Meteorites, Mushrooms and a Magnificent Salmon: Tales from the Natural History Collection

Perth Museum,
Come along and learn about the treasures and stories in the collection and the work of the collection’s team behind the scenes to preserve and catalogue nearly 500,000 objects. In this lecture,...
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Lecture
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Youth, Adult, Elderly
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History , Talks & Lectures

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Come along and learn about the treasures and stories in the collection and the work of the collection’s team behind the scenes to preserve and catalogue nearly 500,000 objects.

In this lecture, Senior Collections Officer Mark Simmons explores people, places, and specimens from the museum’s important natural history collection. From the Strathmore meteorite and its journey to Perth Museum to the story of Miss Georgina Ballantine’s greatest catch.

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