Established in 1827, the Australian Museum is Australia’s first museum. Experience science, culture and nature in the heart of Sydney at the Australian Museum. Complete with immersive exhibitions and interactive experiences, a visit to the Museum is the perfect day for all ages– plus General Admission is now free!

The Australian Museum is about more than the past. It’s a working museum where scientists, researchers and curators explore the wonders of our world – and you can too. With a collection of over 22 million objects, the Museum represents a timeline of the environmental and cultural histories of the Australian and Pacific regions.

The collection holds many objects from Indigenous Australia and the Pacific, a record of human diversity and a living wellspring for regional cultural diversity. It contains irreplaceable fossils, minerals, meteorites and gemstones that provide a geological perspective of the planet. It houses representative specimens of native Australian mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and countless invertebrates that tell many stories about our unique wildlife.

The Australian Museum is open 10am to 5pm every day except 25 December.

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