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Australian Museum

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9320 6000

Address: 1 William Street 2010 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: https://australian.museum

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25.01.2022 One more sleep! We can't wait to reopen our doors to the public and welcome you all to the revamped Australian Museum #AMReopening

25.01.2022 It’s the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 People’s Choice Competition! Cast your vote for your favourite photograph in this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition for your chance to win the ultimate Sydney staycation. Explore the winner, runner-up, and finalist images and cast your vote now. ... By voting in the People's Choice competition you could win the ultimate Sydney staycation prize pack which includes the following: A luxury two-night stay at boutique Sydney hotel, Paramount House Hotel; including your choice of breakfast each morning from Paramount Coffee Project An intimate dinner for two at Poly Surry Hills A private tour of the Westpac Long Gallery for two people. Join exhibition curator, Fran Dorey, as she uncovers the hidden stories behind the 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum Find out more here bit.ly/AGNPYComp The Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 is produced by the South Australian Museum and presented in partnership with the Australian Museum.

22.01.2022 The official reopening of the Australian Museum (AM) took place this morning in the new Grand Hall. We look forward to welcoming the public back to the revamped AM on Saturday 28 November, 2020.

20.01.2022 Itching for the weekend? So is this little cutie, Wilbur the wombat. Did you know, these stocky little marsupials can run at speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour? Image: @wilbur.wombat... #WombatWednesday

20.01.2022 With only one week to go before we reopen to the public, our fabulous palaeontologist Matt McCurry is giving Scotty the T.rex a little pep talk

19.01.2022 Did you know, museums play a pivotal role in species discovery? Take, for example, Brenner’s bobtail squid, a new subspecies of red-tailed black-cockatoo and a fossil named after the Fourth Doctor Who, Tom Baker. These are just some of the many, newly described species by Australian Museum scientists and associates.... Take a look at more newly described species here bit.ly/SpeciesAM

18.01.2022 There are two days left of FrogID Week and we’re receiving really great submissions from across the country! Keep recording your daily frog calls through the FrogID app! Find out more here bit.ly/FrogID2020FB ... Stephen Mahony/Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus)

18.01.2022 Ahead of Tuesday night's exciting Australian Museum Eureka Prizes award ceremony, 'Focus' presenter Cassie McCullough will be catching up with three of this year's finalists. Tune in to ABC Sydney tomorrow at 10am as they discuss the year that was in science. The interview will also be streamed on the ABC Sydney and Australian Museum Facebook pages at 10am.

17.01.2022 It’s day four of FrogID Week our national frog count and we’re receiving a lot of great submissions Together we’re helping inform frog conservation! Keep it up, Australia! Find out more here bit.ly/FrogID2020FB ... Jodi Rowley/Cape York Graceful Tree Frog (Litoria Bella)

16.01.2022 Join us from 10 am on Thursday 26 November as we live-stream the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reopening of the Australian Museum via our Facebook page. We’ll begin with Acknowledgement of Country followed by the official reopening by the Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian ahead of the public reopening on Saturday 28 November.

14.01.2022 Australians who have shaped the nation: Dr Victor Chang Australia was stunned on 4 July 1991, when it was revealed a man shot dead in Sydney was Dr Victor Chang. He was a household name in Australia and known internationally for pioneering work in cardiac and transplant surgery. At the time of this death, his cardiac unit at St Vincent’s Hospital had performed 266 heart transplants and 22 heart-lung transplants. Dr Chang established the National Heart Transplant Program in 19...84 and attracted international attention when he performed his fourth heart transplant on a 14-year-old patient, Fiona Coote. Dr Chang is celebrated as part of the 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum exhibition in the Westpac Long Gallery (100 People Who Shaped Australia). Courtesy of Victor Change Institute

13.01.2022 Australians who have shaped the nation: Professor Fred Hollows Professor Hollows is remembered for his life work as an ophthalmologist, restoring and protecting the sight of some of the world’s poorest and most neglected people, who, because of their environments and living conditions, were particularly susceptible to avoidable blinding eye conditions. With his wife Gabi, he developed a method for efficient and economical ophthalmology that Hollows then exported to the world.... Since his death in 1993, his wife Gabi established the Fred Hollows Foundation which now operates in 25 of the world’s poorest countries. Professor Hollows is celebrated as part of the 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum exhibition in the Westpac Long Gallery (100 People Who Shaped Australia).

