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Museullaneous

West Pacific Collection Manager Michael Mel takes Kim McKay back to his homeland in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

How did Lyuba, a 42,000 year-old baby mammoth journey from the Siberian Ice Age to her current location on display at the Australian Museum?

Not for the faint of heart, Preparator Katrina McCormick talks taxidermy and skeleton prep at the Australian Museum.

The Museum's magnificent heritage streetscape easily detracts from the triangular shaped brick building behind the Yurong Street wall.

Journey to the ancient Middle Eastern cities of Pella, Petra and Jerash with a seasoned archaeologist as your guide.

The first step towards successful conservation is to know the creature exists.

What's got four wheels, is stuffed with life and provides an important service to the community?

Bob Dylan’s famous anthem ‘The times they are a changin’ recorded in 1963 – wasn’t about the Australian Museum but it could have been.

Conservators, designers and historians prepare for the opening of 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum in the Westpac Long Gallery.

CEO Kim McKay catches up with Laura McBride, AM's Creative Producer - Indigenous Programs during NAIDOC Week 2017.

In this episode of AM Live, Dr Simon Longstaff offers engaging approaches to teaching children how to think and behave ethically.

Enabling scientific information to be presented in an interesting way

"Museum's are not morgues and should expand along modern lines." So commented J.R Kinghorn in the Women's Weekly

A functional Ford or a ferocious fossil form.

AM Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Sharni Jones, Manager, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Collection at the Australian Museum.