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Museullaneous

The second woman to be employed on the scientific staff of the Australian Museum.

Who would have thought that superannuation could cause so much angst?

On his recruitment application for war service in 1918 the only address that 32 year-old Allan McCulloch cited was the 'Australian Museum'.

When entering the recently refurbished Australian Museum in 1910, even the seasoned visitor might have stopped in their tracks.

Is Daddy-long-legs really the most venomous spiders in the world? Are spiders faster than humans? Do all spiders bite? Let's find out.

It could have all gone horribly wrong....

Dreading winter? Just be glad you're not a spider.

CEO Kim McKay chats Egyptology, spiders and traveling the world with Gillian Scott, AM's Manager, Exhibitions.

In 2017, Museum scientists revisted the site where its first scientific field survey was conducted 130 years ago - Lord Howe Island.

Edward Pierson Ramsay was only in his thirties when he became the first Australian-born curator of the AM on 22 September, 1874.

From goannas and sparrows to quolls and kangaroos, citizen scientists play a key role in identifying animals from camera trap footage.

Introducing a Very Important Phasmid, now rehoused at Melbourne Zoo thanks to the efforts on an AM led expedition to Balls Pyramid.

Throughout the 1860s the Australian Museum was led by its formidable, but ill-fated German born curator — Gerard Krefft.

With a handsome new sandstone building on William Street next to Hyde Park, the Australian Museum was the place to be seen in 1850s Sydney.

A live panel discussion with former Eureka Prize winners, hosted by Robyn Williams.