Blog archive: Explore magazine
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Coming soon: Burra
Burra – the AM’s upcoming, interactive children’s education space – is due to open in July 2022. Burra offers a ‘many-ways’ experience where First Nations and Pasifika knowledge systems and Western science are brought together in layers of learning.
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Croaked: The 2021 frog die-off
With the help of citizen scientists, Dr Jodi Rowley and the AM Herpetology team are investigating the breadth and causes of a mass frog die-off, currently occurring on the east coast of Australia.
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The Australian Museum Magazine turns 100
After a controversial beginning, the Australian Museum Magazine has reached 100 years of continuous publication, with the historic latest issue a timely fit for the milestone.
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The future of the AM: Project Discover
The AM is creating a renewed museum to match its world-class collection.
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When photography came to the Museum
Curator Vanessa Finney describes how Capturing Nature reveals the pioneering art and science of photography at the Australian Museum.
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Blood and Bone
Australian Museum Research Institute scientist Dr Sandy Ingleby describes the evolving art of cleaning a whale carcass.
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Preserving the art of science
Meet the recipients of the inaugural Australian Museum Scientific Illustration Scholarship
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Citizens rise!
The Australian Museum's citizen science projects are helping change the world for the better.
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DNA Evidence Combats Trafficking
Forensic scientists at the Australian Museum use our DNA library to help authorities crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade globally.
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Sydney’s wild mammals
Many of Sydney's native mammals can still be found - if you know where to look.
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Communicating science
Deborah Smith, from UNSW's Faculty of Science, spoke to Alex Danilatos about careers in science communication.
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Douglas Grant, Aboriginal Digger
Elizabeth McKinnon searches for the true story of Douglas Grant, one of many Aboriginal men who enlisted in World War I.
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Digging for dugongs
We know why these gentlemen are digging in their three-piece suits, but their identity has been a moot point among archivists.
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Australia Day and the war canoe
The first national Australia Day was held 100 years ago and involved, among other things, a war canoe from the Solomon Islands.
