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  • Coffin of Egyptian official Neter-nekhta
    At The Museum

    Afterlife: The coffin and spirit of Egyptian official Neter-nekhta

    A rich man’s journey to the kingdom of god.

    Written by Stan Florek / Category At The Museum / Published 12 May 2020
    coffin Ancient Egypt North Africa death
  • gala dinner
    At The Museum

    Australian Museum Night At The Museum Gala Dinner Silent Auction

    You are invited to browse the fantastic prizes on offer in our AM online Silent Auction!

    Written by Adele Leathan / Category At The Museum / Published 12 April 2020
  • Andrea Gaynor. Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia
    At The Museum

    Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Andrea Gaynor

    Hold the past to account with Andrea Gaynor, University of Western Australia as she proposes `radical remembering’ to actively confront the challenges of the Anthropocene.

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 25 November 2019
    blog Anthropocene climate change HumanNature podcast
  • Mark Carey
    At The Museum

    Live at the AM: HumanNature Series 2019 - Mark Carey

    The culture and politics of ice. University of Oregon’s Mark Carey explores the fundamental role of glacial ice in global economics and politics, and within imaginative, historical and colonial narratives.

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 14 November 2019
    blog climate change audio politics HumanNature
  • Monks on bamboo bridge
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    Live at the AM: HumanNature Series 2019 - Katherine Gibson and Juan Francisco Salazar

    Lessons on resilience from a bamboo bridge Katherine Gibson and Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University) explore life within the rhythms of nature in resilient community economies.

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 30 September 2019
    audio HumanNature blog podcast
  • Fred Hollows
    At The Museum

    Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Gabi Hollows

    Gabi Hollows talks with Sandra Sully about the work of her late husband Fred and the Fred Hollows Foundation.

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 11 September 2019
    Lunchtime Conversation Series medicine health Lunchtime lecture podcast
  • Glenn Murcutt with Sandra Sully – Lunchtime Conversations 2019
    At The Museum

    Podcast - Lunchtime Conversation Series: Glenn Murcutt (with Sandra Sully)

    Acclaimed Australian Architect Glenn Murcutt discusses his life and work with Journalist and Broadcaster Sandra Sully.

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 06 September 2019
    blog architect Lunchtime Conversation Series audio podcast
  • Dr Terence Percival AM Lunchtime Conversation
    At The Museum

    Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Dr Terry Percival

    Dr Terry Percival AM, representing CSIRO WLAN, discusses the invention of Wi-FI

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 04 September 2019
    technology Lunchtime Conversation Series events Lunchtime lecture podcast
  • Macarena Gómez-Barris
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    Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Macerena Gomez-Barris

    Venture into the cacophonous space of the forest with Macarena Gómez-Barris of the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn USA, as she considers its contested conceptual, indigenous and potentially regenerative narratives

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 28 August 2019
    sociology audio ecology HumanNature podcast
  • Franchesca Cubillo on Albert Namatjira – Lunchtime Conversation
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    Podcast - Lunchtime Conversation Series: Francheska Cubillo on Albert Namatjira (with Tracey Holmes)

    Francheska Cubillo, Churchill Scholar and Senior Curator Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, explores the life and work of iconic artist Albert Namatjira

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 19 August 2019
    bolg Lunchtime Conversation Series artist First Nations audio podcast
  • John Maynard on Charles Perkins at Lunchtime Conversations 2019
    At The Museum

    Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: John Maynard on Charles Perkins

    Professor John Maynard discusses the life and work of Charles Perkins with Kim McKay.

    Written by Abram Powell / Category At The Museum / Published 12 August 2019
    Lunchtime Conversation Series events First Nations Lunchtime lecture podcast
  • Tom Keneally Lunchtime Conversation
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    Podcast – Lunchtime Conversation Series: Author Thomas Keneally

    Listen to the live recording of Schindler's Ark author Thomas Keneally in conversation with AM Director Kim McKay.

    Written by Alice Gage / Category At The Museum / Published 05 August 2019
    AMplify Lunchtime lecture podcast
  • Still, 'Solastalgia'
    At The Museum

    Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Craig Santos Perez

    Experience the award-winning eco-poetry of Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature in the environmental movements of Oceania.

    Category At The Museum / Published 16 July 2019
    poetry polynesia audio HumanNature pacific podcast
  • Tormin heavy minerals mine near Lutzville, South Africa
    At The Museum

    Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Lesley Green

    Lesley Green (University of Cape Town) considers how environmentalism squares with anti-racism and social justice in the sourcing of `green’ commodities from the sands of South Africa.

    Category At The Museum / Published 24 June 2019
    Social Justice mining audio lectures podcast
  • The Purple truck
    At The Museum

    New installation in the First Australians Galleries: The Purple House

    The Purple House is a home away from home for First Nations dialysis patients.

    Written by Alice Gage / Category At The Museum / Published 19 June 2019
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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden