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We're revealing some of the hidden gems and stories from the Queensland Museum Network Collection. Listen as our expert curators wax lyrical with some amazing tales from the field, hidden surprises from the collection and much more covering topics including biodiversity, cultures and histories, geosciences, science and technology. Did you know more than 1.2 million objects and specimens make up the State Collection that tells the changing story of Queensland, Australia? We’re here to inspire ...
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Ep 24: Marson Collection Revealed: Part 2 with Karen Kindt
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Music is significant to all cultures across history. The breadth of the 830 traditional musical instruments that make up Marson Collection demonstrates the wide diversity of ways in which different cultures have made music. You're listening to part two of Marson Collection Revealed. Discover more fascinating details of this significant collection w…
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Ep 23: Marson Collection Revealed: Part 1 with Dr Kirsty Gillespie
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From celebrations to break-ups, good times to sad times, there's no doubt music is a major part of our lives. Music is a form of self-expression, and something that we as humans can all relate and connect to on an emotional level. Over two episodes we are going to reveal a special "living" collection which consists of 830 traditional musical instru…
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Ep 22: Climate change impacts on marine invertebrates with Dr Sue-Ann Watson
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Imagine you're a scientist, diving into the freezing cold waters of the Antarctic. You're not there to observe the larger organisms so closely associated with that part of the world - whales, seals and impossibly cute penguins - but the smallest: the marine invertebrates. What is it about these lesser-known creatures, the ones we rarely think of, t…
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Ep 21: Ants: bioindicators of climate change with Dr Chris Burwell
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Because some of them bite, sting or pass on life-threatening diseases, lurk in our kitchens at night, or eat our garden plants, not to mention occasionally decimate our food crops, insects tend to get a bad rap. But that's not really fair. If they didn't exist, nor would we. In fact, because of our existence, theirs is under threat. And perhaps thi…
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Ep 20: Building SparkLab: How have Science Centre's changed with Rebekah Collins
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We may be biased, but at Queensland Museum Network we reckon we've got one of the best science centre's in Australia! SparkLab, at Queensland Museum, has awesome interactive exhibits, live science experiments and investigations and a Maker Space - but perhaps best of all, learning officers who have science and education expertise and make it their …
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EP 19: The Workshops Rail Museum with Curator Rob Shiels
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Hop aboard the Museum Revealed Podcast Express to the Queensland Museum Network's Ipswich campus: The Workshops Rail Museum. Somewhere amongst the network's biggest and heaviest collection items you'll find Curator, Rob Shiels. Like the museum itself, Rob isn't just about trains, so come along for the ride... you never know where he might take us! …
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Ep 18: Museum Development across Queensland with Ewen McPhee
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Let's start with an undeniable fact: Queensland is a big state. From Texas in the south to the Torres Strait 3000 kilometres to the north, from Fraser Island on the east coast to Camooweal in the far west. How does a state museum make sure that people who'd have to travel by plane or four-wheel drive vehicle - or both - to visit on one of its museu…
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Ep 17: Marine Parasites with Dr Terry Miller
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Tape worms. Ticks. Head lice. The thought is enough to make you squirm, flinch and scratch. Yes, we're talking about parasites! Most parasites are tiny; you'll need a magnifying glass handy to see them. Dr Terry Miller, parasitologist and Queensland Museum Network's Head of Biodiversity and Geosciences reveals more about this interesting, and often…
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There's a good chance that as you listen to this podcast you're sitting on a mass-produced piece of furniture - not that there's anything wrong with that! But what if you could learn the skills to make your own? Andrew MacDonald could teach you. He's the Factory Supervisor at Cobb+Co Museum, our Toowoomba campus, where talented and knowledgeable pe…
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Ep 15: Insights into exhibition design with Alison Ross
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There's a group of unsung heroes in the museum world who work harder than anyone to bring the knowledge and vision of the curators and scientists to life in a way that excites and inspires you. We're talking about the designers! Queensland Museum's Senior Exhibition Designer Alison Ross gives us exclusive insight into her role at the museum, a day …
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Ep 14: What it's like to be a maritime archaeologist with Dr Maddy McAllister
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How did such a large ship and experienced crew come to be wrecked? What is the full story of HMS Pandora that now lies at the bottom of the ocean? These are some of the questions Maritime and underwater archaeologists work to answer. So no, archaeology isn't just digging up old objects from the ground! Dr Maddy McAllister, Senior Curator for Mariti…
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Ep 13: What does it take to be a palaeontologist with Dr Espen Knutsen
