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Biodiversity, Queensland Museum

Museum Honorary in top 10 commemorated scientists in the world

Queensland Museum Honorary Researcher of insects/invertebrates Geoff Monteith has been hailed as one of the world’s top 10 most commemorated scientists based on the number of species named in their honour. Dr Monteith, former Senior Curator of Entomology at Queensland Museum joins the ranks alongside celebrated historical figures in science including Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. The list was compiled by Stephen Heard, a … Continue reading Museum Honorary in top 10 commemorated scientists in the world

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Museum Revealed Podcast

Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 8]: Spider Facts with Dr Robert Raven

Our very own spiderman and superhero Dr Robert Raven is bringing you some quirky spider facts in episode 8 of the Museum Revealed podcast. Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Dr Robert Raven With a wide knowledge of invertebrate groups, including earthworms and snails, as well as some frogs, Robert heads the most active arachnological unit in Australia. In 2010, they … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 8]: Spider Facts with Dr Robert Raven

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New Research: Reptiles on the brink

Slithering serpents! Did you know that Australia is home to around 10 percent of the world’s reptile species – the largest number of any country? Queensland Museum herpetologists Patrick Couper and Dr Andrew Amey recently contributed to the first comprehensive study on snakes and lizards which found 11 species are likely to become extinct by 2040 including the McIlwraith Leaf-tailed Gecko, Orraya occultus,  Cape Melville … Continue reading New Research: Reptiles on the brink

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity Month Recap

As #BiodiversityMonth comes to end for 2020, we’re recapping what is biodiversity, why it’s important, how you can help us protect it for our future and our role as a museum in protecting biodiversity.  Watch the 4 part video series below with curators and collection managers from our biodiversity team. What is Biodiversity with Dr Marissa McNamara, Collection Manager of Crustaceans Watch the full video … Continue reading Biodiversity Month Recap

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A Moment in the Sun

Dr Geraldine Mate, Principal Curator – History, Industry and Technology, Queensland Museum  Where better for a solar powered bicycle than the Sunshine State? In October 2020, the Brisbane International Film Festival will be premiering a new documentary – A Moment in the Sun. The documentary explores the inspiring and fascinating story of the development of a solar-powered tandem bicycle, designed and built at the University … Continue reading A Moment in the Sun

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5 minutes with Dr Merrick Ekins, Collection Manager of Sessile Marine Invertebrates

Today’s #CouchCurator is Dr Merrick Ekins, Collection Manager of Sessile Marine Invertebrates who is sharing some of his favourite items from the collection. What is your favourite species in the collection and why? Carnivorous sponges, because they have evolved as a carnivorous feeding type from a filter feeder to adapt to the lack of food at the ocean’s abyss. Do you have any interesting facts? … Continue reading 5 minutes with Dr Merrick Ekins, Collection Manager of Sessile Marine Invertebrates

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Exhibitions & Events, Museum Revealed Podcast

Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 7]: I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland with Carmen Burton

Love is in the air at QM. To discuss all the love stories from our latest exhibition I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland join our Assistant Curator of Social History, Carmen Burton, for episode 7 of the Museum Revealed podcast. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Carmen Burton Carmen has worked in the museum industry since 2004 and has been involved in many … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 7]: I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland with Carmen Burton

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Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 6]: Searching for Fossils with Palaeontologist Dr Espen Knutsen

How do you search for fossils? What happens when you find one? Join Dr Espen Knutsen, Senior Curator of Palaeontology for episode 6 of the Museum Revealed podcast. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Dr Espen Knutsen Dr Espen Knutsen is Senior Curator Palaeontology at the Queensland Museum Network, based at the Museum of Tropical Queensland campus in Townsville.  His position is co-appointed … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 6]: Searching for Fossils with Palaeontologist Dr Espen Knutsen

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John Gould’s The Birds of Australia

Did you know only 250 sets of John Gould’s The Birds of Australia were published? The Queensland Museum library has one complete set of the seven volumes and supplement, as well as an incomplete set that was one of the first acquisitions for library in 1876.     Gould acknowledged in the preface that it was mammoth ten-year effort creating this work. There are 602 … Continue reading John Gould’s The Birds of Australia

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5 minutes with Dr John Healy, Curator of Marine Biodiversity (Molluscs)

Today’s #CouchCurator is Dr John Healy, Curator of Marine Biodiversity (Molluscs) who is sharing some of his favourite items from the collection. What is your favourite species in the collection and why? My favourite molluscan object in the collection would probably be the Giant Triton (Charonia tritonis) because both the shell and the rarely photographed living animal are both very attractive. This species has a … Continue reading 5 minutes with Dr John Healy, Curator of Marine Biodiversity (Molluscs)

