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  • It's a wrap! How to bag a canoe

    Why would our Materials Conservation team put a 14.5 metre canoe in a plastic bag?

    Science
    Heather Bleechmore
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  • Museum Studies and the Nature of Museums Today

    Some notes and commentary from this article published in Volume 30, Number 1 edition of the Exhibitionist. Thanks to Gretchen Jennings for passing it on and to the seven respondents in the article for their considered comments which I've shamelessly borrowed.

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    Exterior of building at night

  • Let’s Get Real Research Report

    Culture24 released this report in September 2011 looking at ‘How to Evaluate Online Success’. Authored by Jane Finnis, Seb Chan and Rachel Clements, it has some great information and findings. Here’s some of my takeaways. 

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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  • Mining in the backyard

    Privately owned land can be mined, and there is not much farmers can do or say about it. Should farmers have more rights to what happens on their own turf?

    Education
    Mining at Lightning Ridge NSW

  • More Power to the EPA

    New environmental laws giving the Environmental Protection Authourity (EPA) more power pass in the NSW State Parliment unopposed in the shadow of the Carbon Tax.

    Education
    Biodiversity

  • For Arts Sake! – Visiting Bali #3

    Mythical themes and characters are omnipresent and mingle freely with daily life and modernity.

    Science
    Dr Stan Florek
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    Rama 5

  • Pop-up Squid

    Ever wondered what a tiny pop-up squid looks like?

    Science
    Jen Cork
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  • ASTC 2011 Presentation

    Online delivery at the Australian Museum, Sydney - my talking points for the ASTC 2011 conference.

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes)

  • The Open and Learning Museum Conference

    Attended this conference held in Tampere, Finland, on 11-12 October. Here's some links I promised to post.

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    School girl looking at a skull

  • A mobile app in development

    A case study from Finland: Presentation by Leenu Juurola, Museum of Technology (Tekniikan museo) Finland, at the Open and Learning Museum Conference, Tampere, Finland, 12 October 2011. My edited selection of Leena's PowerPoint slides are reproduced here with permission.

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    Web 2U

  • Sample Sizes in Visitor Surveys

    I often get asked how many people should we be sampling. How do you work this out?

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    Crowds in Museum

  • For Arts Sake! – Visiting Bali #2

    Ubud is an important cultural centre in Bali.

    Science
    Dr Stan Florek
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    Stone carving at the Temple of Death, Ubud, Bali.

  • Museum Mascots

    It's #MuseumMascot day on Twitter - say whaaat?? 

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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  • Museum Scientist Wins Prestigious Publishing Prize

    A Q&A with Technical Officer Michael Shea, co-winner of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales' Whitley Medal, the most sought after prize in Australian zoological publishing.

    Science

  • Coral trout spawning

    Just before sunset on the night of the new moon (27 September 2011) Mike Emslie, Lyle Vail and Anne Hoggett visited a known spawning aggregation site for coral trout not far from the research station.

    Science
    Anne Hoggett, Zoe Richards
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    Soft corals spawning normally in 2014.