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Is the crocodile case too big and fragile to move?

It's not like they're asking me to turn cartwheels down the exhibit halls, but still...it feels strange.

A report on the first (calendar) month of our new social media action plan...

Michelle comes to us from the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program in Seattle (USA), and will be interning in the Audience Research Unit for the next six weeks.

For your inspiration: fashionable innovations in creative recycling...

The Museum's Shirase sword is a symbol of friendship.

The Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), one of Australia's iconic birds, is currently listed as vulnerable in NSW with only 20-30 mating pairs in the Sydney region.

Socialising, customising and cat-ifying museums... a round-up of recent web and tech news.

Identifying remote survey material via the web – combining traditional invertebrate collecting methods with modern biodiversity informatics tools. 

Last month I was given the opportunity to attend the inaugural Australasian Invertebrate Conference held in Melbourne. The conference brought together Australian researchers, butterfly breeders and other invertebrate keepers for the first time to learn and discuss a wide range of topics.

This is what some of you had to say about the Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise exhibition, from a selection of the results of 250 exit surveys.

What brought you to the first season of Jurassic Lounge? Nearly a thousand of you told us why!

Can museums make cities smarter? Can iPads make meetings better? And can climate scientists rap? Linkasaurus is back, everyone...

The Australian Museum purchased three crocodiles in 1879. The first came to the Museum in July from showman William Cash.

Recently, one of our work colleagues, Scott Mellish, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly and the Museum lost one of its real characters. Read on to find out more about this fascinating man and feel free to leave your memories and thoughts in the Comments section.