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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.
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Australian Museum Archives
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/museum-archives/The Australian Museum Archives cares for the AM’s institutional memory.
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Curated for the curious
https://australian.museum/inside-out/curated-for-the-curious/Be inspired by our expeditions and the Australian Museum’s long history of research and discovery over the decades.
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Unsettled: Primary unit
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/first-nations-learning-resources/unsettled-primary/Follow our unit to engage with the Australian Museum’s exhibition Unsettled and explore the ways we understand, remember and acknowledge our shared past in Australia.
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Investigating objects
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/first-nations-learning-resources/investigating-objects/Make predictions about archeological sites and objects based on no historical context, and question your understanding and presumptions about our shared history.
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History and heritage at the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/history-and-heritage/Help students develop their analytical skills through a workshop exploring historical construction, museum ethics and First Nations histories, followed by an engaging escape room experience in the Australian Museum's oldest gallery.
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Trailblazers: Australia’s 50 Greatest Explorers
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/Whether they crossed oceans, tackled jungles, traversed mountains, braved the poles or went to space, our nation’s greatest explorers helped forge the intrepid Australian spirit. Discover the stories of 50 Australian Trailblazers highlighted in this exhibition.
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Museum staff reading lists
https://australian.museum/inside-out/reading-list/Find out our staff recommendations to read in isolation, and learn the story of the Australian Museum.
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Controversy in museums: a timeline
https://australian.museum/about/history/timelines/controversy-in-museums-a-timeline/This timeline first appeared in the Journal of Museum Education, Volume 23, No 3, 1998 and was co-edited by Maureen McConnell and Honee Hess. It is reproduced here with kind permission of the authors.
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Simon Rood Pittard, Curator and Secretary, 1860-1861
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/director-simon-pittard/Simon Rood Pittard, Curator and Secretary, 1860-1861
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