• Today is the @RoyalExhibitionBuilding’s 140th anniversary! ✨ To celebrate we’ve decided the Royal Exhibition Building is now old enough to have its own @Instagram. We know you can’t pass this grand building without taking a sneaky photo. We'd love for you to share your best image with us and tag the new account and use #RoyalExhibitionBuilding - we’ll be sharing our favourites! #MuseumsVictoria #MelbourneMuseum #Melbourne #CarltonGardens #Victoria #MelbourneLife #VisitMelbourne #MelbourneCity #Architecture #MelbourneILoveYou #VisitVictoria #MelbourneToDo #MelbourneLife #MelbourneCBD #Melb #Melbourne_Insta #Museums #InstaMuseum
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    Today is the @RoyalExhibitionBuilding’s 140th anniversary! ✨ To celebrate we’ve decided the Royal Exhibition Building is now old enough to have its own @Instagram. We know you can’t pass this grand building without taking a sneaky photo. We'd love for you to share your best image with us and tag the new account and use #RoyalExhibitionBuilding - we’ll be sharing our favourites! #MuseumsVictoria #MelbourneMuseum #Melbourne #CarltonGardens #Victoria #MelbourneLife #VisitMelbourne #MelbourneCity #Architecture #MelbourneILoveYou #VisitVictoria #MelbourneToDo #MelbourneLife #MelbourneCBD #Melb #Melbourne_Insta #Museums #InstaMuseum
  • It's time to unbox the Museum again! In this episode Nish Nizar takes us behind the scenes in the Sciences Department and reveals an elusive and striking specimen, a glass sponge usually found in deep water off the Philippines and Fiji. Jump across to our stories to find out more! 🎞️ #MuseumAtHome #MuseumsOnline #InstaMuseum #Melbourne #MelbourneMuseum #MuseumsVictoria #Collections #Unboxing
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    It's time to unbox the Museum again! In this episode Nish Nizar takes us behind the scenes in the Sciences Department and reveals an elusive and striking specimen, a glass sponge usually found in deep water off the Philippines and Fiji. Jump across to our stories to find out more! 🎞️ #MuseumAtHome #MuseumsOnline #InstaMuseum #Melbourne #MelbourneMuseum #MuseumsVictoria #Collections #Unboxing
  • If you think you need to go to the depths of the Amazon to find a new species, think again. When Amanda De George of Illawarra photographed a little brown spider on her recycling bin, she had no idea she was about to leave her mark on the taxonomy of rare Australian spiders. Amanda posted the photo to social media in the hope that someone might identify it and discovered how special it was when @joseph.schubert, a taxonomist from Museum Victoria, saw the post. Joseph reached out to Amanda to tell her that the spider she had photographed is a rare unidentified Jotus jumping spider species. Amanda found another one two days later, safely captured it and sent it across the NSW border to Joseph in Melbourne. Joseph is now looking after the undescribed species at home. The new spider will be part of a scientific review of the Jotus jumping spider genus and will be formally described and named in scientific literature. @BushBlitz @ParksAustralia #CitizenScience #Spider #Entomology #Museum
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    If you think you need to go to the depths of the Amazon to find a new species, think again. When Amanda De George of Illawarra photographed a little brown spider on her recycling bin, she had no idea she was about to leave her mark on the taxonomy of rare Australian spiders. Amanda posted the photo to social media in the hope that someone might identify it and discovered how special it was when @joseph.schubert, a taxonomist from Museum Victoria, saw the post. Joseph reached out to Amanda to tell her that the spider she had photographed is a rare unidentified Jotus jumping spider species. Amanda found another one two days later, safely captured it and sent it across the NSW border to Joseph in Melbourne. Joseph is now looking after the undescribed species at home. The new spider will be part of a scientific review of the Jotus jumping spider genus and will be formally described and named in scientific literature. @BushBlitz @ParksAustralia #CitizenScience #Spider #Entomology #Museum
  • Has your living room turned into a Yoga studio? 🧘‍♀️🏡 We want to capture what daily life in the pandemic looks like for you, in your home, at work or in your neighbourhood. A selection of maps will be added to the State Collection. Share what the evolution of your life during the pandemic looks like, by tagging us or using #CollectingTheCurve in your own COVID-19 map. #MuseumsVictoria #Museum #MuseumAtHome #COVID19 #COVID #LockdownLife #MelbourneLockDown #Melbourne #Collecting #CollectingMoments
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    Has your living room turned into a Yoga studio? 🧘‍♀️🏡 We want to capture what daily life in the pandemic looks like for you, in your home, at work or in your neighbourhood. A selection of maps will be added to the State Collection. Share what the evolution of your life during the pandemic looks like, by tagging us or using #CollectingTheCurve in your own COVID-19 map. #MuseumsVictoria #Museum #MuseumAtHome #COVID19 #COVID #LockdownLife #MelbourneLockDown #Melbourne #Collecting #CollectingMoments
