AMplify - Conversations at the Australian Museum

Birds of Australia Panel Talk

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Birds of Australia panel discussion on the 25th July at the Australian Museum

Conversations of the Golden Empires: Harnessing the Heavens

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the relationship between the heavens and Earth with world-renowned astronomer, Professor Fred Watson AM, in this fascinating discussion hosted...

Conversations of the Golden Empires: From the Andes to the Amazon

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join leading experts as they explore Peruvian archaeology, spirituality, and the achievements of the ancient Andean civilizations. This fascinating di...

Conversations of the Golden Empires: Modern Discoveries of an Ancient Land

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the connections between Peru’s biodiversity and ancient culture in this discussion featuring the Australian Museum’s Chief Scientist, Pr...

Inspiring Visions / Practical Solutions

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trailblazers in the fields of energy, engineering and the environment explore some of the innovations and inventions shaping the sustainability landsc...

The 2024 Roadmap to Net Zero Conference

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 2024 Roadmap to Net Zero Conference by Australian Museum

Powering Homes of the Future

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor of Architecture, and host of ABC TV's Grand Designs Australia, Anthony Burke, hosts this electrifying panel discussion dispelling the myth t...

Gerard Krefft: A Saga of Science and Scandal

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Unceremoniously ejected from the Australian Museum 150 years ago, former AM Curator, Gerard Krefft, was Australia's first zoologist and helped foster ...

Eureka Talks Series: Antarctica

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Eureka Talk, explore the wonderful diversity of Antarctica and learn how experts are fighting to save this region from the devastating effects...

Ramses Street: Ancient Egypt in Colonial Australia - Live at the AM

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1980s, a new wave of Egyptomania emerged in Australia with the first touring exhibition from Cairo, but Australia’s fascination with Egypt’...

Monumental Architecture: The Egyptian Temple - Live at the AM

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Twice a year, sunlight sweeps into the chambers of The Great Temple at Abu Simbel, illuminating the face of Ramses II and marking the beginning of the...

Battle Of Kadesh - Live at the AM

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Five years into his reign, Ramses undertook his most ambitious military action, attempting to wrest control of Kadesh from the Hittites. Join Associat...

The Afterlife Of Ramses II's Tomb - Live at the AM

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the premiere event of our Saturday Lecture Series, Macquarie University Professor Malcolm Choat uncovers the history of KV7 - The tomb of Ramses th...

Journey To The Afterlife - Live at the AM

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Come on a journey to the afterlife with archaeologist Dr Anna-Latifa Mourad-Cizek as we explore everything from beliefs and practices to tombs and fun...

An Introduction to Egypt - Live at the AM

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the first instalment of the Australian Museum’s exclusive 'Egypt - In Conversation' series, curator and Egyptologist Dr Melanie Pitkin sits down ...

Eureka Talks - I'd Like The Thank The AM - 23Sept2023

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The future is female! We turn the spotlight on some of the incredible 2023 Eureka Prize winners and finalists who represent the future of science in A...

AMplify - Professor Kris Helgen With Ron Lovatt

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Kris Helgen, Chief Scientist and Director of the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) in conversation with Ron Lovatt, the Australian...

Eureka Talks - Zoonotic Diseases 20 October 2023

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this Eureka Talk, explore the science behind the deadliest event of the 21st century. Australian Museum Eureka Prize winning journalist, Olivia Wil...

Eureka Talks 2023 - Waste Not Want Not

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eureka Talks Series: Waste Not, Want Not Recorded live at the Australian Museum 10 June 2023 Join two of the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prize winne...

Vivid Talks 2023 - What We Can Learn From Nature

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded live at the Australian Museum 7 June 2023 Nature speaks, but are we listening? Hear from photographic artist and activist, Leila Jeffreys, re...

Five Things With Dr Michael Batley - Native Bees - 4 Feb 2023

04 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bee taxonomist Dr Michael Batley sits down with native bee ecologist and science communicator Amelie Vanderstock to chat about the importance, beauty ...

Five Things With Clarence Slockee - Native Gardens - 3 Dec 2022

03 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Proud Cudgenburra/Bundjalung man, landscaper and Gardening Australia presenter, Clarence Slockee, joins us for the second installment of the series. L...

Five Things With Dr Jodi Rowley 5 Nov 2022

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Saturday 5 November 2022, journalist and author, Ali Gripper, sat down with Dr Jodi Rowley for an intimate Q&A on Jodi’s life's work and to learn...

Australian Museum Talbot Oration 2022

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded at the Australian Museum Thursday 2 June 2022. The ways in which we consume media have shifted, offering us extraordinary opportunities to i...

