Blog archive:
September 2010

Here's what one of our Australian Museum Members had to say about their Dinosnore experience.

In 2009, colleagues at the University of Washington, created quite a stir when they described a new species of frogfish from Indonesia.  The fish goes by the scientific name Histiophryne psychedelica.  When you watch the movie you'll probably agree that psychedelica is

Someone asked me about the difference between common and standard names. The video covers this topic and more.

Ichthyology Collection Manager, Mark McGrouther, talks about deepsea anglerfishes.

For the most part, coporate/museum Facebook pages are pretty much the same: conversations among visitors or inserted opinons. However, there are those out there that are coming up with clever ways of engaging with their audience, you just have to do a lot of sifting. How could we apply these idea

Notes from a talk given for students studying digital heritage at the University of Western Sydney.

There have been various media stories in the past few days concerning the Museum's collections. These stories relate to the recommendations of the Audit Office of NSW in the report Knowing the Collections: Australian Museum, released on 1 September 2010. Read on for further clarification and info