Blog archive:
At the Museum

Dr Terry Percival AM, representing CSIRO WLAN, discusses the invention of Wi-FI

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

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

Professor John Maynard discusses the life and work of Charles Perkins with Kim McKay.

Listen to the live recording of Schindler's Ark author Thomas Keneally in conversation with AM Director Kim McKay.

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.

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.

The Purple House is a home away from home for First Nations dialysis patients.

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.

Australian Museum offers free entry to servicemen and women on Anzac Day

The story of the author of the oldest book in the Australian Museum Research Library.

Bruce Pascoe’s ground-breaking research completely reconsiders the notion of pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians as hunter-gatherers.

Environmental martyrs put their bodies and lives on the line. Some activists remain anonymous, while others gain posthumous fame and power, their deaths becoming a rallying call for others to join the cause.

When mineral collectors hear Tasmania mentioned, they immediately think of crocoite!

The Australian Museum remembers Pat McDonald, Museum education pioneer from 1953 to 1988, who passed away on 11 November 2018 aged 89.