Blog archive:
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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.
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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.
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Winny goes on a Road Trip
Our beloved muttaburrasaurus puppet hitches a ride to Albury!
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What is the Colly-gator up to?
Colin Johnson, an exhibition project officer (aka "the Colly-gator") is one of the team working on the restoration and conservation of our oldest showcase. What is he up to?
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A modern day detective story
Unlocking the mysteries behind the Museum's oldest showcase.
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Jurassic Lounge tweets
At the final Jurassic Lounge for the season last night there were an amazing array of tweets. Here's some of them.
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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
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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!
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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.
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Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak by the Lake exhibition is launched
A cultural revival project and exhibition celebrating Aboriginal cloak-making ran until until 31 July 2011.
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Museum Mystery of the Week - Number Two
Museum mystery number two was found on a beach in Queensland by one of our visitors and caused quite a stir amongst staff!
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Oh my God, I saw a dinosaur...
On the night of last Tuesday's Jurassic Lounge visitors were asked to give their feedback. We put up some feedback forms where people could write their comments on. Also, we asked them specifically what they liked best about Jurassic Lounge. It worked out very well, we got some great feedback
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Planarian Worms
Once the wet weather starts, the Museum often gets inquiries about small, brightly coloured "snakes", invasions of "leeches", unusual "slugs" and similar queries - all relating to an animal which is actually none of these.
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Crested Katydid collected from Queensland
An uncommon species of insect has been collected by staff at the Santos Ballera gas plant in Queensland and sent it to the Australian Museum for identification.
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