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The Kermadec Blog and a rare Monkfish
It's lucky the Kermadec blog is so interesting and full of fabulous photos and videos, because I am seriously green with envy.
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Yes, we show off too!
Students we consulted in 2010 during the development of the Birds of Paradise exhibition came to see the finished product for themselves today. What did they think?
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Yet more on the crocodile case restoration
Unfortunately, not all is going to plan on the refurbishment of the crocodile case this week.
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Stripping the crocodile case
Furniture conservator Ray Gurney's first challenge is to strip the crocodile case back to its base wood layer.
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Batfish in Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour doesn't immediately spring to mind when you think of tropical fishes. That's why we were recently surprised to hear about juvenile Roundface Batfish that have been seen near Clifton Gardens and in Parsley Bay, in the outer harbour.
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Tablets and mobile shopping: what’s the connection?
The world is getting smaller – and so are our computers. What does this mean?
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Shark blood production
In what part of the body is a shark's blood made? This was the subject of an enquiry that was recently sent to the Australian Museum.
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Dr Sandy talks whales
Dr Sandy Ingelby, Manager of Mammalogy, shares how the Museum will be involved in the collection and disposal of the sperm whale specimen recently found on the rocks of Sydney’s Newport Beach.
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Diving in deep oceans, with the whole family!
A couple of weeks ago, I spent some time in Search & Discover, talking to family's about our upcoming exhibition on deep oceans...
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Mobile is transforming everyday shopping
So says the latest research from Google - "The Constantly Connected Consumer"
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Linkasaurus #7
What's the point of a museum website? Or a museum wikipedia page? Or a museum truck?
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My impressions from TCC11
I attended the Transformations in Cultural Communictaion Conference the other week. The aim of this year's conference was to “... draw together leading researchers and professionals to explore the tangible ways in which social media can engage culturally diverse audiences”. Here's
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Our oldest display case
Next week we begin a project to conserve and re-interpret the heritage crocodile case and its contents on Level 2.
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Pacific land alienation
Land alienation is a problem not just in Papua New Guinea but across Melanesia, and it has the potential to have a catastrophic affect on Melanesian society, according to one of the region's most experienced anthropologists, Museum Research Associate Kirk Huffman.