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Daintree Canopy Crane at JCU’s DRO and Cairns Birdwing Butterfly Mating Dance

by Geoff Thompson, Queensland Museum, Collection Imager In August last year, I was a very lucky to be invited to present at Les Walking’s Daintree 2019 Photography Workshop. The workshop was photographic heaven, held at James Cook University’s Daintree Research Observatory (DRO). One morning I took the opportunity to shoot from the canopy crane situated in the adjacent tropical rainforest. This was an astounding experience, … Continue reading Daintree Canopy Crane at JCU’s DRO and Cairns Birdwing Butterfly Mating Dance

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Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 5]: Rare Book Collection with Librarian Shannon Robinson

Spotted our big and small finches at the museum yet? Brisbane Festival is now in full swing. To celebrate all things birds, today on the next episode of our podcast we are talking to our Librarian Shannon Robinson about Queensland Museum’s rare book collection. In particular John Gould’s The Birds of Australia publication. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Shannon Robinson Shannon started work as the … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 5]: Rare Book Collection with Librarian Shannon Robinson

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Collection, Rare Book Collection

Oceanography in the Rare Books Collection

During Biodiversity Month, the Museum Library has taken a deep dive into our rare oceanography books on the voyage of the HMS Challenger, renowned as being the pioneering expedition of modern marine science. The voyage had only one intent – to investigate “everything relating to the ocean”, the first to do so. Naturalist’s John Murray and Charles Wyville Thomson spearheaded the expedition, made achievable with … Continue reading Oceanography in the Rare Books Collection

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Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 4]: Fascinating Crustaceans with Dr Marissa McNamara

Did you know that crabs have blue blood? Join Dr Marissa McNamara, Collection Manager of Crustacea for episode 4 of the Museum Revealed podcast. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Dr Marissa McNamara Marissa McNamara is a Collection Manager working with the crustacean collection. She spends her time with jars of crabs and lobsters and boxes of barnacles, making sure the 50,000 or … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 4]: Fascinating Crustaceans with Dr Marissa McNamara

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5 minutes with Imelda Miller, Curator, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies

Today’s #CouchCurator is Imelda Miller, Curator, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies who is sharing some of her favourite exhibition at the museum. Tell us a little bit about your area and why do you love working in this specific research area? Queensland is home to two distinct First Nations Peoples; the Aboriginal People of the mainland continent of Australia and the Torres Strait … Continue reading 5 minutes with Imelda Miller, Curator, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies

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Museum Revealed Podcast, The Workshops Rail Museum

Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 3]: The Might and Muscle of Queensland’s extensive infrastructure system with Jen High

All aboard the Museum Revealed podcast train! In episode 3 Jen High, Senior Curator of Transport, Energy and Science, takes us through the new Might and Muscle exhibition at our regional campus The Workshops Rail Museum.   Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Jennifer High Jennifer High joined Queensland Museum in 2017 as Senior Curator of Transport, Energy and Science, based at The … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 3]: The Might and Muscle of Queensland’s extensive infrastructure system with Jen High

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Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 2]: Mephisto: The Sole Surviving WW1 German Tank with Nick Hadnutt

Mephisto is the sole surviving German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank in the world, but did you know these facts about the rarest items in our collection? Tune in to the Museum Revealed podcast to hear Nick Hadnutt, Curator of Archaeology reveal how the tank ended up in Brisbane. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Let’s meet our guest: Nick Hadnutt I am the Archaeology curator … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 2]: Mephisto: The Sole Surviving WW1 German Tank with Nick Hadnutt

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Victory in the Pacific

by Dr Geraldine Mate, Principal Curator – History, Industry and Technology, Queensland Museum   The 75th anniversary of victory in the Pacific is a moment to look back at World War II and consider the impacts of the war in Queensland. Felt across the country and the world, the Second World War nevertheless came right to the door of Queensland Museum. Today it is 75 … Continue reading Victory in the Pacific

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Museum Revealed Podcast

Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 1]: Carnivorous Sponges and Deep Sea Creatures with Dr Merrick Ekins

In this episode of the Museum Revealed Podcast we chat to Dr Merrick Ekins about searching for carnivorous sponges deep under the sea, and his Moreton Bay dugong adventures. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Meet our guest Merrick is the Collection Manager of Sessile Marine Invertebrates which include; Porifera (sponges), Cnidaria (hard and soft corals, jellyfish, hydroids, anemones), Ascidians, Zooanthids, Hemichordata, Bryozoans (lace … Continue reading Museum Revealed Podcast [Ep 1]: Carnivorous Sponges and Deep Sea Creatures with Dr Merrick Ekins

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5 minutes with Patrick Couper, Senior Curator, Reptiles

Today’s #CouchCurator is Patrick Couper, Senior Curator, Reptiles who is sharing some of his favourite items from the collection. What is your favourite object/species in the collection and why? My favourite species is Phyllurus isis, a small leaf-tailed gecko that I discovered on Mt Blackwood, north of Mackay, in the early 1990s. This was one of my earliest species descriptions and is associated with fond … Continue reading 5 minutes with Patrick Couper, Senior Curator, Reptiles

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