Explore Museums Victoria's humanities and natural sciences collections

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CULTURAL SENSITIVITY MESSAGE – Please readFirst Peoples of Australia should be aware that the Museums Victoria Collections website contains images, voices or names of deceased persons. For some First Peoples communities, seeing images or hearing recordings of persons who have passed, may cause sadness or distress and, in some cases, offense.LanguageCertain records contain language or include depictions that are insensitive, disrespectful, offensive or racist. This material reflects the creator’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was written, recorded, collected or catalogued.They are not the current views of Museums Victoria, do not reflect current understanding and are not appropriate today.FeedbackWhilst every effort is made to ensure the most accurate information is presented, some content may contain errors. The level of documentation for collection items can and does vary, dependent on when or how the item was collected. We encourage and welcome contact from First Peoples Communities, scholars and others to provide advice to correct and enhance information.I understandVictorians vote for a State Fossil EmblemThe eight candidates for Victoria’s state fossil emblem have been selected from Museums Victoria’s collections. They showcase Victoria’s diverse and internationally significant fossil record. Voting closes 4 October 2021.articleVictoria's Fossil EmblemAll the Australian states and territories have emblems that represent their distinctive natural heritage, including birds, animals and flora. The Victorian state animal is Leadbeater's Possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri), the state ...articleIsograptus victoriae, candidate for Victoria's state fossil emblemGraptolites, the group of fossils to which Isograptus victoriae belongs, are a group of colonial marine animals that lived in the oceans from about 510 to 320 million years ago, from the middle of Cambrian to the middle of the ...articleBaragwanathia longifolia, candidate for Victoria's state fossil emblemBaragwanathia longifolia is a fossil club-moss from Victoria. It was very important in the history of our understanding of the evolution of land plants. Dr. Isabel Cookson described Baragwanathia longifolia while working on ...articlePalorchestes azael, candidate for Victoria's state fossil emblemPalorchestes azael was a giant marsupial that lived during the Australian Ice Age. The species and its genus were first described in 1873 by Richard Owen, the founder of the Natural History Museum in London, based on the front ...Explore our collectionExplore a wealth of collections and research about natural sciences, history, technology and Indigenous cultures from Museums Victoria in Australia.Articles2,226Read about people, places, events, and our collectionsSpecimens1,238,535Animals, fossils, and rocks in our collectionsSpecies1,413Read about some animals you might see in the wildspecimenM 43305AtacamiteMineralogySpecimen formHand SpecimenClassHydroxyhalidesGroupNAspecimenM 43719GillarditeMineralogySpecimen formHand SpecimenClassOxyhalidesGroupNAspecimenM 43846CupriteMineralogySpecimen formHand SpecimenClassSimple OxidesGroupNAarticleCollecting the Curve: Victorian Stories of the 2020 COVID-19 PandemicThe 2020 to 2021 COVID-19 Pandemic has touched every aspect of Victorian lives and seen significant and potentially permanent change in some areas. Museums Victoria has a mandate to collect and preserve the most important moments ...itemSH 920743Quilt - Elizabeth Hawkey, 1881-1900Home & CommunityAlternative Name(s): Patchwork Quilt, HandcraftsQuilt made by Elizabeth Hawkey, who migrated to Australia from England in 1866. It remained in the Hawkey family for generations until a great-granddaughter donated ...specimenP 66266Porifera Grant, 1836Invertebrate PalaeontologyCommon nameSpongeHigher taxonomyPoriferaCollectedAustralia, Western AustraliaspecimenP 66264Verruculina albanyensis Chapman & CrespinInvertebrate PalaeontologyHigher taxonomyPorifera, Demospongea, LithistidaCollectedAustralia, Western AustraliaspecimenP 120934PolyporaInvertebrate PalaeontologyHigher taxonomyBryozoa, Stenolaemata, FenestridaCollectedAustralia, VictoriaspecimenP 9802Theonoa tubipora BuskInvertebrate PalaeontologyHigher taxonomyBryozoa, Stenolaemata, CyclostomataCollectedUK, EnglandspecimenP 12959CelleporaInvertebrate PalaeontologyHigher taxonomyBryozoa, Gymnolaemata, CheilostomataCollectedAustralia, VictoriaspecimenP 314757BryozoaInvertebrate PalaeontologyHigher taxonomyBryozoaCollectedAustralia, South AustraliaspecimenP 24228Septastrea marylandicaInvertebrate PalaeontologyHigher taxonomyCnidaria, Anthozoa, ScleractiniaCollectedUnited States of America, Virginia

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