Blog archive: December 2011
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Education
Wave Energy Technology: Greek sea goddess CETO to the rescue
Named after a Greek sea goddess, CETO is a wave energy technology that converts ocean swells into zero-emission electricity and zero-emission desalinated freshwater.
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Museullaneous
Michael Sharland
We are about to start a project to digitise and transcribe the Nature Diaries of ornithologist, journalist and environmentalist Michael Sharland.
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Museullaneous
Should museums be more like magazines?
Is the magazine approach to content production a useful model for museums?
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Science
Balinese Women Artists: Collecting their Stories and Paintings
Balinese Paintings: collaborative research. Siobhan Campbell, Sydney University and Stan Florek - Australian Museum, October 2011.
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Museullaneous
Promos, exhibitions and happy holidays
We have been checking out some of the clever promos and e-cards from our colleagues. Here's a range of cool ones...
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Science
The Octopus and the 'Living Fossil': Closer Than We Thought
Q&A with the Museum biologist who helped answer an enduring question about the family tree of the second largest group of animals on earth: molluscs.
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At the Museum
Ask a curator: What's Yiwarra Kuju?
A Q&A with John Carty, anthropologist and co-curator of our new exhibition, Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route.
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Museullaneous
A Pride of Lions
A group of African lions first installed in the Museums entrance area in 1910 have recently made a spectacular comeback. Three of the original four have now been placed in the revamped atrium area - and look as arresting as they did back then.
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Museullaneous
Responsive Web Design and Museums
Is responsive design the next big thing for the web? What does this mean for museum websites and app development?
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Museullaneous
Indigenous Communities and the Digital Realm
What could the digital space do for Indigenous communities asks Phil Gordon?
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Science
Oceans: the litmus test
The oceans absorb much of the carbon dioxide we emit, but have they reached breaking point? asks ecologist Alan Jones.
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Museullaneous
Kava – ‘pacific’ gift to the world?
By enforcing a ban on kava, are we throwing out the baby with the bathwater? asks anthropologist Kirk Huffman.
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Museullaneous
Towards a national cultural policy
Museum Director Frank Howarth asks; What is culture in this foreword to Explore magazine (summer 2011).
