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  • Lord Howe Island connections

    This week I have been bringing together some research on the Museum's scientific links with Lord Howe Island.

    Museullaneous
    Vanessa Finney
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    Photographers: Birds on Lord Howe Island

  • Asparagus fern on Lord Howe Island

    The earliest known photo showing the noxious weed Asparagus fern growing on Lord Howe Island in 1923.

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    Vanessa Finney
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  • App ideas

    Yesterday’s Jurassic Lounge was –yet again a great night out. You guys enjoyed the music, explored the exhibitions, got Birds-of-Paradise-face paintings... and... Gave us some great feedback! If the museum would develop a Jurassic Lounge app.. What information would it cont

    At the Museum
    Marloes Schepers
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  • (Un)Still Life

    Found: a young artist in the Birds of Paradise crowd.  

    At the Museum

  • Fin forensics and the fish collection

    The Australian Museum's Dr Rebecca Johnson appeared in the Catalyst Fin Forensics story on 7 April 2011. The show focused on the the practice of shark finning and highlighted how the museum's Genetics Unit were instrumental in a successful legal prosecution.  The Australian Museum's 'fishos

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    Mark McGrouther
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  • Plunging the depths of the deep ocean

    Asking questions is what we do in Audience Research. We do it for lots of reasons, and all of them deepen or broaden our understanding of what we are researching. How fitting then that we recently conducted research about the deep ocean.

    Museullaneous
    Rubén Reyes
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    A deepsea anglerfish, <i>Bufoceratias wedli</i>

  • Mysterious? Adventurous? Muddy?

    To prepare for an exhibition next year we recently conducted a frontend survey about the topic “deep ocean”. This research was conducted using Survey Monkey, an online survey tool, and after two weeks 792 people had responded.

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    Rubén Reyes
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  • What you had to say about the deep ocean

    In the recent deep ocean frontend survey people were asked the two questions below. Variety is the spice of life!

    At the Museum
    Rubén Reyes
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  • Linkasaurus! #5

    Museum-in-a-car, a behind-the-scenes exhibition, label-free objects and more...

    Museullaneous

  • Grounding Digital Information Trends Part 2

    What do online trends mean for the future role of a museum? More from Kristen Purcell, at Museums and the Web 2011.

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    Lynda Kelly
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  • Grounding Digital Information Trends Part 1

    Here's some notes from the key note address given by Kristen Purcell, Associate Director, Pew Internet Project, at the Museums and the Web annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. 

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    Lynda Kelly
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  • (#)WhyILoveMuseums Day

    Today is #whyilovemuseumsday on Twitter. Here are some of our favourite tweets so far...

    Museullaneous

  • Meeting Delayed Due to Dancers

    A discussion can't compete with drums... Huli Dancers from Papua New Guinea had come to meet the media a few days ahead of their first ever performance in Sydney.

    At the Museum
    Huli Dancers

  • Linkasaurus! #4

    'Curated' for you: the latest museum, web and tech news from across the net

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    Albertosaurus sarcophagus

  • My little interview with Tim Flannery

    Professor Tim Flannery is an amazing man and has done amazing things. He is a scientist, explorer, and author and as I found out when I met him he has got a great sense of humour. Professor Flannery is someone I admire and look up to so to meet him was really special. I just wish I could spe

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