Blog archive:
December 2009

The day after Boxing day was a huge one for the Museum...

Will controversy 'dog' our Wildlife Photographer of the Year opening?

The Copenhagen Accord

An opinion piece by Australian Museum Director, Frank Howarth.

The People’s Orb has been presented at the Earth Hour special event in Copenhagen.

In 2003 we were considering hosting an exhibition on Medieval Torture from the Museo della tortua in San Gimignano, Italy. In considering this exhibition (which we decided against taking for a range of reasons) we undertook a front-end evaluation which I am posting here as background for

Highlights from a study into understanding audiences’ interests, prior knowledge, attitudes and feelings associated with gold. This research was undertaken in conjunction with Sovereign Hill Museums Association in 2001.

Tough negotiations begin.

The first week of the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Find out why a new publication, the Trilobite Record of China, co-edited by Australian Museum palaeontologist Dr Yong Yi Zhen, has made life a lot easier for the world’s trilobite experts.

Recent research indicates the presence of a new species of sea cucumber at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

We went to a school in Sydney to find out what cultural objects are personally significant to Year 5 students. What we found was intriguing and, in some cases, quite moving.

Went to a talk on The Participatory Museum given by Nina Simon on 9 December as part of the Powerhouse Museum's Innovation Series. Here's my notes.

A recent study has revealed hundreds of species of amphipods (shrimp-like creatures) living on the Great Barrier Reef, almost half of them new to science.

As the AM prepares to launch new exhibitions on climate change in 2020, we look back on our 2009 exhibition, 'Climate change: our future, your choice'.