The oldest museum in Australia, and one of the most highly respected natural history and anthropomorphic establishments in the world, the Australian Museum has exhibits to try and appeal to the future Nobel Prize applicants in several fields of natural science.

Its palaeontology, anthropology, mineralogy, and zoology exhibits are displayed in a suitably Neo-classical stone edifice, on suitably named College Street, where it has stood since it opened to the general public in 1857. The following century-and-a-half saw the Australian Museum transformed from a warehouse for systematic and cultural artifacts to a modern sandstone complicated housing research, executive, and academic facilities. The collections are still there, naturally ; they're growing each year, and even better, are now accompanied by transient exhibitions and educational programs. What Will You Find at the Australian Museum? The permanent displays at the Museum include the Native Australian exhibit, which preserves a record of many local Australian clans ; the Birds exhibit, with its examples of Australian avians of each shape, size, and plumage color ; and the Skeletons : Framework for Survival exhibit, covering each life form from insects to mammals. The self-explanatory Insect exhibit, is a great favourite with the Sydney schoolboys, as is the "More Than Dinosaurs" collection of giant reptiles and megafauna, among which were giant kangaroos, koalas, and Tasmanian Demons .

The Biodiversity : Life Supporting Life, display shows the interconnectedness of the amazing assortment of Australian life forms. The permanent exhibits take up 3 complete floor of the Museum, and are expansive enough the Highlights Self-Guided Tour Leaflet is counseled. And while you will not have time to give each exhibit the awareness it merits, ensure you find some way to stop in at the Search and Discovery Room, where you are going to be able to put your hands on some CR-ROMs, mags, and books, as well as live items. There's even something for the pre-school set at Kid's Island, where children up to 5 years old are at liberty to explore. For visitors to Sydney who need to take an interesting glance at the natural and cultural history of Australia, from prehistory to today, a trip to the Australian Museum is a complete must. And the Sydney Marriot, at 36 School Street, will supply them with five-star accommodations simply a short walk off.