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Ramses & The Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition

Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs set to conquer Sydney

3000 years of treasures open to the public on 18 November 2023, exclusively at the Australian Museum, Sydney.

16 November 2024

Rare coffin of Ramses II coming to the Australian Museum

An Australian exclusive: ornate sarcophagus of the Egyptian Pharaoh will be revealed in Sydney in an extraordinary international loan.

24 October 2023

Celebrating Dr Anne Hoggett AM and Dr Lyle Vail AM and the 50th anniversary of the Lizard Island Research Station

At the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation 50th Anniversary dinner, Dr Anne Hoggett AM and Dr Lyle Vail AM were awarded the 2023 Australian Museum Research Institute Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their tireless work in advancing our understanding of coral reef biology.

20 October 2023

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Smells like home: Assessing the differences in odour profiles of Shingleback lizards

As part of her PhD research, Dr Amber Brown, with supervisors Dr Greta Frankham, Dr Maiken Ueland and Dr Barbara Stuart, assessed Shingleback lizard odour profiles across the species distribution. This resulted in a new method of detecting and identifying this highly trafficked and smuggled species.

31 October 2023

Ulysses to Frankham: Celebrating award winning science

Emeritus Professor Richard Frankham, an influential biologist, researcher and long-standing Research Associate of the Australian Museum, has recently been awarded the prestigious 2023 Ulysses S. Seal Award for Innovation in Conservation.

25 October 2023

Ancient Egyptian Lecture Series

Our Photographic Archives team have uncovered lantern slides from a 1925 Ancient Egypt Lecture Series delivered by Museum Ethnologist, William Walford Thorpe.

Mummy dearest: priceless Egyptian treasures go on display at Australian Museum in Sydney The Guardian
18 Jan 2024
Australian Museum Director Kim McKay on the Importance of Teamwork Qantas Magazine
22 Nov 2023
New blockbuster ancient Egyptian exhibition opens in Sydney The Sydney Morning Herald
18 Nov 2023
Australian Museum's Kim McKay on what the public don't get to see ABC Listen
12 Nov 2023
Part echidna, part anteater and mole: Researchers confirm bizarre creature lives The Age
10 Nov 2023

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<i>Advena grayi</i>, thought to be extinct until a small population was found on Phillip Island.

Back from the brink: Snail success stories

Members of the Australian Museum Malacology team – Dr Frank Köhler and Dr Isabel Hyman – and Taronga Zoo colleague, Parnee Bonson, visited Phillip Island as part of the AM-led Norfolk Island expedition. The team were on the look-out for Critically Endangered snails, and the results were astounding!

6 November 2023

Australian Museum, University of Canberra and University of New South Wales scientists excavating at McGraths Flat.

Citizen scientists help date fossil sites

Date a Fossil allows you to be a palaeontologist from home! Scientists engaged 271 citizen scientists in the Date a Fossil project, and in doing so, uncovered hundreds of microfossils in a unique iron-rich fossil site located in McGraths Flat, central New South Wales, Australia.

8 August 2023

<i>Iniistius bakunawa</i>, the Eclipse-spot Razor Wrasse.

The fish that devoured the moon

Public wet markets and trawl surveys unveil a new species of razor wrasse from the Philippines and Western Australia, adding to a group of fishes that live curious lives away from the megadiverse coral reefs.

5 September 2023

Vaka (Canoe) 'Tai Tokelau' made entirely from the Kanava tree in Tokelau featured in Wansolmoana, Australian Museum's Pasifika Gallery.

The Australian Museum celebrates deep cultural connections with the Pacific in its new permanent gallery: Wansolmoana

Exploring themes of Deep connections, Identity, Disruption and Climate Change, Wansolmoana has been made possible by a generous gift from The Macdoch Foundation.

19 October 2023

From the Director: Let’s celebrate beautiful Bilas body adornment

The Australian Museum's exhibition Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea is woven straight from the spirit of a community’s lore and showcased by way of physical adornment.

18 July 2023

Barka: The Forgotten River

Explore the magnificent Barka (Darling River) and its plight in a free exhibition opening at the Australian Museum Thursday 16 March 2023.

16 March 2023

Aerial landscape of river between mountains

Australian Museum announces major new investment in Climate Solutions Centre

GreenCollar and Australian Museum unite to research climate impacts and promote awareness of climate solutions.

1 November 2023

Dr Anne Hoggett AM, Co-Director of the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Stations (LIRS). Marketing image for Talbot oration 2023.

Watch the Talbot Oration

Dr Anne Hoggett AM explores the plight of our coral reefs and how we can help protect their future in the Australian Museum’s Talbot Oration.

Live at the AM
31 May 2023

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Reflections on Global Conferences: COP15 & COP27

At the Australian Museum’s Climate Solutions Centre we are delighted by the historic outcome of the global summit for nature, Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) , just concluded in Montreal.

21 December 2022