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Digitising the treasures of the sea
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/digitising-the-treasures-of-the-sea/

The Australian Museum is digitising its collections, including the historic and diverse Marine Invertebrate collection. We explain how the Museum is opening up its treasure trove of specimens to the world and the discoveries we are making along the way.

Published 14 December 2021
Celebrating a decade of DigiVol!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/celebrating-a-decade-of-digivol/

DigiVol, the World’s first citizen science website for digitising museum collections, turns 10! Today we celebrate our volunteers, staff and all the brilliant collections that make this project so unique.

Published 09 December 2021
News from LIRS: Marine pollution research
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/news-from-lirs-marine-pollution-research/

Each month, a selected blog from Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) is featured at the AM. LIRRF supports scientific research & education at the AM’s Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. For this month, we feature: Marine pollution research.

Published 16 December 2021
The discovery of an exceptional new fossil site offers a glimpse into Australia’s ancient rainforests
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/discovery-of-new-Australian-fossil/

New fossil site offers unprecedented insight into Australian landscape, approximately 15 million years ago.

Published 10 January 2022
Truth-telling, as old as the hills
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/Truth-telling-as-old-as-the-hills/

Another ‘Australia Day’ will be celebrated by some on 26 January, and with it undoubtedly a polarising debate on Australia’s founding story.

Published 11 January 2022
A tribute to Ken Coles AM
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-tribute-to-ken-coles-am/

Ken Coles AM was a Trustee of the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation (LIRRF) from 1991 to 2015 and Chair from 1994 to 2012. During this time he transformed the Foundation and the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS). Charlie Shuetrim AM writes a tribute to Ken Coles AM.

Published 18 February 2022
That's the spirit: a short history of wet specimen storage at the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/wet-specimen-storage-spirit-house/

Glass jars containing translucent creatures are a common sight at any natural history museum. But the highly flammable ethanol that preserves the specimens inside must be carefully stored to prevent the collections going up in flames.

Published 16 February 2022

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Vale Neil Balnaves
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/neil-balnaves/

The Australian Museum honours the legacy of one of Australia’s leading arts philanthropists, Neil Balnaves.

Published 01 March 2022

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Epic Jurassic World LEGO brick creations roar into "the Dinosaur Museum"
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/jurassic-world-dinosaur-museum/

With at least six million LEGO^® bricks, these epic creations are sure to inspire new generations of new science communities of all ages and backgrounds. And, like museums, LEGO^® is an excellent learning tool.

Published 04 March 2022

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International Women’s Day 2022
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/International-Womens-Day-2022/

I am proud to lead an organisation that is working to build a sustainable future and break the bias, two themes for this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD).

Published 08 March 2022

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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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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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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