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Museullaneous
Michael Sharland
We are about to start a project to digitise and transcribe the Nature Diaries of ornithologist, journalist and environmentalist Michael Sharland.
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Museullaneous
Should museums be more like magazines?
Is the magazine approach to content production a useful model for museums?
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Science
Balinese Women Artists: Collecting their Stories and Paintings
Balinese Paintings: collaborative research. Siobhan Campbell, Sydney University and Stan Florek - Australian Museum, October 2011.
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Museullaneous
Promos, exhibitions and happy holidays
We have been checking out some of the clever promos and e-cards from our colleagues. Here's a range of cool ones...
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Science
The Octopus and the 'Living Fossil': Closer Than We Thought
Q&A with the Museum biologist who helped answer an enduring question about the family tree of the second largest group of animals on earth: molluscs.
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At the Museum
Ask a curator: What's Yiwarra Kuju?
A Q&A with John Carty, anthropologist and co-curator of our new exhibition, Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route.
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Museullaneous
A Pride of Lions
A group of African lions first installed in the Museums entrance area in 1910 have recently made a spectacular comeback. Three of the original four have now been placed in the revamped atrium area - and look as arresting as they did back then.
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Museullaneous
Responsive Web Design and Museums
Is responsive design the next big thing for the web? What does this mean for museum websites and app development?
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Museullaneous
Indigenous Communities and the Digital Realm
What could the digital space do for Indigenous communities asks Phil Gordon?
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Science
Oceans: the litmus test
The oceans absorb much of the carbon dioxide we emit, but have they reached breaking point? asks ecologist Alan Jones.
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Museullaneous
Kava – ‘pacific’ gift to the world?
By enforcing a ban on kava, are we throwing out the baby with the bathwater? asks anthropologist Kirk Huffman.
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Museullaneous
Towards a national cultural policy
Museum Director Frank Howarth asks; What is culture in this foreword to Explore magazine (summer 2011).
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Science
Calling on Tongan Traditions: A special visit
Lady Tunakaimanu Feilakepa is renowned and greatly respected for her traditional cultural knowledge in Tonga and across the Pacific. For one week in November 2011 Mrs. Fielakepa visited the museum to share her memories, knowledge and passion for Tongan traditions.
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Science
Unique role played at the Australian Museum
The Australian Museum’s scientists are often asked to apply their expertise in unexpected ways.
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At the Museum
Jurassic Lounge FTW! (Please vote for us)
J-Lounge is going 'For The Win' in FBi Radio's SMAC awards and we'd really appreciate your vote.
