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Birds conversation starters
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/cs-birds/

Have you ever danced like a bird? Use our Birds conversation starters for fun suggestions and prompts for how to engage with this exhibition.

Published 18 November 2020

Birds of Australia bird Birds Education Resource education birds
Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/birds-of-paradise/

This exhibition featured a selection of the Museum’s collections from the Southern Highlands, Eastern Highlands and Western Highlands, including a variety of human hair wigs, feathered headdress, judge wigs, shells woven aprons and shell forehead ornaments.

Published 29 October 2018

past exhibitions Birds Rituals of Seduction Exhibition birds of paradise
Predator outwitted – nest cages take eggs off the menu
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-nest-cages-take-eggs-off-the-menu/

Experiments reveal that endangered White-fronted Chats will accept nest-cages, giving Sydney's population a last hurrah.

Published 07 July 2015

Birds blog extinct Ornithology
Feathers of the Gods: Is it a Bird?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/feathers-gods-bird/

Is it a bat? Is it a plane? If you are an air traveller, you probably have more to do with museums, especially ours, than you think!

Published 03 March 2014

Bats AMRI Blog DNA Birds
World Migratory Bird Day 2013
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/world-migratory-bird-day-2013/

To recognise World Migratory Bird Day Australian Museum Streamwatch volunteers participated in a wetlands day at Bicentennial Park.

Published 12 May 2013

Birds life long learning Blog
Bats, birds and bones: a view to a kill
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bats-birds-and-bones-a-view-to-a-kill/

Songbird fossils from Queensland reveal the diet of an ancient population of the carnivorous Ghost Bat.

Published 15 December 2016

Bats AMRI songbirds Blog Birds fossils
The quest for the Dwarf-Kingfisher
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-quest-for-the-dwarf-kingfisher/

If a kingfisher is caught in a net, does it reside in the forest?

Published 18 December 2018

Birds kingfisher bird ornithology
Generalists are the most urban-tolerant birds
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/generalists-most-urban-tolerant/

We used a novel method, integrating large datasets, to identify the ‘urbanness’ of Australian birds

Published 15 January 2019

Birds AMRI Science
Robins showing their true colours
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/robins-showing-their-true-colours/

Some Eastern Yellow Robins are brighter than others, but are they just drifting?

Published 10 February 2017

Birds blog Ornithology

Jurassic World by Brickman

Kmart presents <i>Jurassic World</i> by Brickman<sup>®</sup> at the Australian Museum until 17 July.

Tickets on sale now.
Open until 17 July.

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Burra

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

Opens Saturday 2 July
Permanent education space

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School programs and excursions

Book school excursions at the Australian Museum, Sydney, that inspire and engage students of all ages.

Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours

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