Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, National museum in Waigani, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery in Waigani holds over 50,000 ethnographic objects, including kundu and garamut drums, masks, totem poles and a decorated Milne Bay outrigger. Its five gallery spaces were renamed in 2017 after Tumbuna, Susan Karike, Bernard Narokobi, Ian Saem Majnep and Be Jijimo. The building opened in 1977 and was refurbished for its 40th anniversary.

William Macgregor's 1889 collecting programme was meant to seed a museum, but the objects went to Australian institutions instead. A 1953 antiquities ordinance and a 1954 board of trustees revived the plan, and the Public Museums and Art Galleries Ordinance created the institution in 1956. The purpose-built building, partly funded by Australia, opened on 27 June 1977.

The galleries display ceremonial drums like kundu and garamut, carved shields and wooden figures from many regions. Visitors see objects that played important roles in celebrations and rituals and remain meaningful to local communities today.

The museum is located in Waigani on Independence Drive and open to visitors on regular days. It is best to allow time to explore the various galleries since the collection is quite extensive.

The museum regularly receives cultural objects being returned from international collections to their source communities. These returns show a growing worldwide effort to bring cultural treasures back to their home regions.