Explore magazine

The Australian Museum's biannual Members' magazine continues a 100-year tradition of publishing behind-the-scenes news and features at Australia’s first museum.

Updated

24/01/22

Current issue

Explore – Summer 2021/22

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Editor Alice Gage

Design Julie Stinson

Production Jenny Hooker

Views expressed are not necessarily those of the Museum.

We welcome your feedback, comments and enquiries. Email the editor at alice.gage@australian.museum

Discover previous issues

Explore Magazine – Winter 2021

Explore Winter 2021 is the first-ever, First Nations-dedicated issue of the magazine. It is a "deep dive" into the topics and themes presented in Unsettled, as well as containing news from the First Nations team on some of their other museum projects. Guest edited by Stan Grant.

Explore Magazine – Autumn 2019

With the $57.5 million refurbishment Project Discover underway, 2019 is a defining year for the AM. Explore the AM's increasing commitment to climate change, major science initiatives and behind-the-scenes news.

Explore Magazine – Winter 2018

Discover the power of citizen science in capturing biodiversity data to save native species through FrogID and explore more special events and exhibitions and behind-the-scenes news in this issue of Explore.

Explore Magazine - Summer 2017

From the arrival of the world's best-preserved woolly mammoth to the hidden gems of the sea and the reopening of the Westpac Long Gallery's 200 Treasures, The Australian Museum celebrates a truly remarkable 190 years.

Explore Magazine - Summer 2016

The Australian Museum celebrates our 190th anniversary with the opening of a special Spiders - Alive & Deadly exhibition, a Lord Howe Island expedition and open up our archived collections and sites as part of our plan for the future.

Artist's rendition of the Wild Planet gallery.

Explore Magazine - Summer 2015

With two new permanent exhibitions on the horizon, Wild Planet and Garrigarrang explores why biodiversity matters and the path to knowledge, wisdom and survival. Delve into this issue of Explore for more science and culture initiatives and behind-the-scenes news.

Explore Magazine - Summer 2014

Delve into amphibian conservation in South Asia, celebrate 25 years of Australian Museum Eureka Prizes and discover life among the Aztecs in this edition of Explore.

Explore Magazine – Autumn/Winter 2014

2014 ushers in new Australian Museum Director Kim McKay AO and farewells Frank Howarth PSM. Discover how the digital revolution is helping share First Nations collection knowledge, special events and exhibition news, the link between asteroids and mass extinctions and much more.

Explore Magazine – Summer 2013

From the importance of First Nations languages to digging for dugongs and the blockbuster Tyrannosaurus exhibition, this issue of Explore presents the AM's major science initiatives and other behind-the-scenes news.

Shell dolls from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory #2

Explore Magazine – Autmn/Winter 2013

In this issue of Explore, we take you on a journey to discover a new flying frog species, a catalogue of museum treasures and storytelling through seashells. Read the latest in museum news, science and cultural collections in Australia's first museum.

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Selected stories

Capturing Nature Australian Museum Archival Photographs

When photography came to the Museum

Curator Vanessa Finney describes how Capturing Nature reveals the pioneering art and science of photography at the Australian Museum.

Explore, Autumn 2019

Andrew Trevor-Jones, citizen scientist for Australasian Fishes

Citizens rise!

The Australian Museum's citizen science projects are helping change the world for the better.

Dream weaver: a new collection of Maori Kete

Dream weavers: a new collection of contemporary Maori kete (baskets) acquired by the Australian Museum.

Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise

This exhibition featured a selection of the Museum’s collections from the Southern Highlands, Eastern Highlands and Western Highlands, including a variety of human hair wigs, feathered headdress, judge wigs, shells woven aprons and shell forehead ornaments.

Past exhibition

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