Explore Magazine – Autumn 2019

Explore, the news and events magazine of the Australian Museum and Australian Museum Members, is published biannually.

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Editor Alice Gage

Design Sam Wilson

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

Contents

• 4 – What’s on
• 5 – From the Director & CEO
• 6 – Museum News
• 10 – Project Discover
  Creating a world-class museum
• 13 – New acquisition
  Balun Gilamahla (The River Journey)
• 14 – The evolution of giants
  What we can learn from ancient whale fossils
• 16 – Arabian nights
  An expedition to uncover the treasures of Oman’s depths
• 20 – By the book
  Confronting the history of the collection
• 22 – Capturing Nature
  The pioneering art and science of museum photography
• 31 – New acquisition
  A rare crocoite gemstone
• 32 – Making a mark
  The emergence of tattooing in the Pacific
• 35 – New acquisition
  The beetle everyone thought was extinct
• 38 – Around the Museum