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At the Museum
Alexander the Great goes mobile
Our Alexander the Great exhibition is about to launch. What are we offering for mobile devices?
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Museullaneous
Guide Alice and the Lyre-Birds of Mount Buffalo
This intriguing little booklet, published in 1924 is part of the Melbourne Ward collection in the Australian Museum Research Library.
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Museullaneous
Social Musings: Stories from October
What have we been up to on Facebook and Twitter? Online Producer Michael Hugill cuts out the stats and pastes in the more interesting social media stories (in a picture book format no less).
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Museullaneous
‘Regardfully offered’ by Ferdinand von Mueller
While browsing the uncatalogued material left to the Australian Museum Research Library by naturalist Mel Ward, a scrappy, dirty little volume came to light...
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Museullaneous
The Internet of Things
What is the Internet of Things and what does it mean for museums?
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Museullaneous
Adventure novels in a natural history library?
Sometimes, items in a specialist library collection might seem to veer a little off-topic...
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Museullaneous
What’s happening with tablets now?
The latest research from Google throws up some surprises ... and some exciting opportunities!
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Museullaneous
Natural phenomena in words and pictures
The mid nineteenth century was a fascinating time when science and religion were of equal, and not always conflicting, importance in explaining the wonders of the world.
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Museullaneous
A vision realised
Charles Ledgers' 19th century vision for an expansive alpaca wool industry was a long time coming.
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Education
Streamwatch comes to the Australian Museum
Sydney Water Streamwatch program is moving to the Australian Museum.
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Museullaneous
Mapping the North Sea Fisheries: O.T. Olsen’s Piscatorial Atlas (1883)
Sometimes the most ordinary-looking books house hidden treasures.
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Museullaneous
A mobile app or a mobile website?
Continuing on the mobile musing path, when should you build a mobile website and when a mobile app?
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Science
Kermadec memories
It seems like only yesterday that we were diving on the sides of volcanos in the Kermadec Islands. It was certainly a fantastic trip.
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At the Museum
A Deep Sea Proposal...
The Australian Museum holds special memories for all of us, but for Vicki and her new fiancé Dee-J, their memories will forever be just that little bit more special...
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Museullaneous
Rolling out mobile products
How do you promote and market apps to potential users, while engaging them before, during and after a physical visit?