Unsettled – Remembering Massacres

11 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Unsettled – Remembering Massacres by Australian Museum

Live At The AM. Lunchtime Conversations Welsey Enoch Rhoda Roberts 8 June 2021

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Arts leaders Wesley Enoch and Rhoda Roberts AO reflect on the legacy of writer Oodgeroo Noonuccal and activism in the arts. The first published Aborig...

Live At The AM. Lunchtime Conversations. Larissa Behrendt Jason DeSantolo 22 June 2021

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO and Dr Jason DeSantolo explore the legacy of David Unaipon and how traditional systems and knowledge are h...

Live At The AM. Lunchtime Conversations 2021 - Daniel Boyd Stephen Gilchrist 15 June 2021

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Artist Daniel Boyd and Academic Dr Stephen Gilchrist discuss the legacy of Emily Kame Kngwarreye and the importance of place and ceremony in art today...

Live at the AM. Lunchtime Conversations 2021 - Bianca Hunt with John Maynard 25 May 2021

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NITV’s Yokayi Footy presenter Bianca Hunt and Professor John Maynard, Chair of Aboriginal History at the University of Newcastle, talk opportunities...

Live at the AM - Lunchtime conversations 2021. Chels Marshall with Dr Mariko Smith. 18 May 2021

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join Indigenous systems ecologist Chels Marshall and facilitator Dr Mariko Smith to discuss how deep cultural knowledge not only overturned the legal ...

Australian Museum Talbot Oration - Tim Flannery June 2021

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Tim Flannery outlines his manifesto for humanity’s survival of the “climate emergency” in the Australian Museum’s (AM) inaugural Tal...

AMplify Spark May 2021 Kim McKay And Tim Flannery

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay in discussion with Professor Tim Flannery.

Live at the AM - LunchtimeLectures Glenn Murcutt 25 June 2019

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Glenn Murcutt AO (with Sandra Sully) Architect Glenn Murcutt is globally acclaimed for his environmentally sensitive, sustainable and quintessentiall...

Live at the AM - LunchtimeLectures Albert Namatjira By Franchesca Cubillo 18 June 2019

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Albert Namatjira by Franchesca Cubillo (with Tracey Holmes) Born on the Hermannsburg Lutheran mission in the Northern Territory in 1902, the life of ...

Live at the AM - HumanNature seies 2019: Mark Carey 22 Oct 2019

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Carey- The Culture and Politics of Ice University of Oregon’s Mark Carey explores the fundamental role of glacial ice in global economics and ...

Live at the AM. HumanNature seies 2019: Katherine Gibson And Juan Francisco Salazar 20 Aug 2019

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

HumanNature Series: Lessons on resilience from a bamboo bridge Katherine Gibson and Juan Francisco Salazar (Western Sydney University) explore life wi...

Live at the AM - HumanNature series 2019. Andrea Gaynor 12 Nov 2019

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Andrea Gaynor - Armoured histories: radical remembering for the Anthropocene Hold the past to account with Andrea Gaynor, University of Western Austr...

Live at the AM: HumanNature 2018 - Bruce Pascoe

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce Pascoe’s ground-breaking research completely reconsiders the notion of pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians as hunter-gatherers. Explore and ch...

Live at the AM: HumanNature 2018 - Rob Nixon

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Environmental martyrs put their bodies and lives on the line, risking imprisonment, violence or burial in a shallow grave in the dead of night. Some a...

Live at the AM - Lunchtime Conversations 2019 - Gabi Hollows

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Fred Hollows AC by Gabi Hollows AO (with Sandra Sully) New Zealand born, UK trained eye surgeon Fred Hollows’ drive to end the injustice ...

Live at the AM - HumanNature 2019: Macarena Gomez Baris 25 June 2019

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Macarena Gomez-Barris - The Occupied Forest Venture into the cacophonous space of the forest with Macarena Gómez-Barris of the Pratt Institute, Br...

Live at the AM: Lunchtime Conversation Series - Terry Percival AM, representing CSIRO WLAN

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Live at the AM: Lunchtime Conversation Series - Terry Percival AM, representing CSIRO WLAN by Australian Museum

Live at the AM: Lunchtime Lecture Series 2019: John Maynard On Charles Perkins

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Live at the AM: Lunchtime Lecture Series 2019: John Maynard On Charles Perkins by Australian Museum

Live at the AM - Lunchtime Conversation Series: Noel Gordon

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Google Maps began in the spare room of software engineer Noel Gordon’s Sydney apartment in 2003. Today’s instant digital information, directions a...

Live at the AM. Lunchtime Conversation series 2018 - Kim McKay

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay AO has led the transformation of the nation’s first museum into one of the world's pre-eminent natural ...

Live at the AM — Lunchtime Conversation Series 2018: Dick Smith

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dick Smith in conversation with Kim McKay as part of the Australian Museum Lunchtime Lecture series. Sydney born Dick Smith is an adventurer, busine...

