Latest from the AM Blog
Writing from the frontiers of science, culture and education, as well as all the latest news from the Museum.
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Science
Has the cucumber changed its spots?
Recent research indicates the presence of a new species of sea cucumber at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Education
Students show their cultural objects
We went to a school in Sydney to find out what cultural objects are personally significant to Year 5 students. What we found was intriguing and, in some cases, quite moving.
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Museullaneous
The Participatory Museum
Went to a talk on The Participatory Museum given by Nina Simon on 9 December as part of the Powerhouse Museum's Innovation Series. Here's my notes.
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Science
Myriad of amphipods on the GBR
A recent study has revealed hundreds of species of amphipods (shrimp-like creatures) living on the Great Barrier Reef, almost half of them new to science.
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Science
From the archives: 2009 climate change exhibition awarded
As the AM prepares to launch new exhibitions on climate change in 2020, we look back on our 2009 exhibition, 'Climate change: our future, your choice'.
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Science
How to detect newly introduced species
Museum scientists compared two strategies to predict the whereabouts of an introduced bee – one using climate suitability data and the other habitat preference.
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Science
Micropredators lurk among the seaweed
Argentinean and Australian Museum scientists have discovered a guild of micropredators living on seaweeds in the coastal waters of southern New South Wales.
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Science
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The price of overconsumption and the lack of recycling plastics has created The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a soupy mix of plastics floating around in the Pacific Ocean.
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Museullaneous
The Museum's Social Media Strategy
Developing a social media strategy for the Museum - why are we in these spaces and what will we actually do in them?
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Museullaneous
Museums on Flickr
What are museums across the world doing on Flickr and how can the Australian Museum learn from that?
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Museullaneous
Innovation in the Art Museum Symposium Taipei Day 2
Innovation in the Art Museum Education Tradition International Symposium, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan October 17-18 2009.
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Science
International Day of Climate Change
Saturday the 24th October was the International Day of Climate change and the United Nations Day.
