Blog archive:
Museullaneous

World-renowned naturalist. Living legend. Global treasure. How do you honour a man whose influence is so incomparable?

Executive Director and CEO Kim McKay in conversation with Sheldon Teare, Natural Sciences Conservator at the Australian Museum.

Egyptian artefact or plaster-covered tin can? AM's Materials Conservation team uncovers an elaborate fake.

Discovering the little known story of the historic gem, the Former National School Building.

AM CEO and Director Kim McKay AO in conversation with explorer, scientist and 2007 Australian of the Year, Professor Tim Flannery.

Surprising spiders from our Rare Books collection.

AM Anthropologist Dr Robin Torrence chats with Kim McKay about her research on the function of ancient material on peoples’ daily lives.

DigiVol recently scanned new slides from the extensive collection of this AM malacology trailblazer.

How do you help people learn to love one of the most reviled creatures? Catherine Timbrell talks to Kim McKay about the creation of Spiders.

The Bubonic Plague terrified Sydney in the early 20th century.

A distinguished panel explore the cultural significance and museum acquisition of Asaro Mud Men Masks.

Check out some of the beautiful images of the AM arachnology slide collection scanned by DigiVol volunteers.

WeDigBio is a 4-day event that engages citizen scientists worldwide to help digitise specimens held in natural history collections.

Walking through the rooms lived in by her ancestor William Sheridan Wall, delighted 12 year old Imogen Fennessy.

DigiVol has taken digital images of prints of some of the Australian Museum's large collection of glass plate negatives.