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Student Groups
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/student-groups-that-have-visited-lizard-island/

Institutions that have conducted trips to LIRS for their students since 2006.

Spider origins
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-origins/

Spiders were among the earliest animals to live on land, probably evolving about 400 million years ago. 

LIRS Booking information
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/booking/

Visits to the Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS) must be booked well in advance directly with LIRS.

Terrestrial Permits
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/terrestrial-permits/

This information is provided as a service to Lizard Island Research Station visitors. It is the Station's interpretation of permitting requirements as they apply to work at Lizard Island.

Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/doctoral-fellowships/

Applications for the 2025 Doctoral Fellowships have now closed. Visit again in August 2025 for 2026 fellowships.

Sea Slug Forum
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/molluscs/sea-slug-forum/

On the Sea Slug Forum you can ask questions, post information and find out more about nudibranchs, bubble-shells, sea hares and other sea slugs.

Group Bookings (Lizard Island)
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/group-bookings-lirs/

Lizard Island Research Station provides great facilities for coral reef field trips.

Laboratories & more
https://australian.museum/get-involved/amri/lirs/laboratories/

Laboratories and other facilities

The Museum's Early Days
https://australian.museum/about/history/the-museums-early-days/

Australia's oldest museum was founded in 1827. Under the dedicated curatorship of German emigrant Gerard Krefft in the 1860s, the Museum came to be recognised as a truly 'scientific' establishment.

Geology of Sydney Harbour
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/wildlife-sydney/geology-of-sydney-harbour/

Sydney Harbour is made up of mostly sandstone and shale formed during the Triassic period (about 220 million years ago). These formations were later raised to their present heights by earth movements, starting in the Jurassic p