Your search returned 29 results
By Page Type
By Tag
- All
- fish (966)
- blog (699)
- fishes of sydney harbour (400)
- First Nations (276)
- Blog (237)
- AMRI (165)
- archives (157)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (133)
- insect (126)
- Ichthyology (124)
- geoscience (109)
- minerals (103)
- climate change (99)
- Eureka Prizes (93)
- Fish (91)
- Anthropology (89)
- podcast (85)
- International collections (80)
- Minerals Gallery (78)
- wildlife of sydney (78)
- Labridae (77)
- frog (72)
- staff (71)
- gemstone (70)
- history (62)
- Mollusca (60)
- gem (59)
- Gems (56)
- Indonesia (56)
- photography (55)
- AMplify (54)
- shark (54)
- Birds (53)
- people (53)
- exhibition (51)
- earth sciences (50)
- past exhibitions (50)
- science (49)
- Gobiidae (48)
- sustainability (46)
- Pomacentridae (45)
- bird (45)
- Serranidae (44)
- exhibitions (44)
- death (42)
- lifelong learning (42)
- Syngnathidae (41)
- past exhibition (41)
- Bali (40)
- Earth and Environmental Science (40)
-
Grindstones
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/grindstones/Fragments of grinding stones dating back 30,000 years to late in the Pleistocene Epoch have been found at Cuddie Springs in western NSW.
-
Kalti Paarti: Carved emu eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/Emu egg carving first became popular in the mid to late nineteenth century.
-
Dance boards by Emma Nungarrayi, 1970s and 1980s
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/dance-boards-by-emma-nungarrayi-1970s-and-80s/Dance boards by Emma Nungarrayi, 1970s and 1980s
-
Crocodile Mask from the Torres Strait- E017339
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-crocodile-mask-from-torres-strait-e17339/In the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks were worn for rituals and ceremonies. Masks represented ancestors and associated totems, frequently the crocodile.
-
The Hedley and McCulloch Collection: Torres Strait 1907
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-headley-and-mcculloch-collection-torres-strait-1907/Between 29 August and 4 October 1907 Charles Hedley and Alan R. McCulloch collected 167 objects, mostly from Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait.
-
Spinning top from Cape York, pre-1900
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-spinning-top-from-cape-york-pre-1900/Aboriginal toys in the collection include theses spinning top from northern Queensland.
-
Survival and revival of the string figures of Yirrkala
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/survival-and-revival-of-the-string-figures-of-yirrkala/String figures, or Matjka-wuma, are patterns or designs made on the hands with a loop of string.
-
Leilira blades from Arnhem Land
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/leilira-blades-from-arnhem-land/These are five long stone blades with sharp edges, known by archaeologists as Leilira blades.
-
Crocodile mask from the Torres Strait Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/crocodile-mask-from-the-torres-strait-islands/Turtle shell masks from the Torres Strait Islands.
-
The search for the hunting boomerang
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/boomerangs/the-search-for-the-hunting-boomerang/The good hunting boomerang was developed through brain-storming and experimentation, with prudent eyes seeking universality and balance.
-
Barka: The Forgotten River
Special exhibition
Now on until 23 July 2023 -
Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
-
School programs and excursions
Virtual excursions
Educator-led tours -
Burra
Permanent education space
Open daily