and, if they have living relatives, they are invited to attend.

Always interesting with various ways of depicting the horrors of war and the brave people who have defended our great country

The guided tours, are worth doing! I been a several times to this amazing museum and place of memories of remembrance several times. This time I did a tour and got to learn so much more. A great day out!

Witnesses this ceremony. It's a life time experience

The new special forces exhibit is amazing, as are the permanent ones.

Very amazing place. This is well worth the time to walk around and read about our history. The volunteers working here do an amazing job and listening to their stories just adds to the special feeling you get here. The dawn service on Anzac morning here is something I will never forget.

Very moving. Free entry. 4 hours free parking underground. Highly recommended

Always a great place to visit and remember those who gave their all for our freedoms.

Remembering all those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country, home and families. Very nice, overwhelming place.

I always find something new to look at here. I can never see it all in one day as it is a bit overwhelming. War makes me sad.

One of the best war memorials I've been to. Great movie/ light shows in the Anzac hall

Quite an experience, there's so much to see you can't even see it all in one day

The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia, and some conflicts involving personnel from the Australian colonies prior to Federation. The memorial includes an extensive national military museum. The Australian War Memorial was opened in 1941, and is widely regarded as one of the most significant memorials of its type in the world.

The Memorial is located in Australia's capital, Canberra, in the suburb of Campbell. The Australian War Memorial forms the north terminus of the city's ceremonial land axis, which stretches from Parliament House on Capital Hill along a line passing through the summit of the cone-shaped Mount Ainslie to the northeast. No continuous roadway links the two points, but there is a clear line of sight from the front balcony of Parliament House to the War Memorial, and from the front steps of the War Memorial back to Parliament House.(Wiki..)

A memorial to commemorate those who fought in the wars for Australia. The place has a dignity to it.

An amazing place of education and reflection. Always putting on compelling new exhibits. Takes several full days to experience everything.

All Australian's should be very very honoured and proud to have such a world class memorial.

ALL Australian's should vist this amazing place once in their lifetime.

Lest we forget.

Love it, best museam in Australia. Well presented and fun, sectioned off into conflicts. Educate the young about Australia and the worlds conflicts and remember the veterans and fallen.

Absolutely amazing, sobering experience. Makes me proud to be an Australian. Especially loved the aircraft and midget sub!

Beautiful experience. Curators have done a great job, the experience will leave you spell bound and a bit somber

Very modern museum / memorial retracing all the wars in which the Australian armies participated.

Been to a lot of war memorials and museums around the world and the Australian War Memorial is special. Was thete for 4 hours and felt like we had only glanced througj.

We loved it... definitely need a few days to see it all...well worth the visit

Very touching and tribute to the heroes. Hope the public continue to contribute generously to the memorial funds

Very informative outside but museum closed because of COVID-19

Enjoyed the experience here - a good outing for short-term visitors

Great set up and exhibitions. Staff great especially the research (looking up the family history etc) staff. Everyone should visit this place at least once

Very interesting
Thorough knowledge of the conflicts. .

A must see in Canberra - informative museum, and a moving place to honour those who have served.
Free entry.
In my opinion, this is the best attraction in Canberra.

Located in Canberra, the capital of Australia, it mainly commemorates the wars that Australian soldiers participated in, including the First and Second World Wars. The exhibits are quite rich.

The exhibits are very well done and cover history in great detail. Be prepared for crowds as entry is free, more than a gold coin donation is well deserved, even an ordinary Friday morning as it opened it was full of people and school tours. You need a minimum of four hours but there is enough to see in a full day if you take the time to read many of the excellent interactive information screens available

Very good memorial. For those who left behind in war....say stop to war..

The memorial has had major work and upgrades. If you haven't seen it recently, it worth while going again.

Great place to truly see the terrible reality of war.

The must visit museum when you're in Canberra. You will easily forgot time here. I've been to many museums in Australia and this is one of the most fantastic ones.

Excellent. Sorry to hear Brendan is leaving. Absolutely the best thing that could have happened having him there.

The war memorial is a place I often visit, as I live not too far away from it. It always has some new things to share. It is a beautiful monument to all the men and women who have served under the Australian flag. The features, exhibitions and talks are always so in-depth and we'll thought out. Not only a beautiful piece of stonework and history, IT CAN FIT A WHOLE FREAKIN' LANCASTER BOMBER IN IT! HOW IS THAT NOT AMAZING!?!

Nice place but a bit harder to find your way through.

It was nice to see the place. Architecturally magnificent! However, having said that, you will find much better places Gotham this in other country s culture.

Been several times and it's always changing which keeps it interesting

Beautiful serene place, the staff could not have been more helpful. They assisted me in putting poppies on the memorial wall for every WW1 soldier from Eden who died. Then every one of my family who died in the same conflict.

Just fabulous. We attended 5.00 pm Last Post Ceremony and it was so moving.

Too much to explore in one day! Particularly struck by the detail of the dioramas. Made clear how treacherous conditions actually are during war.

Detailed and extensive war memorial and museum. If you are there around closing time (16.45pm) you can pay your respect at the daily Memorial ritual for one of the fallen Australian soldiers of the world wars. Very impressive!

Museum is much bigger than the building suggests and one could easily spend the day here and still not cover it all. Entry is free (please remember donations). Only negative is the restaurant kitchen (poppy's) was closed (at 3pm) with no reason given and very abrupt staff who made me feel it was an inconvenience for me to be there and baulked at the mere suggestion of heating a ham croissant.
Mesuem is fantastic and definitely worth a visit

An incredible place of remeberemce and tribute to our fallen heroes. There is so much history and Australian culture to unpack here. The guides are informative and passionate. There is so much content that is on rotation so it seems always to be fresh. You could spend days hearing the stories of the Anzacs and our more recent/current service men and women. Just an amazing heartfelt experience.

Beautiful and thought-provoking. It's hard to express the emotion evoked when you see the evidence of the tremendous sacrifices of the thousands of service men and women of this country. A must-see for anyone visiting Canberra. Be warned, it's much larger and more involved than I initially thought so expect to spend at least half a day here.

What an amazing experience, i have studied the history of australians at war and served in the armed forces during vietnam, but my time in the memorial was absolutely amazing and unforgettable, thank you so much....

A beautiful memorial & I knew there was a museum underneath! It was amazing could of spent forever