Remarkably Wrong: Museum Library Tour
Discover the Australian Museum's rare books collection and uncover the fascinating scientific mistakes, mythical creatures and bizarre natural history illustrations that shaped our understanding of the world.
Explore rare and remarkable natural history books during a behind-the-scenes tour of the Australian Museum Archives and Research Library.
Image: Anna Kučera© Australian Museum
From unicorns to deformed platypuses, scientific records are full of fascinating mistakes and acts of creative license. Join the team from the Australian Museum's Archives and Research Library for an entertaining journey through rare materials that capture some of the 'most wrong' ideas and creatures ever committed to paper.
As part of Rare Book Week, this behind-the-scenes tour is a rare opportunity for the public to view the Museum’s collection, which contains some of the most weird and wonderful books in the country. Discover how misunderstandings and wild speculation in early natural history texts have helped shape scientific knowledge, leaving behind some wonderfully odd stories and pictures for us to enjoy today.
