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What are museums for?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/what-are-museums-for/

Two interesting reports came across my desk over the break that address this key question...

Published 25 January 2013

research blog Museology
Engaging Young Adults in Museums: Reason for Research
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/reason-for-research/

Engaging Young Adults in Museums an audience research study aimed at discovering the reasons why young adults don't visit museums.

Published 25 September 2012

research blog audience
Who is the public? A talk by John Falk
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/who-is-the-public-a-talk-by-john-falk/

Who is the Public? Research in Identity in Museums, a talk by John Falk, Oregon State University, 18 May 2010.

Published 19 May 2010

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Plunging the depths of the deep ocean
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/how-deep-is-the-ocean-and-how-deep-do-you-think-it-should-be/

Asking questions is what we do in Audience Research. We do it for lots of reasons, and all of them deepen or broaden our understanding of what we are researching. How fitting then that we recently conducted research about the deep ocean.

Published 13 April 2011

research blog audience
Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566), the grandfather of ichthyology who dissected his own son
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/guillaume-rondelet/

The story of the author of the oldest book in the Australian Museum Research Library.

Published 21 March 2019

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Six surprising facts about the Australian Museum Research Library
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/6-things-about-the-library/

Librarian Adria Castellucci lets us in on some of the Australian Museum Research Library’s best kept secrets.

Published 20 May 2021

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Donate to the Australian Museum Foundation
https://australian.museum/get-involved/join/foundation/

The Australian Museum Foundation relies on your donation to help invest in the future of Australian Museum research, education and programs.

Published 02 November 2018

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Australian Museum Lizard Island Research Station
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/

The Lizard Island Research Station is a world-leading supplier of on-reef facilities for coral reef research and education. Located on the northern Great Barrier Reef, 270 km north of Cairns in Queensland, Australia.

Published 11 October 2018

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Australian Centre for Wildlife Genomics
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/acwg/

Our primary focus is on ecological applications such as species identification, individualisation, conservation and small population management.

Published 11 October 2018

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Barka: The Forgotten River

Meet <i>Barka: The Forgotten River</i> in this new First Nations exhibition developed by Uncle Badger Bates and Justine Muller with the Barkandji community.

Special exhibition
Now on until 23 July 2023

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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea

Witness the beauty and diversity of cultural decoration and body adornment from Papua New Guinea in this special exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Opening 9 June 2023, featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.

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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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Burra

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

Permanent education space
Open daily

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