Blog archive: Museullaneous
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Urban Biodiversity and the City of Sydney
Biodiversity is a crucial factor in the environmental, social and cultural health of a city. Biodiversity in the City of Sydney's area has declined because of urban development; buildings and roads have taken away some of the habitat that used to provide a home for plants and animals
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Alfred Russel Wallace letters
An enquiry from a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London has meant new scans of some fascinating 1892 correspondence between Australian Museum conchologist Charles Hedley and Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Willy Kwong has finished the Harry Burrell project
Archives' intern Willy Kwong shares his final thoughts on his work on the Harry Burrell glass plate negative collection.
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The Harry Burrell collection digitisation project
Intern Willy Kwong describes some highlights of his project to rehouse, scan and register the wonderfully varied Harry Burrell Collection.
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Another post from our intern
Intern Willy Kwong talks about why the Australian Museum needs and values the work of the Archives and Records section.
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Researching 19th-century collection and trade in Thylacines
Kathryn Medlock researching the 19th century records at the Australian Museum Archives
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Winifred West drawings
Beautiful shell drawings by Winifred West now on the Archives website.
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My reflections from the Co-curation and the Public History of Science Workshop
What did I conclude from the Co-curation and the Public History of Science Workshop at the Science Museum, London? Well, organisational change is hard, so I'll share some of my learning that relates to the new ways of working given the online world. It's relevant to co-curation as the way th
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Co-curation and the Public History of Science Workshop Part 2
Quick notes from Day 2 of the workshop at the Science Museum, London.
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Co-curation and the Public History of Science Workshop Part 1
Attending this workshop at the Science Museum, London. The aim is to create dialogue and debate and learn from each others' experience of co-curation as the Science Musuem moves into the next phase of gallery redevelopment. Here are my quick notes. There is also more on the workshop wiki:
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Developing Educational Strategies - some background stuff
I'm currently attending a workshop on developing educational strategies for museums in a rapidly developing part of the world. Here's some resources for background reading.
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Natural history specimens as social media stars: Mr Blobby
Natural history specimens as social media stars? How (and why) did the Australian Museum get into the social media space and what are we doing there?
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Kids Teaching Kids - Solutions in the Works
Kids Teaching Kids is an amazing program that places environmental solutions to kids, "our future." One of the founders of this program argued that famous phrase we have all heard when we were young "you are the future" with the question "why can't I be the futur
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Value Packaging for Families
Families have a lot to consider before making the final decision to go to a museum. How do they make this decision? Why do they make this decision? The current strategy to appeal to an audience is by creating a two-way conversation between museum and visitor; however, this may not necessarily be
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Science in the City - The Final Lap!
Although my final day approached, the remaining Museum staff would continue Science in the City for another two days, this time at the Australian Museum. This event left me quite inspired and worked with the best of people. And the buzz from the first day continued!