11.01.2022 Tonight's the night! Join us from 7.00 pm AEDT for an online celebration of 51 individuals and teams leading the way in Australian research & innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science. Registration essential: bit.ly/AMEPAwardCeremony

11.01.2022 Tune into ABC Sydney from 6am tomorrow as Weekends host Simon Marnie broadcasts live from the Australian Museum as we reopen our doors to the public. Don't miss out! It's going to be a 'roaring' day! #AMReopening

10.01.2022 In 1915, Junior Scientific Assistant at the Australian Museum, Dene Barrett Fry enlisted with the Army. After one voyage to England and Egypt with the Army Medical Corps, he transferred to the Infantry in 1916. He trained at Liverpool and Duntroon and left Sydney in August 1916 with the reinforcements to the 3rd Battalion on board the transport ‘Wiltshire’. Dene Fry was killed in action at Hermies, France, 9 April 1917. He was 23 years old.... "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." #AustralianMuseum #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

09.01.2022 Congratulations to the 2020 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winners! To view the full list and learn more about their work, visit https://australian.museum//eur/2020-eureka-prizes-winners/

08.01.2022 It’s all happening at the Australian Museum this morning as we reopen our doors to the public with Simon Marnie from ABC Sydney broadcasting from the Brian Sherman Crystal Hall.

08.01.2022 "This image was taken on a shallow reef off Tulamben in Bali. Rather than use its own powers of locomotion, this shrimp just hitched a ride with two passing nudibranchs which were travelling nose to tail. The nudibranchs not only offered a mode of transport, but they also provided cover under their 'skirts' when the shrimp felt threatened." - Photographer Neil Vincent.

07.01.2022 The Australian Museum (AM) is now climate active, otherwise known as carbon neutral. The AM is the first natural history museum to be Climate Active Carbon Neutral Certified. Watch the video to find out how we achieved this

07.01.2022 The mercury is rising over the weekend of the AM reopening so keep an eye on our social channels tomorrow and Sunday for updates on general admission to the museum.

06.01.2022 You’d be excused for thinking Rufous Bettong was a celebrity with a name like that, he’s destined to be a Hollywood superstar. But the Rufous Bettong (Aepyprymnus rufescens) is actually the largest of the potoroids. They are also smaller relatives of kangaroos and wallabies. They’re a solitary species that shelter during the day in shallow excavations with a dome of fibrous vegetation across the top and a single entrance.... Allan Young

05.01.2022 Big tyrannosaur: Pssst.did you hear tickets for 'Tyrannosaurs - Meet the Family' have sold out for Saturday 28 November, most of Sunday 29 November, and limited availability the following weekend? Little tyrannosaur: No way! But with tickets available beyond these dates, we’ll still get to view more of these friendly humans when they come to visit, won’t we? I love human-watching. Big tyrannosaur: Of course! There is still availability after these dates, so no shortage of h...uman-watching, little one! Find a date and time for ‘Tyrannosaurs - Meet the Family’ tickets here bit.ly/TRexTix

05.01.2022 Ribbit! It’s our very own augmented reality (AR) frog - the Cape York Graceful Tree Frog (Litoria bella)! You may know ‘Bella’ from our FrogID logo. Back in 2016, FrogID lead scientist, Dr Jodi Rowley helped identify this frog as Australia’s 239th frog species. While you may not be able to see many frogs when you’re out recording their calls using the FrogID app, you’ll still have the opportunity to see ‘Bella’ on your device and share it with your friends!... You can meet ‘Bella’ by heading over to our Instagram page and tapping on the link in our bio. Don’t forget to tag @frogidaus in any posts or Instagram stories!

05.01.2022 Australian Museum CEO & Director Kim McKay gives Sandra Sully a tour of the museum ahead of the long-awaited opening to the public on Saturday 28 November.

03.01.2022 Our very own Chief Scientist and Director of the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI), Professor Kristofer Helgen, led in part a new collaborative and international study, describing a new species of monkey in Myanmar. This beautiful, new primate was discovered with the help of a 100-year-old natural history museum specimen highlighting the important role museums and their collections play in terms of scientific discoveries and understanding our past, as well as our... future. Click here for more https://bit.ly/NewPrimate #australianmuseum #research #collections #australianmuseumreserachinstitute #science

03.01.2022 Sound on Why is Guanlong one of the most primitive tyrannosaurs known in such a hurry? It’s because he’s off to join the rest of the family at the revamped Australian Museumplus he doesn’t want T.rex stealing his thunder! After all, Guanlong was around 90-93 million years before T. rex hit the scene!... Book your tickets for Tyrannosaurs Meet the Family here bit.ly/TRexTix

01.01.2022 That time at the Australian Museum (AM) when the Leaellynasaurs met the Tyrannosaurs.... Did you catch the Leaellynasaurs at the opening weekend of the AM? #ilovesydney #amreopening

01.01.2022 It's not too late to register! Join us from 7.00 pm AEDT tomorrow as this year's Eureka Prizes winners are announced live, in a special online event. Hosted by Adam Spencer, you can expect panel discussions, winner reactions, and audience interaction! Register here bit.ly/AMEPAwardCeremony