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Eulogy for a seastar, Australia’s first recorded marine extinction

Today, I am writing a eulogy to the Derwent River Seastar (or starfish), that formerly inhabited the shores near the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Audio-Visual Material in the Kodak Heritage Collection at Museums Victoria

This audio-visual material in the Kodak collection is evocative and valuable in the study of Kodak’s history.

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Extinct Tasmanian Tiger now back in 3D

Using 3D scanning, researchers are peeking under the preserved skin of Tasmanian tiger specimens to reconstruct its growth and development.

Visiting child using Dino-viewer to view Diprotodon cast from Lake Callabonna, 2010.

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Paying tribute to one of our hardest-working specimens

The Diprotodon optatum skeleton has been entertaining visitors since the Museum first opened in October 2000.

Sione Napi Francis showing Princess Saloe items from the Museum’s collection, including a Rotuman Fine mat, during her visit to Melbourne Museum, 2018.

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A pathway for First Nations identity and meaning in the GLAM sector

In April this year the Honourable Princess Salote Maumautaimi Tuku’aho of Tonga visited Melbourne Museum's First Peoples and Te Pasifika exhibitions.

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Lupita Bribiesca, Phd candidate, presenting a talk as part of the 'Meet the Scientists' program at Melbourne Museum Theatre.

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Photograph - Eric Douglas and Frank Hurley, Antarctic Expedition, 1929-1931

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Eulogy for a seastar, Australia’s first recorded marine extinction

Audio-Visual Material in the Kodak Heritage Collection at Museums Victoria

Extinct Tasmanian Tiger now back in 3D

Paying tribute to one of our hardest-working specimens

A pathway for First Nations identity and meaning in the GLAM sector

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