Scientist For a Day: Librarian & Archivist
Discover rare books, draw amazing birds, and bind your very own journal in this unmissable Scientist For a Day school holiday program.
Discover rare books at the Scientist For a Day: Librararian & Archivist program.
Image: Natalia Mroz© Australian Museuem
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Ages: 9-12 years
These winter school holidays, curious kids are invited behind the scenes at the Australian Museum’s Research Library for a full day of hands-on discovery!
Step into a world of rare books and tour the Research Library with the Australian Museum's Library Technician, Anina Hainsworth, and Collection Manager Archives, Robert Dooley. Draw inspiration from the exquisite bird illustrations at the new The Birds of Australia: John and Elizabeth Gould exhibition, and uncover how scientists use books to explore the natural world. Learn the art of scientific drawing, then create and bind your very own journal to take home!
With exclusive access to the Museum’s Research Library, discover, draw and explore these school holidays.
Anina Hainsworth
© Australian Museum
Anina Hainsworth is a Library Technician at the Australian Museum. Passionate about natural history and books, Anina joined the Australian Museum just before 2000. Responsible for looking after the Research library’s large collection of scientific works and helping people access the information they hold, working in the library of a natural history museum is Anina’s dream job. The highlight in her role is the rare book collection because the Australian Museum has the largest collection of rare books that contain beautiful hand-coloured illustrations that chart the history of science.
Robert Dooley
Robert Dooley is the Collection Manager Archives at the Australian Museum.
Image: Supplied© Robert Dooley
Robert Dooley is the Collection Manager Archives at the Australian Museum. With over 20 years' experience in collection and information management, particularly in archives, Robert has worked across several major cultural institutions on the care, documentation, and valuation of collections; alongside training teams in systems to support collection management. Robert contributed to two large-scale projects to value and revalue the State Archives Collection and has also been involved in the discovery of rare and significant records, including previously unknown images of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger.
