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The Barriers of Museum Visiting For Young Adults
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/barriers/

The key barriers preventing young adults from attending museums was the first topic investigated in the audience research study. Engaging Young Adults in Museums.

Published 25 September 2012

visitors blog Museology
Engaging Young Adults in Museums: Reason for Research
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/reason-for-research/

Engaging Young Adults in Museums an audience research study aimed at discovering the reasons why young adults don't visit museums.

Published 25 September 2012

research blog audience
22 September: Return Of The Pooter (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/return-of-the-pooter-timor-leste-expedition/

If you want to access the supralittoral zone, you must first master the pooter. Come on a search with senseis Jim and Rosemary...

Published 29 April 2013
DigiVol: Digitising molluscs
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/digivol/

This year, DigiVol has been digitising the Malacology Collection which is one of the largest Collections in the Australian Museum. Read Dr Mandy Reid's account of her experience with the project.

Published 12 September 2012

Digivol malacology AMRI Blog
Death's-Head Hawkmoth (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/deaths-head-hawkmoth-timor-leste-expedition/

Somewhat notorious due to their sinister appearance, it's a mystery why death's-head hawkmoths do not occur in Australia. Entomologist Dr Dave Britton discusses the specimens he found during the Museum's terrestrial expedition to Timor-Leste.

Published 10 September 2012

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Collecting In The Clouds (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/collecting-in-the-clouds-timor-leste-expedition/

Mountains are always exciting places for zoologists. Entomologist Dr Chris Reid revisits his climb up Mt Tatamailau during the Museum's terrestrial expedition to Timor-Leste.

Published 10 September 2012

Expedition blog Timor-Leste
On And Off The Roads (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/on-and-off-the-roads-timor-leste-expedition/

While the road conditions in Timor-Leste might be something to try and forget, the friendliness of the people lingers long in the mind. Entomologist Jean Weiner recalls some of the contrasts he noticed during the Museum's terrestrial expedition.

Published 11 September 2012
Exploring The Almost Unknown: Land Snail Fauna (Timor-Leste Expedition)
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/exploring-the-almost-unknown-land-snail-fauna-timor-leste-expedition/

The humble land snail can be an important environmental indicator. Malacologist Dr Frank Kohler reports on the first ever land snail survey in Timor-Leste, conducted during the Museum's terrestrial expedition.

Published 10 September 2012

Timor-Leste snail malacology blog
A Grasshopper Leaps Out From the Pages of History
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/grasshopper-pages-history/

When Technical Officer Jacquie Resci asked Research Associate Jean Weiner to relocate the foreign grasshoppers inside the Museum's Entomology Collection, she didn't expect him to find an unusual specimen with a very unusual history. Jacquie explains...

Published 04 September 2012

Blog AMRI Entomology collection
Dissecting Microscope donated to Marine Invertebrates
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/dissecting-microscope/

Thanks to the generosity of a donor to the Australian Museum Foundation, the Marine Invertebrates group has been able to upgrade equipment by purchasing two new dissecting microscopes.

Published 14 August 2012

Marine invertebrate blog

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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Future Now

Step into <i>Future Now</i>, an Australian Museum exhibition about sustainability and be inspired by practical and innovative ways to build a more sustainable future.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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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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