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  • Who is the woman painting the background?

    Investigating the woman in the 1922 photograph of two museum staff painting the background of one of the museum's first dioramas.

    Museullaneous
    Patricia Egan
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  • Bugwise - virtual experiences

    Bugwise session were part of the Learning for Sustainability Video Conference Festival in June 2011

    Education
    Karen Player
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    using web2spider toolkit

  • Which fishes eat sponges?

    A colleague just asked me this question. I had to confess that I wasn't sure of the answer.

    Science
    Mark McGrouther
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    Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma amblycephalum

  • Understanding Museums

    Understanding Museums: Australian Museums and Museology, is a new e-publication edited by Des Griffin and Leon Paroissien. What it's all about?

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    Museum Facade

  • innovations@austmus: July Speaker announced

    This month's presentation: "Focus: It's hard, because.. hey look at that over there!" Mick Liubinskas from Pollenizer talks about startups on Thursday 7 July from 4pm at the Australian Museum. Read on to find out more and to book your spot - it's free! 

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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  • Birds with a Beat dancers perform at the Museum 2011

    The Australian Museum's dance video competition, Birds with a Beat, was a great success.

    At the Museum
    Birds with a beat

  • Artefact Conservators at work

    What are our Conservation staff up to this week?

    At the Museum
    Lynda Kelly
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  • Kermadec wrap-up

    Since I last posted to Fish Bits, I have participated in an amazing field trip to the Kermadec Islands. I returned earlier this week and have now resumed adding content to the fish site.

    Science
    Mark McGrouther
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    Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra

  • Live displays in My Photo Studio

    From December 2010 the following live invertebrates were displayed in 'My Photo Studio', giving visitors the opportunity to take their own wildlife photos and take advice from the experts.

    At the Museum
    Chris Hosking
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    Egyptian Beetle, Blaps polychresta.

  • Where do spiders go during flooding?

    It not just humans that have had to face challenges from the recent flooding in Eastern Australia. An enquirer near Grafton has sent some interesting photos showing how the regions spiders have handled the rising water levels.

    At the Museum

  • Follow up with Dr Sandy Ingleby

    We caught up with Dr Sandy Ingleby, manager of the mammals collection after she had collected the sperm whale jaw from Sydney's Newport Beach.

    Museullaneous
    Jen Cork
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    Sperm Whale Skeleton

  • Winny goes on a Road Trip

    Our beloved muttaburrasaurus puppet hitches a ride to Albury!

    At the Museum
    Claire Farrugia
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  • Kermadec Update

    Mark is no longer bobbing around the Kermadec Islands (half way between New Zealand and Tonga), he's arrived back on land. I'm sure he'll have some amazing stories to share with us all. Until then here are two great fish videos and a picture we were able to get our hands on thanks to the Auckland

    Science
    Amanda Hay
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  • An App for Museum Conservators?

    The following question has been asked on Twitter: "Answers in <240 characters, please! RT: @thesherrin: What would a iPad app for conservators do, or what would they want it to do? #mtogo". I asked one of our Conservators, Sheldon, what he thought...

    Museullaneous
    Lynda Kelly
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    Scientist repairing a peacock specimen

  • Making research accessible

    I recently attended an interesting workshop on how the humanities, arts and social sciences research sector (or HASS research sector for the sake of brevity) and the natural sciences sector might learn from each other in how to do better research.

    Museullaneous
    Frank Howarth
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