Behind the scenes of the Australian Museum is our greatest resource - the research collection. The collections include more than 5,000,000 insects, 3,000,000 molluscs, 1,000,000 fishes, 1,000,000 archaeological objects, 111,000 anthropological objects and 70,000 rocks and minerals. With over 14.5 million specimens our collections are the basis of all that we do.
Collecting
Why do we collect things? The history and future of the collections. Meet some of the collectors.
