The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology.

Natural Sciences

Australian Museum has one of the best natural science collections in the world. It was first conceived and developed along the contemporary European model of an encyclopedic warehouse of cultural and natural history and features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology and anthropology.

Guarding the entrance

From the Natural Museum

The ghost rider

From the Natural Museum

From the natural museum

Red land crabs, Yellow crazy ants

Macquarie Island red-crowned parakeet, Weka.

Evolution in progress

Garrigarrang: Sea Country

Apart from exhibitions, the museum is also involved in Indigenous studies research and community programs. Garrigarrang nura means sea country in the language spoken by the Eora people who lived in the Sydney basin. The exhibition encompasses every part of Australia’s coastline.

Pukumani poles

Traditional Tasmanian shell necklaces

Didjeridus and yidaki

Tunga

Torres Strait islander ornaments

Earth Science

The Mineralogy and Palaeontology collections include rocks, minerals, gemstones and fossils.

Donated from a private collection

Beautiful sapphires from different Australian fields

Topaz, opal, quartz, etc

The whole range of gemstones from around the world known to man.

Opal from a South Australian mine

Rutilated quartz

Marble bar

TV Rock

Lead chromate from Tasmania

Gold nugget from the mine

The Building

The heritage-listed building has evolved to encompass a range of different architectural styles and when its building expanded, it was often in conjunction with an expansion of the collections.

Australian Museum
1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia

Opening hours: 9.30am – 5.00pm, Monday – Sunday, Closed Christmas Day

https://australianmuseum.net.au