Blog archive: Museullaneous
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AMplify Episode 23: Dr Robin Torrence
AM Anthropologist Dr Robin Torrence chats with Kim McKay about her research on the function of ancient material on peoples’ daily lives.
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DigiVol spotlight on the nudibranch research of Dr Bill Rudman
DigiVol recently scanned new slides from the extensive collection of this AM malacology trailblazer.
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AMplify episode 22: Catherine Timbrell, Exhibition Producer of Spiders – Alive & Deadly
How do you help people learn to love one of the most reviled creatures? Catherine Timbrell talks to Kim McKay about the creation of Spiders.
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AMplify ep 21: Live Night Talk on Asaro Mud Masks from Papua New Guinea
A distinguished panel explore the cultural significance and museum acquisition of Asaro Mud Men Masks.
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Digivol scans 40-year-old slides of spiders
Check out some of the beautiful images of the AM arachnology slide collection scanned by DigiVol volunteers.
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WeDigBio 2016
WeDigBio is a 4-day event that engages citizen scientists worldwide to help digitise specimens held in natural history collections.
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Imogen walks in her forefather’s footsteps.
Walking through the rooms lived in by her ancestor William Sheridan Wall, delighted 12 year old Imogen Fennessy.
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DigiVol: From Glass plate negatives to Digital images
DigiVol has taken digital images of prints of some of the Australian Museum's large collection of glass plate negatives.
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In the field: Asaro Mud Men Clay Mask Acquisition project
AM Collections Officer Yvonne Carrillo-Huffman takes us high into the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea to meet the Asaro Mud Men.
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The tale of four sunfish
Over an extraordinary four week period in late 1882, four rare giant sunfish were captured in Sydney waters.
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Who framed the memo?
A little bit of the early history of the Archives and Records area
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What is an Asaro Mud Mask?
The Australian Museum has commissioned the creation of five Asaro Mud Masks to be held in the Cultural Collection.
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AMplify: Episode 19, Steven Alderton
CEO Kim McKay in conversation with Director of Programs, Exhibitions & Cultural Collections-Steven Alderton.
