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Australian Museum opens Burra: a ground-breaking, interactive learning and play space

Burra brings together First Nations knowledge systems and Western science through fun play spaces that show the importance of caring for Country - opens FREE to the public Saturday 2 July.

1 July 2022

Australian Museum Team - National Winner 2022 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNAs)

Australian Museum’s Unsettled exhibition wins prestigious national awards

The Australian Museum (AM) was today announced as the overall National Winner of the 2022 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNAs) for its ground-breaking Unsettled exhibition.

17 June 2022

The Talbot Oration: Inspiring Visions for a Climate Solution

Author and social researcher Rebecca Huntley explores how images can hold the solution to a better climate future in the Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.

Live at the AM
2 June 2022

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Gondwanan Temperate Rainforest is wet, cool, and lush green.

Unravelling the frog diversity of Gondwanan rainforests

Continuing research in rainforests of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland has recently resulted in the scientific description of two unique frog species.

24 June 2022

Dr Patrick Smith and team looking for ancient fossils

Explore podcast episode 1: Animal mysteries

In this episode, ancient creatures of Central Australia are unearthed by Australian Museum palaeontolgist Patrick Smith, while back in the present, frog expert Jodi Rowley hunts for answers to explain the mass frog die-off that plagues the eastern states.

26 May 2022

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Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts group adorned in fresh leaves pictured with Samoan NRL Penrith Panthers rugby players before their performance

Samoa Day in Sydney 2022

Earlier this week, thousands of Sāmoan and Pacific Islander diaspora gather at Liverpool’s Whitlam Centre to celebrate 60 Years of Sāmoan Independence.

16 June 2022

AM the National Winner of the 2022 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNAs) for its ground-breaking Unsettled exhibition AMaGA
17 Jun 2022
65,000 year-old ‘Swiss Army knife’ proves ancient humans shared knowledge, research says The Guardian
10 Jun 2022
Sink your teeth into these 5 Jurassic World inspired experiences Delicious magazine
9 Jun 2022
Lord Howe Island woodhen and snail populations crawling back to life following rodent cull ABC News
2 May 2022
Floods may ramp up fungus threat for frogs The West Australian
11 Apr 2022

Australian Museum Research Institute

Recording absence records on the FrogID app

The FrogID app now includes the ability to let us know when no frogs are calling - an ‘absence’ or ‘null’ record, adding scientific value to the FrogID dataset.

31 May 2022

Land snails living under a dead log in the Gondwanan Rainforests of NSW.

Looking beyond the headlines: How did snails fare in the 2019-2020 bushfires?

A new study by Australian Museum researchers sheds light on the impacts of the 2019-2020 wildfires on land snails in north-eastern NSW.

15 June 2022

Dr Patrick Smith standing atop fossilised Early Cambrian (520 million year old) stromatolites at Ross River Gorge

Ancient fossils from Australia’s Red Centre

Dr Patrick Smith's recent expedition to the Red Centre reveals a treasure trove of newly discovered fossils spanning more than 600 million years.

25 May 2022

Group photograph of the Samoan Mau in front of their Vaimoso office

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Sāmoa’s Independence

The Australian Museum celebrates alongside Sāmoans as they celebrate 60 years of independence on the 1st of June 2022.

1 June 2022

Bush plum by Marion Cox (Gooniyandi). Australian Museum Collection, acquired 2021

New acquisition: The Kimberley boab nut collection

The Kimberley boab nut collection, newly acquired by Australian Museum, documents the practices, life events and stories of the people of the Kimberley region.

25 May 2022

Explore podcast episode 2: Unsettled - Our untold history revealed

In this episode, Laura McBride – Wailwan and Kooma woman, and Director, First Nations at the Australian Museum – shares three important pieces from the AM’s award-winning exhibition, Unsettled.

26 May 2022

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Climate change

Dr Rocky de Nys and Sam Elsom from Sea Forest

Explore podcast episode 3: Reasons for hope

Tune in to this episode as we look to science, innovation and First Nations knowledges to learn how one young Australian is detoxifying the ocean and atmosphere, and what the world’s oldest link between humans and the land can teach us about managing the environment.

26 May 2022

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The Talbot Oration: Inspiring Visions for a Climate Solution

Author and social researcher Rebecca Huntley explores how images can hold the solution to a better climate future in the Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.

Live at the AM
2 June 2022

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