Live at the AM — Lunchtime Conversation Series 2019: Author Thomas Keneally

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This talk took place on Tuesday 21 May 2019 in the Hallstrom Theatre as the first installment of the Australian Museum's Lunchtime Conversation Series...

Live at the AM — HumanNature 2019: Craig Santos-Perez

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This talk was presented on 14 May 2019 as part of the Australian Museum's HumanNature series. HumanNature Series: Environmental justice and the power...

Live at the AM — HumanNature 2019: Lesley Green

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This talk was presented as part of the Australian Museum's HumanNature series on 30 April 2019. HumanNature Series: Is green the new white? Lesley G...

Live at the AM — HumanNature 2019: Tony Birch

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This talk was presented as part of the Australian Museum's HumanNature series on 26 February 2019. HumanNature: Connection and cooperation in a time ...

Live at the AM — Lunchtime Lecture Series: Australians Shaping the Nation, George Miller

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This talk took place at 1pm, Tuesday 2 September in the Hallstrom Theatre at the Australian Museum as part of the Australian Museum's Lunchtime Lectur...

Live at the AM — Lunchtime Lecture Series: Australians Shaping the Nation, Layne Beachley

25 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Layne Beachley is widely regarded as the most successful female surfer in history, and is the only surfer, male or female, to claim six consecutive wo...

Live at the AM — Lunchtime Lecture Series: Australians Shaping the Nation, Ita Buttrose AO OBE

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

From copy girl to editor at the age of 23, Ita Buttrose’s boundary-pushing career at The Telegraph, Cleo, The Australian Women’s Weekly and The Su...

Live at the AM — HumanNature Lecture Series 2018: Alice Te Punga Somerville

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This event took place in the Hallstrom Theatre, Australian Museum, Sydney, on 14 June 2018. Join Alice Te Punga Somerville as she explores the histor...

Live at the AM — HumanNature Lecture Series 2018: Catriona Sandilands

01 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This event took place in the Hallstrom Theatre, Australian Museum, Sydney, on 12 July 2018. Join Catriona Sandilands (York University, Toronto) on th...

Live at the AM: HumanNature Lecture Series, Oron Catts

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Live at the AM: HumanNature Lecture Series, Oron Catts by Australian Museum

Live at the AM: 2018 Eureka Prizes Launch

05 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Live at the AM: 2018 Eureka Prizes Launch by Australian Museum

Live at the AM: HumanNature Lecture Series, Mike Hulme

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This lecture took place at the Australian Museum on 23 April 2018. How do different human cultures give shape and meaning to the idea of climate? Joi...

Live at the AM: HumanNature Lecture Series, Deborah Bird Rose

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How does giving and receiving take form in, and give form to, our living world? While most discussions of gift-giving focus on exchanges between human...

Treasures, Episode 8: Life in the freezer

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The icy expanses of Antarctica were an unforgiving frontier for early explorers. Among them was Sir Douglas Mawson, who faced frostbite, exposure and ...

Treasures, Episode 7: The platypus rug and the lyre bird

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Early British settlers were so flummoxed by the platypus that they thought it an elaborate hoax, created by stitching a duck’s beak onto the body of...

Treasures, Episode 6: The pestle that changed the world

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most significant objects in the Australian Museum’s collection is a humble, hand-crafted bird-shaped pestle. Its invention marked a cruci...

Treasures, Episode 5: The last tiger

08 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The wilful and wanton destruction of the Tasmanian Tiger is a sad reminder of the importance of conserving our natural history. Charles Wooley reveals...

Treasures, Episode 4: The strange obsessions of Australia’s greatest crab collector

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Mel Ward started life on the stage as an acrobat and comedian. But something about the creatures he found on the beach as a child kept calling him bac...

Treasures, Episode 3: Charles Darwin and the curator’s chair

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Working in a museum in the 19th century was a hazardous occupation. In 1831, the Australian Museum’s inaugural custodian William Holmes accidentally...

Treasures, Episode 2: The great gold nugget and the cricket stumps

18 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Sydney in the early 1800s was a fledgling colony, full of convicts, soldiers, settlers and social climbers – the kind of town where you might win an...

Treasures, Episode 1: The first and finest gallery in the land

12 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Step inside the treasure that is the Westpac Long Gallery, Australia’s oldest gallery in the nation’s first museum. When it opened to the public, ...

Michael Mel

27 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Mel by Australian Museum

Live at the AM: Journeying to Jordan - Adventures in Archaeology

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Live at the AM: Journeying to Jordan - Adventures in Archaeology by Australian Museum

Live at the AM: 2017 AMRI Lifetime Achievement Awards

05 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The AM held its annual AMRI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony on Wednesday 9 August 2017, designed to recognise eminent researchers and science comm...

