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Argentinean and Australian Museum scientists have discovered a guild of micropredators living on seaweeds in the coastal waters of southern New South Wales.

The price of overconsumption and the lack of recycling plastics has created The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a soupy mix of plastics floating around in the Pacific Ocean.

Developing a social media strategy for the Museum - why are we in these spaces and what will we actually do in them?

Australia’s Threatened Species - do we want to lose them?

What is museum authority and why do we need to think about it now?

What are museums across the world doing on Flickr and how can the Australian Museum learn from that?

Innovation in the Art Museum Education Tradition International Symposium, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan October 17-18 2009.

Saturday the 24th October was the International Day of Climate change and the United Nations Day.

Innovation in the Art Museum Education Tradition International Symposium, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan October 17-18 2009. I am attending this conference as a panellist. Here’s my notes from Day 1.  

What is the Audience Research Blog and what might I find here?

What are visitors saying about the Menagerie exhibition?

My trip to Borneo to learn, research and film orang-utans.

Where can I find resources online that address learning generally and museum learning specifically?

Who visits the Indigenous Australians Exhibition and what do they think about it?

Results from the 2009 survey on computer-based exhibits now available on Open Exhibits website.