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Sculptor of the dead
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/sculptor-of-the-dead/Not for the faint of heart, Preparator Katrina McCormick talks taxidermy and skeleton prep at the Australian Museum.
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Peeling away the prejudices: Shark scanning and taxidermy – first in Australia
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/shark-scanning-and-taxidermy-first-in-australia/What to do with such a large fish? The commencement of a 12 month project to preserve, mount and scan a Shortfin Mako.
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Taxidermists wanted
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/taxidermists-wanted/Recruiting cadet taxidermists and scientific officers in 1891 - 'well educated lads' with 'a taste for natural history' wanted.
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Public Response to Taxidermy Mounts
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/public-response-to-taxidermy-mounts/Becky Hitchens, a student at Durham University, Museum and Artefact Studies program asks if we have any information about the public's reaction to taxidermy mounts.
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1900s: King of the Beasts – Sculpture Taxidermy at the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/king-of-the-beasts-sculpture-taxidermy-at-the-australian-museum/When entering the recently refurbished Australian Museum in 1910, even the seasoned visitor might have stopped in their tracks.
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1830s: The Rascally Bird Stuffer
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-rascally-bird-stuffer/Once 'collector and preserver of specimens', the Museum's early taxidermist decided to branch out.
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Taxidermist Extraordinaire - Jane Tost - Our First Female Employee
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/taxidermist-extraordinaire-our-first-female-employee/In 1864 the Museum employed its first professional female staff member - Jane Tost, taxidermist and business woman extraordinaire.
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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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Taxidermy Tetris
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/taxidermy-tetris/How does our Materials Conservation team move enormous rhinoceros specimens? On giant skateboards of course!
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