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Why museums are a keystone in fighting future pandemics: Kristofer Helgen
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Workshops, panel discussions and film screenings galore.
Miranda Massie is the Director of the Climate Museum in New York City and this week she visited the Australian Museum, giving her thoughts on the climate-change crisis, the role of museums and the work being done at the Museum.
Fire is just one of many threats museums face; how well protected are the priceless collections stored in Australia?
Skinning and gutting an animal is something many of us would never dare try but for these women in museums around Australia, it’s just another day at the office.
Jo Bain, who’s worked at the South Australian Museum as a taxidermist since the age of 15, guides Australian Geographic through the changing face of his beloved profession.
The Australian Museum has officially opened its new permanent exhibition, 200 treasures of the Australian Museum, in partnership with Westpac. The exhibition— staged in the Long Gallery, Australia’s oldest museum gallery— now holds some of the country’s most precious items. These are some of the highlights.
Preparing fossils that are hundreds of millions of years old is a delicate process at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum.
Good disaster plans have averted the destruction of almost all important historic artefacts in Queensland.
From coins made of glass or diamond to others celebrating events, a treasure trove of currency has arrived.