Australian Museum

Local nameAustralian Museum
LocationDarlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

The Australian Museum is a heritage-listed museum at 1 William Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest museum in Australia, and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the world, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. 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. Apart from exhibitions, the museum is also involved in Indigenous studies research and community programs. In the museum's early years, collecting was its main priority, and specimens were commonly traded with British and other European institutions. The scientific stature of the museum was established under the curatorship of Gerard Krefft, himself a published scientist.

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Opening hours

Open daily: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Christmas Day: closed

Admission

Adult: AUD 15
Student ISIC Card, Senior: 65+: AUD 8
Child (5-15): AUD 8
Child (under 5): free
Family (2+2): AUD 30

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Museum

Official Website http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/

Twitter https://twitter.com/austmus

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/australianmuseum/timeline?ref=page_internal

Phone +61 2 9320 6000

Address 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia

Coordinates -33°52'27.691" N 151°12'47.704" E

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