The Ballarat STEM Network invites you to hear from Dr Stephen Poropat, Research Associate at The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Researcher, Swinburne University of Technology on “Our Mesozoic Menagerie: Australia’s Dinosaurs”. Palaeontologist Dr Stephen Poropat has been digging up Australian dinosaur fossils since 2004, and will share his latest exciting…
Experience Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic Jurassic Park in immersive IMAX 3D to celebrate National Science Week and all things palaeontology with IMAX and Museums Victoria! This special event screening includes an introduction to the film from Museums Victoria’s expert palaeontologist Dr Erich M.G. Fitzgerald (Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology). Hold onto your butts – JURASSIC…
Bizarre whales, tiny dinosaurs, fossil insects, and the giants of the Ice Age will appear among the objects of wonder and awe rarely displayed. Museum scientists and special collection items will be on show for this special day. Watch fossil preparators work to excavate fragile bones and teeth, and learn how museum experts preserve fossils…