  • This week, someone's turning 140 - any guesses who it might be? Here are some helpful some hints! 💕 Born in the 1880's 💕On 1 July 2004, it was inscribed onto the World Heritage List 💕 Famous for signature events like @melbflowershow 🌹 👇 If you guessed the @RoyalExhibitionBuilding, you'd be right! #MuseumsVictoria #RoyalExhibitionBuilding #MelbourneMuseum #Melbourne #CarltonGardens #Victoria #MelbourneLife #VisitMelbourne #MelbourneCity #Architecture #MelbourneILoveYou #VisitVictoria #MelbourneToDo #MelbourneLife #MelbourneCBD #Melb #Melbourne_Insta
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    This week, someone's turning 140 - any guesses who it might be? Here are some helpful some hints! 💕 Born in the 1880's 💕On 1 July 2004, it was inscribed onto the World Heritage List 💕 Famous for signature events like @melbflowershow 🌹 👇 If you guessed the @RoyalExhibitionBuilding, you'd be right! #MuseumsVictoria #RoyalExhibitionBuilding #MelbourneMuseum #Melbourne #CarltonGardens #Victoria #MelbourneLife #VisitMelbourne #MelbourneCity #Architecture #MelbourneILoveYou #VisitVictoria #MelbourneToDo #MelbourneLife #MelbourneCBD #Melb #Melbourne_Insta
  • Today is world Tourism day. Each year our Museums welcome visitors from all across the world. We can't wait until our doors are open again to welcome you all back! 📷: Thanks to @mrskateking for sharing this cute pic from your visit in June. #MuseumsVictoria #MuseumAtHome #Museum #MelbourneMuseum #MelbourneToDo #MuseumLover
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    Today is world Tourism day. Each year our Museums welcome visitors from all across the world. We can't wait until our doors are open again to welcome you all back! 📷: Thanks to @mrskateking for sharing this cute pic from your visit in June. #MuseumsVictoria #MuseumAtHome #Museum #MelbourneMuseum #MelbourneToDo #MuseumLover
  • It's been a big week for Melbourne Museum's Learning Lab taking out another two awards for the fabulous River Connections! This beautiful immersive projection created by @grumpysailor_ and @museumsvictoria was the winner of the Multimedia Award and also 'Best in Show' at the 2020 Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards! A big congratulations to all those involved. ✨ #InstaMuseum #MuseumsOnline #MuseumLover #DigitalArt #Melbourne #MuseumsVictoria #MelbourneMuseum
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    It's been a big week for Melbourne Museum's Learning Lab taking out another two awards for the fabulous River Connections! This beautiful immersive projection created by @grumpysailor_ and @museumsvictoria was the winner of the Multimedia Award and also 'Best in Show' at the 2020 Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards! A big congratulations to all those involved. ✨ #InstaMuseum #MuseumsOnline #MuseumLover #DigitalArt #Melbourne #MuseumsVictoria #MelbourneMuseum
  • So, why is it that the team at @lostworldofbayside find a lot of fossilized shark teeth? Head to our Instagram Stories to hear from @a_fools_experiment explain why this is the case. Hint: it has to do with the anatomy of sharks! 🦈🌊 #MuseumsVictoria #FossilFriday #MuseumAtHome #Museum #InstaMuseum #Palaeontology #Palaeontologist #Scicomm #Fossil #Museums #Science #Melbourne
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    So, why is it that the team at @lostworldofbayside find a lot of fossilized shark teeth? Head to our Instagram Stories to hear from @a_fools_experiment explain why this is the case. Hint: it has to do with the anatomy of sharks! 🦈🌊 #MuseumsVictoria #FossilFriday #MuseumAtHome #Museum #InstaMuseum #Palaeontology #Palaeontologist #Scicomm #Fossil #Museums #Science #Melbourne
  • Today is World Maritime Day a day that focuses on the importance of shipping safety and the marine environment and this year celebrates "Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet". Here's a very early maritime image. This lantern slide from our collection is of a scientific party from the ship Discovery on a motor boat approaching the Antarctic coast in 1930-31. The world of maritime has changed a lot since then! #MuseumsVictoria #MuseumAtHome #Museum #WorldMaritimeDay
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    Today is World Maritime Day a day that focuses on the importance of shipping safety and the marine environment and this year celebrates "Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet". Here's a very early maritime image. This lantern slide from our collection is of a scientific party from the ship Discovery on a motor boat approaching the Antarctic coast in 1930-31. The world of maritime has changed a lot since then! #MuseumsVictoria #MuseumAtHome #Museum #WorldMaritimeDay