Natural Sciences

This Branch of the Museum is home to a number of biological specimen collections, totalling over 17 million specimens. These collections document biodiversity and its distribution and serve as a resource for research and education.

Our Collections

Read an overview and search our extensive resources.

The Australian Museum Collections
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Vertebrates

Mammalogy, Ichthyology, Herpetology and Ornithology.

Vertebrate Collections

Biological Tissue

A resource for the investigation of phylogenetics and more.

Frozen Tissue Collection

Human Evolution

The human story continues to unfold.

Human Evolution

Geosciences

Mineralogy, Petrology, Palaeontology and more.

Earth Science Collections

Invertebrates

Entomology, Malacology, Arachnology and Marine invertebrates.

Invertebrate Collections

Biodiversity

Exploring biodiversity is fundamental to what we do.

Biodiversity