Inside this landmark building is Australia’s very first museum, opened in 1857, and celebrating the natural history and culture of Australia and the Pacific. An excellent experience for families, permanent exhibitions include the famed Wild Planet and the thrilling Surviving Australia, with dinosaur skeletons and weird and wonderful creatures from the land down under.
Australian Museum
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