Queensland Museum Kurilpa

16/10/2026

Our next exhibition is docking soon… 🚢🌊

OceanXperience is coming this December! Become a marine scientist and take on ocean missions investigating the lives of keystone species in this interactive adventure celebrating the OceanX research vessel.

Opens 4 December for a limited season! Tickets and season passes are on sale now.

🎟️ bit.ly/OceanXperienceTickets

National Geographic

16/10/2026

Applications for Queensland Museum’s 2027 First Nations Fellowship will open soon.

This 12-month opportunity is for an early career Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person working in, or aspiring to work in, the arts, cultural heritage, or galleries, libraries and museums (GLAM) sectors. It offers the opportunity to engage in research, bring community perspectives into the Queensland Museum Collection, and contribute new knowledge.

Details on how to apply will be released shortly. If you are interested, you can begin by starting to develop your research project and seeking a letter of support from your community.

The 2027 Fellowship is generously supported by Alida Rae Mayze and John Mayze.

More information: https://bit.ly/FellowshipQM

15/10/2026

Exhibition builders by day, croc wranglers by reputation. 🐊🔧

It’s time to de-install Croc! Lost Giants to Living Legends. We’ve loved having this world-premiere exhibition at the museum and we hope you loved it too!

Australian National Maritime Museum, got room for some giant predators? 👀 Croc! is migrating to the Maritime Museum in Sydney next - coming soon!

In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for our next exhibition opening early December!

14/10/2026

A canoe returned to story. A story returned to people.

Step into the NGURBAY/To Go Home exhibit in our new Stories of Country gallery to experience a powerful story of reunion and reconnection for the Bagirbarra people.

13/10/2026

Girraween National Park near Stanthorpe in southern Queensland is famous for its granite outcrops and, in springtime, an abundance of native wildflowers in bloom.

Queensland Museum photographer Gary Cranitch visited the region recently to capture the explosion of colour.

Which one is your favourite? 🌸🌼🌺🪻❤️

Queensland National Parks Visit Queensland, Australia

13/10/2026

Congratulations to Low Isles Museum on being named the 2026 Gallery and Museum Achievement Award (GAMAA) winner for Volunteer Museum/Gallery of the Year! 🏆

A special shout-out as well to Senior Museum Development Officer Dr Jo Wills, whose work with the Low Isles Preservation Society helped support this wonderful achievement.

Learn more about Jo’s amazing work with the society in our blog from late last year: bit.ly/4hFY7GW

12/10/2026

We LOVED having the Irwins in recently to visit Croc! just before it closed and spend a day at the museum - who doesn't love dinos?

We were privileged to display Steve's khakis in the Croc! exhibition, or as Grace calls him 'Grandpa Crocodile' 💚 . See you next time guys!

Watch the Irwin's full VLOG: https://youtu.be/XWIxbFtFwvk?si=xox--115AvLHe85y

Australia Zoo

In this vlog, Bindi Irwin, Chandler & Grace visit the QLD Museum to...

12/10/2026

It's a big job to clean, rehouse and photograph over 10,000 corals, but someone has to do it! 🪸📸

Our team have been busy working on a collection of corals including those collected during the Great Barrier Reef Expedition - the first major scientific expedition to the reef in the 1920s.

That’s thousands of pieces of Queensland’s reef history being carefully preserved, documented and made ready for future research.

It might not look like the most glamorous job…but when you’re working with a collection this
important, every coral counts. 🪸

12/10/2026

An incredible program! Proud to be a finalist and receive Highly Commended recognition in this category. Congrats to all of our staff and partners who support this program, and the wonderful students who participate.
Congratulations to the winner and other finalists in this category.

🎉 Congratulations to Queensland Museum Kurilpa, recognised as a Highly Commended recipient for the First Nations Undergraduate Student Research Program at the 2026 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards! 🖤💛❤️

This innovative program is creating meaningful and culturally safe pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector. Designed and led by Queensland Museum’s First Nations team, it combines paid research placements, mentoring, cultural learning and professional development to support the next generation of First Nations leaders.

By investing in First Nations knowledge, leadership and career development, the program is helping to build a stronger, more inclusive and culturally responsive GLAM sector while creating real opportunities for students to thrive.

👏 Congratulations to the Queensland Museum First Nations team and all participating students. This outstanding initiative demonstrates the powerful role museums can play in supporting reconciliation, empowering future leaders and creating lasting positive change. ✨🖤💛❤️

✨❤️ BIG THANKS TO OUR 2026 GAMAA SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
✨The 2026 GAMAA were proudly hosted by the Ipswich Art Gallery and sponsored by Public Galleries Queensland and Australian Museums and Galleries Association Queensland.
✨The 2026 GAMAA trophies, created by glass artist Jarred Wright, were generously supported by Brian Tucker.

Photo: Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Erin-Taylor Healey, Bronwyn Wolski and Bianca Beetson with the Highly Commended presentation for Queensland Museum. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, .

Arts Queensland

11/10/2026

🚨 CURATOR AMBUSH 🚨This one will have you biting your tongue.

We asked Marissa about one of the weirdest creatures in our collection.

Meet the Tongue Biter Isopod.

These tiny crustacean parasites attach inside a fish's mouth, while their relatives latch onto gills, fins or even burrow into flesh.

Suddenly "fish are friends" feels a little more complicated... 😬🐟

Nature really does have the best (and weirdest) ideas.