Yes, at present flash photography and video cameras are permitted in all Permanent Exhibitions and most Temporary Exhibitions at the Museum. Photography and videotaping for commercial use should be coordinated through Marketing, phone: (+612) 9320 6181.
Within the exhibitions eating and drinking is not permitted. In the Museum Café and Diner you can purchase food and drinks. Hyde Park is a two minute walk from the Museum and is a very pleasant place to have lunch. You may re-enter the Museum by showing your entry ticket.
The Museum has a café and a large diner, both located on Level G. Both are open every day except 25 December.
There is no cloaking at the Australian Museum. You can leave bags in a locker for a $1 coin for up to four hours. These are located on Level G. The largest lockers will fit a backpack. An Interpretive Officer will greet school groups and their bags will be stored in a trolley and locked in a storage area until they require them.
The Museum offers a variety of guided tours each day. They are one-hour long and are led by experienced Museum interpretive staff and volunteers. Tours are limited to approximately 15 people. Tours start from the Information Desk, Level G. Tours leave every few hours. You do not need to book for the tours unless you have a large group - Phone Bookings number: (+612) 9320 6361.
Yes, the Museum owns two wheelchairs which can be borrowed from the Information Desk, Level G. There is no charge, but you will need to leave a form of identification (e.g. Drivers licence) to be returned to you on return of the wheelchair.
Yes, generally the specimens on display are real and are part of the huge Australian Museum collections. Complete fossil specimens are rarely found, so some specimens need to be reconstructed before being displayed.
For example, all the parts of the elephant on display in Skeletons: frameworks for survival are real, but some of the tail bones were missing when it was found so another elephant's tail bones have been used for this display. There are three human skeletons on display in Skeletons, only one of these is real, the others are replicas. The real one is the human riding the horse. This human skeleton dates back to the 1800s and is believed to be a young girl possibly brought from India.
Skeletons: frameworks for survival
For Temporary Exhibitions where admission charges apply you will be issued with a ticket. On extremely busy days you cannot re-enter the Temporary Exhibition once you have left, but generally re-entry on the same day of purchasing your ticket is allowed, providing you show the ticket again.
To book a group you must telephone the bookings office on (+612) 9320 6163 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The minimum number of people you can book to qualify for the group admission rate is 10. There is no maximum number but a large group will need to be split so that only 20 enter an exhibition at a time.
No, our Temporary Exhibition admission prices include the general admission charge.
To qualify for the concession admission charge you will need to show one of the following to the admission staff:
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