Blog archive: Museullaneous
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AMplify episode 35: AM Live with Dr Simon Longstaff
In this episode of AM Live, Dr Simon Longstaff offers engaging approaches to teaching children how to think and behave ethically.
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1950s: ….colour, good design and simplicity
Enabling scientific information to be presented in an interesting way
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1940s: The Australian Museum - Breaking Out
"Museum's are not morgues and should expand along modern lines." So commented J.R Kinghorn in the Women's Weekly
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AMplify episode 33: Sharni Jones, Manager - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Collection
AM Director and CEO Kim McKay talks to Sharni Jones, Manager, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Collection at the Australian Museum.
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Who is that stylish woman?
The second woman to be employed on the scientific staff of the Australian Museum.
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1920s: Be Careful What You Wish For – Charles Anderson Director
Who would have thought that superannuation could cause so much angst?
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1910s: Allan McCulloch - A New Breed of Scientist for the 20th Century
On his recruitment application for war service in 1918 the only address that 32 year-old Allan McCulloch cited was the 'Australian Museum'.
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Meet Darren the Diprotodon!
It's never easy being the (really, really old) new guy, but 'Darren' our new fossilised Diprotodon already feels like part of the family.
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1900s: King of the Beasts – Sculpture Taxidermy at the Australian Museum
When entering the recently refurbished Australian Museum in 1910, even the seasoned visitor might have stopped in their tracks.
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Spiders: Myth or Fact?
Is Daddy-long-legs really the most venomous spiders in the world? Are spiders faster than humans? Do all spiders bite? Let's find out.
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Loopy or what?
Another bizarre creature identified by our experts in Search and Discover.
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AMplify Episode 32: Gillian Scott
CEO Kim McKay chats Egyptology, spiders and traveling the world with Gillian Scott, AM's Manager, Exhibitions.
