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News & blogs
11 November 2009
Can the principles of gaming be applied to museum program development?
20 November 2009
Developing a social media strategy for the Museum - why are we in these spaces and what will we actually do in them?
20 November 2009
As the Museum goes into the next stage of corporate planning what are the big themes we need to consider?
Media resources
26 August 2009
Come beyond the world you know and experience the mysterious art of ancient Egypt in ‘Egyptian Treasures: art of the pharaohs’ – exclusive to the Australian Museum for a limited time only.
Highlights
Responsible for providing relevant, timely and up-to-date research and information services. Plays a key role in organising the Research Library’s...
What does it take to put on a new exhibition at the Australian Museum? Take a three minute peek behind the scenes as museum staff install 'Egyptian...
Ancient Egyptian art has survived for over 5000 years and continues to fascinate people from all over the world. An ancient premise has become a modern...
New on the site
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 + My Photo Studio
- Marine Worlds Scientist for A Day
- Big themes for 2010
- Eseta Aholelei
- The world of social media
- The Museum's Social Media Strategy
- Clinton Duffy
- Social media brainstorm 1
- Social media brainstorm 2
- Overview of the Conservation of Australian Marine Invertebrates
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