Museum in a Box®

Museum in a Box is an exciting outreach program for educational institutions in NSW. There are over 25 different boxes containing real museum specimens, casts, artefacts, dioramas, images, DVDs, CDs, games, books and web resources.

How to book

You can book by email, phone or fax.

Museum in a Box - How to book

Frogs and Reptiles

Find out all about Frogs and Reptiles from these two boxes.

Mammals

We have several boxes which feature Australian mammals -echidnas, platypus, possums and bats.

Birds

There are two boxs featuring birds, one on Australian Birds and one all about Penguins.

Evolution

These two boxes cover Human Evolution and the Evolution of the Australian Animals.

Reminiscence Boxes

These natural history boxes are available to aged care facilities

Rock and Minerals

The Rocks box features real specimens and a miniature volcano.

Museum in a Box - Rocks

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Minibeasts

Explore the exciting world of Minibeasts through these four topics.

Marine Life

Our Marine Life boxes features a variety of marine animals including fish, sharks and molluscs.

Freshwater Life

Boxes include Life in Freshwater, Frogs and Playpus.

Indigenous Australians

The four Indigenous Australians boxes cover a range of topics both and contemporary and historic.

Dinosaurs

Learn more about Dinosaurs and the world they live in.

Museum in a Box - Dinosaurs