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It has been a huge year for the Streamwatch Team supporting volunteers and running events across Sydney.

The British exploration of the Australia-Pacific region in historical perspective.

Ten new species and one genus of land snail have been discovered in coastal areas and on the islands of the Western Australian Kimberley.

Australia's big museums and art galleries each use as much energy as a small country town. How long can we afford, let alone justify that?

No alcohol required - the specimens we’re maintaining are documents, photographs and emerging forms of media and data.

One of our Research Library's greatest treasures is a sketchbook containing original drawings by 18th century English artist Sarah Stone.

Will new technology allow accurate, rapid, and cost efficient observations of the marine environment?

Books, digital content and the future of libraries.

Productivity and interesting conversation between volunteers and colleagues go hand in hand in the DigiVol lab.

Earlier this year, we presented our first two Pacific Youth at the Museum events.

This is a great time of year to explore the diversity of spiders in your backyard.

Pollination in Australia's subtropical rainforests seems to be carried out primarily by much smaller critters than bees, birds or bats.

Public education and the origin of a book in antiquity.

Our amazing new ghost net sculptures, Dauma and Garom, are now on display in our Indigenous Australians gallery.

Sacred textiles of Tenganan Village in Bali.