Blog archive:
At the Museum

Photographed by Robert ‘Oliver’ Chalmers and members from the Australian Museum, the 1964 Australian-American Meteorite Expedition captured on 35mm colour slides were recently discovered by the Photographic Archives Digitisation Project.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the International Council on Archives - celebrations are in full swing for International Archives Week (5-9th June) and International Archives Day (9th June).

Dr Anne Hoggett AM explores the plight of our coral reefs and how we can help protect their future in the Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.

Founded in 1973, the Lizard Island Research Station has studied reef ecologies and the impacts of climate change for fifty years.

The Australian Museum Photographic Archives host a vast collection championing biological, ecological, and ethnographic research, education, and discovery.

Discover five things you can do to bring native bees into your garden, as native bee taxonomist, Michael Batley, discusses their importance, beauty and diversity.

Listen to a Q&A with Clarence Slockee as he shares tips on how to make your garden a haven for native plants and wildlife.

Listen to journalist and author, Ali Gripper, as she sits down with Dr Jodi Rowley for an intimate Q&A on Jodi’s life's work and to learn five things we can do to make our gardens frog-friendly.

Our giant shark has been transformed as part of Sydney WorldPride’s Rainbow City.

At the Australian Museum’s Climate Solutions Centre we are delighted by the historic outcome of the global summit for nature, Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) , just concluded in Montreal.

Sharks are instant impact. They invoke an immediate projection of our senses. Often silence. Fear. Fierce, sleek, beautiful, myths, facts and stats. They are a dominant and diverse species for the power of the visual image.

As an acknowledgement of Papua New Guinea's 47th year of Independence, we had the honour of interviewing Wap-hill Imbun, a Papua New Guinean- Australian.

The Australian Museum honours the legacy of former Australian Museum (AM) Trust President and leading science and arts philanthropist, Brian Sherman AM.

The winners of the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes were announced last week, celebrating excellence in Australian science.

Last week the Pasifika team were fortunate enough to sit with Sydney City Councillor, Emelda Davis, and Dr Sonya Pearce to hear their stories and celebrate the Australian South Sea Islander story: 175 years ago, to now and well into the future.