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DigiVol: What... you work with dead insects!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/digivol-what-you-work-with-dead-insects/

Read here about two volunteers who work on the Digitisation Project

Published 24 September 2014

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Designing with butterflies
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/designing-with-butterflies/

How do artists and designers draw inspiration from our collections? Fashion designer Donna Sgro tells us about her visits to the Rare Books and Entomology collections to research butterfly specimens for her latest work.

Published 17 December 2018

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Collecting in collections
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-collecting-in-collections/

A new technique developed at the Australian Museum allows us to make better use of historical insect collections for DNA barcoding.

Published 24 February 2015

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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

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Flying high on Bitcoin
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/Flying-high-on-Bitcoin/

A new species of a long-legged fly from Papua New Guinea named after Bitcoin currency

Published 27 September 2022

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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
On now

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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 kids learning space
10am - 4.30pm

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RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners. Opening 16 August at the Australian Museum.

Special Exhibition
Opens 16 August 2025

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Minerals

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

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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