The Australian Museum was the first attraction we visited in Sydney. It is the oldest museum in Australia and the fifth oldest natural history museum in the world.
Thanks to our Singapore National Heritage Board and museums for organising children activities, our teenagers are comfortable visiting museums. Activities we attended include Children’s Season that happens every June school holidays, hands-on food making workshops and Pillow Fight! sleepover in Asian Civilisation Museum back in 2018. Do keep a lookout for such events in Singapore’s museums if you are keen.
Back to the Australian Museum, they have over 21 million scientific specimen and cultural objections in their collection, displayed over 3 floors of public galleries. General admission is free and allows for access to all permanent exhibitions. For visitors keen on the special, limited time exhibitions, entry fees may apply and subjected to ticket allocations.
The steady flow of visitors entering and leaving the museum is testament to the high quality of the exhibitions, as many people are willing to spend hours in the galleries.
We had just over 2 hours to explore the museum but managed to visit most of the permanent exhibitions.
We started off at Wild Planet, where visitors get to see over 400 species under one roof.
Skeleton of a sperm whale. The amazing mammal can grow up to 18.3m in length and is capable of making the longest and deepest dive of any animal, reaching a depth of over 3200m.
200 Treasures of the Australian Museum. Really impressed by the range they have.
Surviving Australia features the country’s varied, and sometimes dangerous, wildlife.
In Changing Climate, visitors get to see how climate change is affecting Australia.
If you are a dino fan (like we are), you are in for a treat.
The T-Rex Autopsy model denoted by National Geographic to the museum.
Birds of Australia, featuring some of the country’s feathered residents
Minerals, where there are over 1800 rocks and minerals on display. The museum shop on ground floor has rocks and minerals on sale too, if you are keen to bring some home.
Fascinating rocks and minerals, colorful and glittering. Something I’ve always find alluring.
The museum is open everyday from 10am to 5pm, except Christmas Day. Due to our limited time there, we did not manage to view all exhibits. If I revisit Sydney in future, this will be definitely one place I wish to stop by again!
