The Australian Museum, looking north up College Street. In the distance, you can see St Mary's Cathedral.
Sydney’s Australian Museum claims to have the most important animal, mineral, fossil and anthropological collections in Australia.
The Australian Museum does active research into Australia’s environments and indigenous cultures, and takes special interest in Biodiversity, Geodiversity and the Origins and Sustainability of Australia’s unique environments and cultures.
The kinds of animals it specializes in are not those you’d normally go to see at a zoo. The Australian Museum has exhibits of Invertebrates, such as centipedes, crustaceans, insects, segmented worms (much loved by fishermen as bait), spiders, snails and sea slugs (an Asian gourmet delicacy). just the stuff to appeal to the kids and make Mom cringe.
But it’s not all creepy crawlies at the Australian Museum. You’ll also find exhibitions of Australian birds, fishes, mammals and snakes – but don’t worry, these exhibits are all stuffed ones.
Where?
6 College Street,
Sydney 2010,
NSW, Australia.
General enquiries: (+612) 9320 6000.
You’ll find the Australian Museum on the east side of Hyde Park, near the corner of College Street and William Street. It’s just the other side of Hyde Park from the city.
It’s only a 2-minute walk from there to St. Mary’s Cathedral, so you might want to plan your day around taking in both… and then walking down Macquarie Street or into Market Street for the city centre.
Picture Credit: Image via Wikipedia.
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