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 […]
SAM’s research realignment proposal
– ex-directors & researchers seek protection
SAM’s Head of Humanities John Carty
on social media
SAM & AWM tell Aboriginal Anzac story
‘- Ngarrindjeri Anzac & his captor
SAM reveals SA’s new mineral emblem
‘- bornite illustrates mining industry
SAM announces SA’S first fossil emblem
& David Attenborough endorses the choice
Aboriginal art research at SAM
attracts $100k donation
Indigenous Scholarship
SAM’s Pathways program