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Museullaneous
The Scott Sisters' Notebooks Revealed #1
Read selected extracts from the notebooks of the most famous natural history illustrators working in Sydney in the last decades of the 19th century...
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Museullaneous
Scott sisters exhibition is now open
Spring has come to Sydney, and the Scott sisters and their delicate, detailed, extraordinary butterfly and moth paintings are on show at the Australian Museum.
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Museullaneous
Taxidermist Extraordinaire - Jane Tost - Our First Female Employee
In 1864 the Museum employed its first professional female staff member - Jane Tost, taxidermist and business woman extraordinaire.
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Education
Food for thought: Love your seafood AND our oceans
It's no secret Australians love their seafood. But a lot of the fish we love is not sustainably fished or farmed. Are you willing to swap your favourite yellow fin tuna for a more sustainable yellow eye mullet?
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Museullaneous
By strategy
Director of the Australian Museum Frank Howarth calls for the media to stop giving air to ‘the shrinking number of increasingly shrill climate change deniers’ in this editorial from Explore magazine.
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Museullaneous
Notes From the Future: A Reflection on My Internship
I carry back a glimpse of the future of evaluation in American museums.
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Education
Renewable Energy — Is FiT (Feed-In Tariff) a good fit for Australians?
The Australian government hopes to see 20% of Australia's electricity supply coming from renewable sources by 2020. Will the Feed-In Tariff (FiT) program help achieve this target?
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At the Museum
A Jurassic Lounge bouquet
We received this feedback via our website. Thought I'd share with you all.
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Science
Using Biomimicry to cut the carbon!
Biomimicry is looking at the way nature does things and then copying nature to build a sustainable future and now scientist are looking at humans to learn how we can help with climate change.
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At the Museum
Popping up at a museum near you
A Pop-Up Museum? We had one today! Read on to find out more...
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Education
National Science Week with Professor Fiona Wood
Professor Fiona Wood is a groundbreaking plastic surgeon who was named Australian of the Year in 2005. Through her pioneering work she has dramatically changed the way burn wounds are managed.
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Education
Is there an eco-balance?
It can be a challenge to lead a sustainable lifestyle that is easy, affordable and suits our personal needs. Is there an eco-balance to living sustainably and living comfortably?
