Travel
Turn back time
With the spotlight firmly shining on Ramses the Great through a newly opened exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Egypt and its antiquities are front and centre.
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History & Culture
Mummies Down Under
The epic Ramses II exhibition arrives in Sydney for its only stop in the Southern Hemisphere.
Science & Environment
Heed the call of frogs
Australia’s frogs are under threat, and the Australian Museum is asking for your help to halt their decline.
News
Funnier than the original: Laughing frog found to be two separate species
Citizen scientists across Australia have helped uncover a frog species new to science, which has a longer ‘laugh’ than the original tree frog species.
History & Culture
The art of body adornment in Papua New Guinea
While most of us might wear a piece of jewellery or an adornment of some kind because we like it, or think it looks good, or because a loved one gave it to us, the people of Papua New Guinea look at it in a completely different way.
News
Science glitterati share their Eureka moments at Australian Museum
Book a ticket today for your next Eureka moment at the Australian Museum!
History & Culture
Meet the hidden figures behind Australia’s most famous twitcher
Discover the Birds of Australia in this unique digital experience, presented on a 3D storytelling cube, inspired by the work of John and Elizabeth Gould together with First Nations storytelling and knowledges.
Wildlife
Best foot forward
Small differences in the hands and feet of frogs are clues to big differences in behaviour.
News
Calling all frog fans – jump on in!
This FrogID Week (11–20 November), the Australian Museum is calling on the public to help save Australia’s frog populations by recording frogs living in backyards, local parks and bushlands using the free FrogID app.
News
Crikey! A large roach believed extinct since the 1930s has been rediscovered on Lord Howe Island. Here’s why you should care.
Described as “cute and charismatic, and has no interest in going into people’s houses”, the Lord Howe Island wood-feeding cockroach has been rediscovered on the tropical paradise. But why is this a good thing?