Blog archive: At the Museum
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Australian Museum Night At The Museum Gala Dinner Silent Auction
You are invited to browse the fantastic prizes on offer in our AM online Silent Auction!
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Andrea Gaynor
Hold the past to account with Andrea Gaynor, University of Western Australia as she proposes `radical remembering’ to actively confront the challenges of the Anthropocene.
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Live at the AM: HumanNature Series 2019 - Mark Carey
The culture and politics of ice. University of Oregon’s Mark Carey explores the fundamental role of glacial ice in global economics and politics, and within imaginative, historical and colonial narratives.
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Live at the AM: HumanNature Series 2019 - Katherine Gibson and Juan Francisco Salazar
Lessons on resilience from a bamboo bridge Katherine Gibson and Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University) explore life within the rhythms of nature in resilient community economies.
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Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Gabi Hollows
Gabi Hollows talks with Sandra Sully about the work of her late husband Fred and the Fred Hollows Foundation.
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Podcast - Lunchtime Conversation Series: Glenn Murcutt (with Sandra Sully)
Acclaimed Australian Architect Glenn Murcutt discusses his life and work with Journalist and Broadcaster Sandra Sully.
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Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Dr Terry Percival
Dr Terry Percival AM, representing CSIRO WLAN, discusses the invention of Wi-FI
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Macerena Gomez-Barris
Venture into the cacophonous space of the forest with Macarena Gómez-Barris of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn USA, as she considers its contested conceptual, indigenous and potentially regenerative narratives
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Podcast - Lunchtime Conversation Series: Francheska Cubillo on Albert Namatjira (with Tracey Holmes)
Francheska Cubillo, Churchill Scholar and Senior Curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, explores the life and work of iconic artist Albert Namatjira
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Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: John Maynard on Charles Perkins
Professor John Maynard discusses the life and work of Charles Perkins with Kim McKay.
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Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Author Thomas Keneally
Listen to the live recording of Schindler's Ark author Thomas Keneally in conversation with AM Director Kim McKay.
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Craig Santos Perez
Experience the award-winning eco-poetry of Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature in the environmental movements of Oceania.
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Lesley Green
Lesley Green (University of Cape Town) considers how environmentalism squares with anti-racism and social justice in the sourcing of `green’ commodities from the sands of South Africa.
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New installation in the First Australians Galleries: The Purple House
The Purple House is a home away from home for First Nations dialysis patients.
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The weird and wonderful secrets of the Australian Museum’s collections
From the discovery of sucking lice species to the creation of a chemical ‘e-nose’ to detect illegal wildlife trade, the AM’s collections contain limitless potential.