Blog archive: July 2011
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Museullaneous
You Want Me To...Be Subjective?
It's not like they're asking me to turn cartwheels down the exhibit halls, but still...it feels strange.
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Museullaneous
Social Musings: The first month of a new plan
A report on the first (calendar) month of our new social media action plan...
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Museullaneous
Introduction to Michelle DelCarlo, Audience Research Intern
Michelle comes to us from the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program in Seattle (USA), and will be interning in the Audience Research Unit for the next six weeks.
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At the Museum
Fashion Less Waste parade 2011
For your inspiration: fashionable innovations in creative recycling...
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At the Museum
Brothers in the realm of science
The Museum's Shirase sword is a symbol of friendship.
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Science
Save our owls
The Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), one of Australia's iconic birds, is currently listed as vulnerable in NSW with only 20-30 mating pairs in the Sydney region.
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Museullaneous
Linkasaurus #9
Socialising, customising and cat-ifying museums... a round-up of recent web and tech news.
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Science
Ethabuka Camel Trek
Identifying remote survey material via the web – combining traditional invertebrate collecting methods with modern biodiversity informatics tools.
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At the Museum
Australasian Invertebrate Conference 2011
Last month I was given the opportunity to attend the inaugural Australasian Invertebrate Conference held in Melbourne. The conference brought together Australian researchers, butterfly breeders and other invertebrate keepers for the first time to learn and discuss a wide range of topics.
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At the Museum
What you said about Birds of Paradise
This is what some of you had to say about the Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise exhibition, from a selection of the results of 250 exit surveys.