Museums

A new truth-telling book shines a light on the past, present and future of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous cultural collections

The Tasmanian tiger is extinct. The only specimens are in museums, but it’s amazing what five thylacine skulls can still tell us

The Berry Collection was a poorly curated anatomical and anthropological collection that facilitated scientific racism and was dominated by unethically sourced Aboriginal remains

By freezing the cells of living animals, researchers and museums are working together to safeguard Australia’s wildlife

As library, museum and other heritage collections go online, we need to consider who is creating these collections and why

Using old field notes and new technology, researchers used COVID lockdowns to retrace the steps of pioneering Australian insect surveyors, virtually

The Living Archive challenges the idea of what an Indigenous museum collection can be and could become

The storytelling in Tennant Creek is a microcosm of Australia’s struggle to come to terms with its past

In the face of COVID-19, museums have moved to engage audiences online. Here are some lessons on what works and what doesn’t

A University of Melbourne collaboration is connecting Australia’s First Peoples’ with museum collections, creating a 'living archive' of Indigenous culture.