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Museullaneous

Just as we learn very differently in the physical space the same goes for the digital and mobile spaces.

Here's a great post on Twitter feeds to follow for evalution updates.

A short and sweet list of links to recent web, tech and Museum news.

With the glass removed from the front of the crocodile case, yesterday preparators and conservators moved the giant crocodile out of the case.

Box jellyfish, a giant wombat, and whale song all got my attention, among other things.

Is the crocodile case too big and fragile to move?

It's not like they're asking me to turn cartwheels down the exhibit halls, but still...it feels strange.

A report on the first (calendar) month of our new social media action plan...

Michelle comes to us from the University of Washington Museology Graduate Program in Seattle (USA), and will be interning in the Audience Research Unit for the next six weeks.

Socialising, customising and cat-ifying museums... a round-up of recent web and tech news.

Can museums make cities smarter? Can iPads make meetings better? And can climate scientists rap? Linkasaurus is back, everyone...

The Australian Museum purchased three crocodiles in 1879. The first came to the Museum in July from showman William Cash.

Recently I took a field trip to Ash Island in the Hunter estuary where the Scott sisters lived, painted and collected for more than 20 years from 1846.

It's been a few weeks since I last posted on this, but the crocodile case restoration continues.

Investigating the woman in the 1922 photograph of two museum staff painting the background of one of the museum's first dioramas.