Blog archive: Museullaneous
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The not-so-gentle art of stuffing
Taxidermy has evolved from the days when animal skins were filled with straw and has a long history of experimentation and innovation
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A shopping list from 1897
You may never look at a financial report in the same way again.
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DigiVol portal: Volunteer from home
Become a virtual volunteer from your home with the Australian Museum on anyday or at any time.
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The Spirit of Things: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Syd Green of the Spirit of Things Collective presents a video of their time here at the Museum and discusses what's next.
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The Spirit of Things: Day 3
Stiff Gins band member Nardi Simpson reflects on the group's time in our Indigenous collections as part of the 'Spirit of Things' project.
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The Spirit of Things: Day 2
Australian music group, Stiff Gins, continue to draw inspiration from the objects in our Indigenous Collections and create new songs.
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The Spirit of Things: Day 1
Australian band, Stiff Gins, have arrived at the Museum to begin work on an exciting new project involving our Indigenous collections.
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On unicorns...
This beautifully preserved book is a scientific examination into unicorns and other horned beasts dating from 1645.
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Alexander the Great teacher surveys
We surveyed teachers about their personal and professional usage of digital technologies.
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What are museums for?
Two interesting reports came across my desk over the break that address this key question...
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Lantern slide collections in the AM Archives
Illuminating the Australian Museum's first image library - 30,000 glass lantern slides.
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Portents and prophecies: Conrad Lycosthenes, 1557
In the wake of the end of the world, Mayan-style, let's look back at the history of humanity's fascination with portents and prophecies.
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Let's Call It Museum Station
Archives' long-running volunteer project indexing our early Trust Minutes continues to throw up intriguing snippets of Museum history.
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Thomas Whitelegge, a workingman naturalist
The lantern slide collection reminds me of the story of Thomas Whitelegge - factory hand, biologist, Darwin correspondent and single father.
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The Anthropocene: what’s in a name?
Planet Earth has never before experienced anything quite like the age of humans, says Museum ecologist Alan Jones.
