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Integrating taxonomy
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/integrating-taxonomy/

Entomologist Dr Andrew Mitchell is looking to combine morphological and genetic approaches to taxonomy.

Published 29 March 2010
Trawling Antarctica for answers
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/antarctic-field-trip/

An 8-week trip to Antarctica has returned excellent collections of bottom-dwelling invertebrate communities and valuable insights for sustainable fishing and conservation management of this vulnerable ecosystem, writes Museum Technical Officer Roger Springthorpe.

Published 15 August 2011
ANZ Public Sector Summit 2010
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/anz-public-sector-summit-2010/

Attending this two-day conference with a bunch of government folks to discuss all tings open government, Web 2.0 and innovation. It is being co-hosted by CISCO and the Centre for Social Impact. Here’s my notes from today’s session.

Published 18 February 2010
What's in the Box - 45 years on
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/whats-in-the-box-45-years-on/

Museum in a Box was developed 45 years ago and is the corner stone of the Australian Museum outreach program.

Published 22 March 2010
Wave Energy Conversion
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wave-energy-conversion/

Renewable energy has to be part of the solution in combating climate change and wave energy conversion is a fantastic technology using waves to produce clean electricity.

Published 14 February 2010

energy blog climate change sustainability
Science in the City - A Marathon of Heroes
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/science-in-the-city-a-marathon-of-heroes/

Science in the City (which also expands to Science in the Suburbs and Science in the Bush) is a week long event aimed at High school students of all grade levels. It is designed to encourage them towards an interest in the sciences and to expose them to the diverse field

Published 26 September 2010

Science in the City blog Science communication
Life Beyond the Tomb Exhibition Evaluation 2005
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/life-beyond-the-tomb-exhibition-evaluation-2005/

Here's a summary of findings from the Life Beyond the Tomb 2005 exhibition evaluation

Published 31 August 2010
How would you design an exhibit? Meeting Part 1
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-would-you-design-an-exhibit-meeting-part-1/

Two schools recently joined the Australian Museum in helping design the up and coming exhibition Birds of Paradise. This was the first day we met with the schools, and being new myself, I was excited to see what the students thought about the coming workshop.

Published 13 May 2011
BBC Life - Flyingfish footage
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bbc-life-flyingfish-footage/

If you are a fish, one of the most effective ways to avoid a predator must be to leave the water. Fishes have evolved different strategies to do just that, but few manage to do so as spectacularly as the flyingfishes. It is not uncommon to see a fish glide up to 200 m.

Published 18 August 2010

Ichthyology blog Fish
BBC Life - Sailfish feeding
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bbc-life-sailfish-feeding/

This amazing underwater footage shows an aggregation of Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, feeding on a school of baitfish.

Published 10 February 2014

Ichthyology blog fish

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

Come face-to-face with one of the most remarkable gold collections to ever tour the globe in the immersive exhibition, <i>Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru</i> and add-on VR experience.

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Tails from the Coasts

Presented with the National Museum of Singapore, this culturally significant collection of watercolours brings to life extraordinary species and captivating stories.

Special exhibition
Opening Saturday 10 May

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Wild Planet

Welcome to life on Earth. Every one of Earth’s millions of species is unique, but they are all connected through evolution. Come and see life in all its glorious diversity – over 400 animals under one roof!

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
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