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Find out about a new technique that can build three-dimensional models of the internal anatomy of microsnails and other tiny specimens.

A virtual platform is being created to unlock the Australian Museum's world-renowned Pacific Collection for a global audience.

Scientists and volunteers, with support from government and business, joined forces to undertake a species discovery survey of the Charles Darwin Reserve in Western Australia.

The Centre for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) have released a report on 'citizen science'.

This post summarises a number of studies that have looked at visitors' interest in science at museums.

To learn more about the types and distributions of polychaete species inhabiting Australia’s coral reefs, Museum scientists are conducting a census, using specimens from museum collections and new material to be collected during expeditions in 2009.

A new Sustainable Exhibition Design blog

The International Children’s and Youth Conference on the Environment. Daejeon, South Korea provides an opportunity for adults, youth and children to work together on climate change.

The Audience Research Unit has been evaluating the Museum's Science in the City program since 2001. Feedback is always good and here's an example of a satisfied customer from 2009:

Seoul city and the week ahead for the International Children’s Conference on the Environment.

The International Children's Conference on the Environment run by UNEP (United Nations Environment Program).

What do young people think about the internet?

As part of the review of the Museum Renewal Project an evaluation was undertaken into how visitors were responding to the Skeletons exhibition.

What do visitors want from their museum visit?

Quarantine scientists recently attended an Australian Museum workshop to improve their skills at identifying invasive Diptera, a large order of insects, many of which pose a threat to Australia's biosecurity.