Blog archive:
April 2011

Dr Sandy Ingelby, Manager of Mammalogy, shares how the Museum will be involved in the collection and disposal of the sperm whale specimen recently found on the rocks of Sydney’s Newport Beach.

A couple of weeks ago, I spent some time in Search & Discover, talking to family's about our upcoming exhibition on deep oceans...

So says the latest research from Google - "The Constantly Connected Consumer"

What's the point of a museum website? Or a museum wikipedia page? Or a museum truck?

I attended the Transformations in Cultural Communictaion Conference the other week. The aim of this year's conference was to “... draw together leading researchers and professionals to explore the tangible ways in which social media can engage culturally diverse audiences”. Here's

Next week we begin a project to conserve and re-interpret the heritage crocodile case and its contents on Level 2.

Land alienation is a problem not just in Papua New Guinea but across Melanesia, and it has the potential to have a catastrophic affect on Melanesian society, according to one of the region's most experienced anthropologists, Museum Research Associate Kirk Huffman.

We've been thinking lots about agile / rapid development models as we begin to delve into the wonderful world of apps. But, what is it and what does it mean for museums?

When we talk about objects we don't just mean dinosaur skeletons, taxidermied animals or gemstones...

At the final Jurassic Lounge for the season last night there were an amazing array of tweets. Here's some of them.

A friend just called me to say that she had heard that a Whale Shark was swimming in Botany Bay.  "No way" was my initial reaction. Apparently members of the Abyss Scuba Diving encountered the fish this morning and have posted images on their Facebook account.

Here are my quick notes from this conference held in Melbourne on 14-15 April.

Behind the doors of the old Spirit House.

'Curated' for you: the latest museum, web and tech news from across the net

This week I have been bringing together some research on the Museum's scientific links with Lord Howe Island.