Tag: SA Museum

Kaurna knowledge holders invited to help shape new cultural garden

Kaurna knowledge holders invited to help shape new cultural garden, South Australian Museum, 21 August 2026 Kaurna knowledge holders and experts have been invited by the South Australian Museum to express their interest in joining a new Kaurna Expert Focus Working Group to help guide the development of the Kaurna Living Cultural Garden Project at […]

Final call for abstracts to ICOM NATHIST conference in Adelaide

Join museum and natural history collection professionals from around the world in Adelaide, Australia, for the International Council of Museums Committee for Natural History (NATHIST) Annual Conference and General Meeting, taking place 9-11 November 2026. Hosted by the South Australian Museum and the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, the conference will be […]

Treasured artefacts farewelled with song and prayer

Treasured artefacts farewelled with song and prayer, SA Museum, 30 July 2026 Prayer, song and dance have led a moving cultural gathering in the South Australian Museum’s Pacific Cultures Gallery. On the 25 July, the Melanesian Lullaby ceremony was hosted by the Papua New Guinea Association of South Australia in partnership with the Museum. It was the […]

Museum Director marks Ediacara’s 80th anniversary

Museum Director marks Ediacara’s 80th anniversary with visit to fossil beds, SA Museum, 28 July 2026 South Australian Museum Director Dr Samantha Hamilton has marked the 80th anniversary of the discovery of the Ediacara Biota with a visit to the 555-million-year-old fossil beds at Nilpena in the Flinders Ranges. The Ediacara Biota, named for the Ediacara […]

Luminous glass crown wins Waterhouse Prize People’s Choice

Luminous glass crown wins Waterhouse Prize People’s Choice, SA Museum, 3 July 2026 A beautifully-luminous glass crown has been named a clear winner of the South Australian Museum’s Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize People’s Choice award. Soft Echo by Akie Haga from the Australian Capital Territory was also a finalist in the Open category, which […]