The Australian Museum Blog

Museum collections show us how diversely biodiverse Gamay (Botany Bay) really is

Savvy travellers will tell you that the best seat to sit in when you fly into Sydney is the window seat on the left-hand side of the plane.

AMRI

Sarah Whitehead, Dr Pat Hutchings

/ 11 April 2025

Male Sydney Pygmy Pipehorse, Idiotropiscis lumnitzeri

Australian Museum announces new Chief Scientist (Acting) and AMRI Director (Acting)

Professor Shane Ahyong and Julie Ellmers to lead Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI).

At the Museum

03 April 2025

Julie Ellmers - Acting Director of AMRI and Professor Shane Ahyong - Acting Chief Scientist of the AM

Australian Museum farewells Chief Scientist Professor Kris Helgen

Today the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii announced that Professor Kristofer Helgen has been appointed as its new President and CEO.

At the Museum

03 April 2025

Professor Kristofer Helgen, Chief Scientist and Director of the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI)

Australian Museum farewells Chief Experience Officer, Russell Briggs

The Australian Museum (AM) announced today that Chief Experience Officer Russell Briggs will leave the AM on July 11, 2025, stepping away from full-time work to pursue consulting opportunities.

At the Museum

02 April 2025

Russell Briggs - Director, Engagement, Exhibitions & Cultural Connection