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He's travelled from Norway, to the Arctic to the USA and Australia and a few million years into the past to discover ancient life. Dr Espen Knutsen returns to the present day (and the Museum Revealed podcast) to share more tales of life as a palaeontologist. Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, …
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Ep 12: Contemporary Collecting during COVID-19 with Judith Hickson
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In 2020, we donned our KN-95 face masks, hand sanitised thoroughly for thirty seconds and headed out into the world (subject to travel restrictions, of course) to collect objects that will exemplify our lives during the global pandemic. Judith Hickson, Senior Curator of Social History is here to gives us an exclusive insight into contemporary colle…
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Ep 11: Snails, Squids and More Molluscs with Collection Manager Darryl Potter
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Did you know molluscs are ancient creatures? They've been around for half a billion years! From snails to squids, Collection Manager of Molluscs, Darry Potter takes us through this enormously diverse group of animals.By Queensland Museum Network
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Ep 10: Queensland Museum's Whale Collection with Heather Janetzki
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Proceeds of crime. Bone boilers. Unicorns of the ocean. And poo. A conversation with Heather Janetzki, Collection Manager of Mammals and Birds at Queensland Museum Network, always reveals something interesting. Don't miss this one - you'll have a whale of a time! Pun intended. Read the show notes here. Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDI…
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Ep 9: Cobb+Co Museum History with Jeff Powell
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Museum Revealed takes you on a horse-drawn coach ride up into the Great Dividing Range to talk with Jeff Powell, Curator at Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba. Bring a well-padded cushion and keep an eye out for bush rangers! Read the show notes here. Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTagga…
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Dr Robert Raven really knows spiders. You should launch into this faster than a Funnel-web onto a vegetarian millipede. Read the show notes here. Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine RobertsonAdvertisement voiced by Kylie Hay'Stories and Mysteries' written and played …
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Ep 7: I Do! Wedding Stories from Queensland with Carmen Burton
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Turn off Married at First Sight: we've got the best real-life wedding stories right here! Sweet and bittersweet tales from couples of all kinds and cultures told through the wedding garments they wore with Assistant Curator of Social History, Carmen Burton. Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, J…
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Ep 6: Searching for Fossils with Palaeontologist Dr Espen Knutsen
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Dr Espen Knutsen is living your childhood dream. Give up your day job for 19 minutes and search for fossilised remains from the ancient past with Espen, Senior Curator of Palaeontology. Read the show notes here.Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine RobertsonAdvertiseme…
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Ep 5: Rare Book Collection with Librarian Shannon Robinson
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Sneak past the security doors and into the bookworm's paradise that is the Queensland Museum Network Rare Book Collection with Librarian Shannon Robinson. If you haven't head of John Gould's The Birds of Australia publication, you will have after this! Read the show notes here. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Chr…
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Ep 4: Fascinating Crustaceans with Dr Marissa McNamara
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Did you know that crabs have blue blood? Enjoy nineteen minutes of zoological fascination with Dr Marissa McNamara, Collection Manager of Crustacea on crabs and other (scientifically) delectable crustaceans. You'll want to come back for seconds! Read the show notes here.Follow us on social media at @qldmuseum. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Reb…
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Ep 3: The Might and Muscle of Queensland's extensive infrastructure system with Jen High
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Meet the metal beasts that helped build Queensland! From crawler tractors to locomotives, Jen High, Senior Curator of Transport, Energy and Science will introduce you to the (very big) stars of the Might and Muscle exhibit at The Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich. Read the show notes here. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McT…
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Ep 2: Mephisto: The Sole Surviving WW1 German Tank with Nick Hadnutt
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From a First World War battlefield to Brisbane: hear the story of how the sole surviving German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank named Mephisto made a very unexpected journey to the other side of the world from Nick Hadnutt, Curator of Archaeology. Now that the general public are no longer able to climb inside (much to the relief of our Workplace Health a…
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Ep 1: Carnivorous Sponges and Deep Sea Creatures with Dr Merrick Ekins
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CARNIVOROUS. SPONGES. Need we say more!? Dr Merrick Ekins, Collection Manager of Sessile Marine Invertebrates chats about searching for carnivorous sponges deep under the sea, and his Moreton Bay dugong adventures. Read the show notes here. CREDITSHost: Dr Rob BellProducers: Rebecca Ruhle, Jaclyn McTaggart, Christine RobertsonAdvertisement voiced b…
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