Blog archive:
August 2012

Recent work on the papers of William Henry Hargaves conducted by the Museums Rapid Digitisation Project volunteers has highlighted the intriguing life and times of William Henry Hargraves.

What's been happening on the Museum's Facebook and Twitter accounts? Online Producer Michael Hugill cuts out the stats and pastes in some of our more interesting social media stories (in a picture book format no less).

From Headhunting to the Festival of Arts: War canoe from the Solomon Islands: E23373

Thanks to the generosity of a donor to the Australian Museum Foundation, the Marine Invertebrates group has been able to upgrade equipment by purchasing two new dissecting microscopes.

We are conducting an expedition to study the land and marine fauna of Timor Leste. 

An interview with Dr Sally Reader about this Bigeye Sixgill Shark which was recently added to the collection.

Our puppet dinosaur, Winny the Muttaburrasaurus, is on a mission to the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Dino Operator and Visitor Events Co-ordinator David Bock discusses a busy day of shows and explorations.

Our puppet dinosaur, Winny the Muttaburrasaurus, is on a mission to the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Dino Operator and Visitor Events Co-ordinator David Bock writes about the group's trip to the Great Wall of China.  

Our puppet dinosaur, Winny the Muttaburrasaurus, is on a mission to the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Dino Operator and Visitor Events Co-ordinator David Bock reports on Winny's first (big) day of shows.

Australian Museum Members and conservation biologist, Dr Steven Goodman set off to Madagascar to discover the rare flora and fauna of this island nation.

For many years Museum scientists have had access to copies (microfiche and more recently digital) of the important specimen and object Collection Registers. What was it like before copies were available?