Jacob and I did a curator for a day workshop during the school holidays. It was all about documenting and displaying collections. It was lots of fun using the museums fossils, bones, gemstones and animal models.
The museum then placed our collections on display for the holidays.
Check out this turtle skeleton. We found some bones just like these but only the mandible of the skull.
An indigenous scarred tree. I’d love to see one of these in the bush. Aborigines cut off a piece to make a canoe, it scarred the tree but left it unharmed.
A nice little section of Egyptian artefacts.
Three preserved sarcophagus displayed nicely. The one we made looks similar to this period.
This is a skeleton of an Australian Sea Lion. As you can see, Sea Lions are able to turn their flippers forwards and walk on all fours.
Look at this lovely collection of skeletons. The crocodile skull behind me is huge.
This is the largest known Ammonite in Australia. It was almost mistaken for a truck tyre when discovered in 1923. Uncoiled, this fully grown adult specimen would have been 3m long.
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