Dr Simon Longstaff

26 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kids are full of difficult, challenging questions. Why are we destroying the reef? Why won't we accept refugees on our shores? Is it ever ok to tell a...

Laura McBride

12 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kim McKay talks to Laura McBride, Creative Producer, Programs, Exhibitions and Cultural Collections at the Australian Museum in the latest episode of ...

Sharni Jones

04 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kim McKay talks to Sharni Jones, Manager, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Collection at the Australian Museum in this latest episode of AMplify.

Gillian Scott

17 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of AMplify, Kim McKay talks to Gillian Scott, Manager, Exhibitions at the Australian Museum.

Live at the AM: 2017 Eureka Prizes Launch

19 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A live panel discussion with former Eureka Prize winners, hosted by Robyn Williams. In this live recording hosted by The Science Show's Robyn Willia...

Live at the AM: Bruce Pascoe

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

'Dark Emu' author Bruce Pascoe detailed his research into early colonial diaries and records of Indigenous life in this episode of Live at the AM. His...

Live at the AM: Should We Fear Spiders?

03 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of AM Live, join our panel of experts featuring Sophie Li, Clinical Psychologist; Nicole Wright, Pharmacist and Specialist in Poisons ...

Dr Jenny Newell

21 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest episode of AMplify, Kim McKay talks to Dr Jenny Newell, Manager, East Pacific Collection and Acting Director of Programs, Exhibitions & ...

Live at the AM: Women in Science - Dr Helen Maynard-Casely

09 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this AM Live episode, Dr Helen Maynard-Casely talks about exploring the solar system on the eve of the United Nations Day of Women and Girls In Sci...

Vanessa Finney

16 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Kim McKay talks to Vanessa Finney, Manager of Archives and Rare Books about the Australian Museum's newest exhibition Transformations - Art of the Sco...

Sheldon Teare

07 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Executive Director and CEO Kim McKay in conversation with Sheldon Teare, Objects Conservator at the Australian Museum (AM). Sheldon works i...

Prof Tim Flannery

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Director Kim McKay AO in conversation with explorer, scientist, communicator and 2007 Australian of the Year, Professor Tim ...

Dr Robin Torrence

01 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Anthropologist Dr Robin Torrence in conversation with the Australian Museum's CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay. Dr Torrence's archaeological rese...

Catherine Timbrell

18 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Exhibition Producer Catherine Timbrell in conversation with the Australian Museum's CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay. "I know from osmosis that s...

Live at the AM: Asaro Mud Men

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The inhabitants of Komunive village, Asaro River, in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, are famous for their fearsome clay headdresses and dra...

Live at the AM: LukeTschark

11 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hear the inspiring stories behind nature photographer Luke Tsharke's most powerful images, including his submissions to the Australian Geographic Natu...

Steven Alderton

12 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Steven Alderton, Director of Programs, Exhibitions & Cultural Collections ...

AMRI Live at the AM talk

19 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to the live recording of the 2016 AMRI Address and Lecture delivered by Professor Mark O'Kane, NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer. "People need ST...

Ellie Downing on Blackchat with Lola Forester on Koori FM

10 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Ellie Downing of the Australian Museum’s Science Engagement and Events team speaks to Lola about the upcoming Australian Museum Science Festival (AM...

Janet Laurence

03 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with celebrated Australian artist Janet Laurence, artist-in-resident at the Aus...

Trailblazers Talks - Gaby Kennard OAM

27 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Gaby Kennard recorded live at the Australian Museum as part of the Trailblazers Talks series presented by Australian Geographic. Inspired by her chil...

Phil Gordon

19 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Phil Gordon, the AM's Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer. Phil coordin...

Paul Flemons

12 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Paul Flemons, Manager of Digital Collections and Citizen Science at the Au...

Traliblazers talks with Tim Flannery

30 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

An evening with celebrated explorer, scientist, communicator and former Australian of the Year. Dr Tim Flannery is arguably Australia’s best known ...

Mark McGrouther

22 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Ichthyology Collection Manager Mark McGrouther at the Australian Museum Re...

Cockatoo Wingtag and Hollows as Homes citizen science projects

15 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kim McKay discusses the Cockatoo Wingtag and Hollows as Homes citizen science projects with Ornithologist Dr Richard Major. “By ha...

Keren Ruki

23 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Keren Ruki, Creative Producer of the Pacific Collections in the Cultural C...

Trailblazers Talk: Recreating Genghis Khan’s journey - Mongolia to Hungary

17 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Join ‘long-rider’ Tim Cope for an evening on the Steppe. “Discovery has never been just about mapping new places, it’s about human discoverie...

Dr Richard Major

09 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Australian Museum CEO and Executive Director Kim McKay in conversation with Ornithologist Dr Richard Major, Principal Research Scientist in Terrestri...

Eureka Prizes launch

03 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, leadership, science communication and school science. I...