The museum holds the skeleton of a Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, which has been extinct since 1936.
The Westpac Long Gallery was designed by colonial architect Mortimer Lewis and opened in 1857.
The museum's collection includes the 'Alick Jackomos' collection, representing significant insight into 20th-century Aboriginal life.
It contains one of the world's most significant collections of Pacific cultural material, totaling over 60,000 items.
The museum building is located on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
It houses the Mineralogy collection which includes rare gold specimens from the Australian gold rushes.
The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in the nation, founded in 1827 and focused on natural history and anthropology. Its permanent collection encompasses over 21 million scientific specimens and cultural objects. The museum underwent a major architectural revitalization known as 'Project Discover' completed in 2020. It serves as a significant research center, housing deep archives of Pacific and Aboriginal Australian cultural artifacts. The Westpac Long Gallery, the oldest exhibition space in the museum, displays 200 treasures selected from the vast collection. The museum includes the Australian Museum Research Institute, which leads research in biodiversity, conservation, and geology. Exhibits frequently showcase indigenous Australian histories alongside displays of extinct megafauna and dinosaur fossils.
The Grand Staircase or the vertical display cases in the Westpac Long Gallery.
Check the digital signage at the entrance for daily floor talks or guided tours.
Visit the rooftop terrace for elevated views of the city skyline and St Mary's Cathedral.
Allow extra time for temporary international traveling exhibitions which require separate entry planning.
Trying to see every single collection at once, as the density of artifacts can be overwhelming; focus on specific galleries instead.
Open daily, typically closed on Christmas Day.
Photography is generally permitted for personal use, though flash and tripods are often restricted in specific sensitive artifact galleries.
