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This theme recognizes the important role that persons with disabilities play in creating a more inclusive and sustainable world for all. Here are some inspiring stories from the collection at Museums Victoria.</p> <div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/1923"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/32/836682-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Don Elgin, Former Paralympian (1975- )"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">Don Elgin, Former Paralympian (1975- )</span> <span class="description">Don Elgin is a transtibial amputee. From 1994 to 2004, Don represented Australia at three Paralympics and three International Paralympic Committee World Championships. He also competed in Discus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/2244479"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/6/1091356-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Hearing Device - Blamey Saunders, 'Facett', Shapeways Blue Strong & Flexible, Melbourne, 2018"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">HT 53205</span> <span class="heading">Hearing Device - Blamey Saunders, 'Facett', Shapeways Blue Strong & Flexible, Melbourne, 2018</span> <span class="description"><h5>Medicine & Health</h5>'Facett' Shapeways Blue Strong & Flexible hearing device manufactured by Blamey Saunders in Melbourne and launched in 2018. 1/2 module colour prototyping. This vivid blue was introduced in response to a desire to ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/15199"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/46/1333396-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Bionic Ear Collection"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">Bionic Ear Collection</span> <span class="description">The Australian bionic ear, or multi-channel cochlear implant, was the result of pioneering research by Graeme Clark at the University of Sydney in the late 1960s and then by Professor Clark and team from the 1970s at the ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/1695447"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/34/383984-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Greeting Card - Donna to The Alfred hospital Burns Unit, Bulleen Heights School, Victoria, 2009"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">HT 25792</span> <span class="heading">Greeting Card - Donna to The Alfred hospital Burns Unit, Bulleen Heights School, Victoria, 2009</span> <span class="description"><h5>Sustainable Futures, Childhood, Medicine & Health</h5>Sympathy card created by Donna, a student at Bulleen Heights School, for patients in the Burns Unit of The Alfred hospital in Melbourne in the days following Black Saturday in ...</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feature"> <div class="container"> <h2>World AIDS Day 1 December</h2> <p>World AIDS Day shows support for people living with HIV/AIDS and commemorates those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. The red ribbon badge is an international symbol of AIDS awareness.</p> <div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/809654"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/9/1594559-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Red Ribbon - AIDS Awareness Campaign, 1990s"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">HT 5117</span> <span class="heading">Red Ribbon - AIDS Awareness Campaign, 1990s</span> <span class="description"><h5>Public Life & Institutions, Medicine & Health</h5>Red Ribbon produced for an AIDS Awareness Campaign. No known manufacturer. World AIDS Day was founded in 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise public awareness about ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/16911"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/15/418965-thumbnail.jpg" alt="HIV & AIDS Epidemic in Victoria"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">HIV & AIDS Epidemic in Victoria</span> <span class="description">Museums Victoria's collection documenting the experience and management of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic includes health and awareness campaigns, World AIDS Day, ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/1464083"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/20/418970-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Badge - 'Names Project', AIDS Memorial Quilt, 1993"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">HT 23151</span> <span class="heading">Badge - 'Names Project', AIDS Memorial Quilt, 1993</span> <span class="description"><h5>Migration & Cultural Diversity, Medicine & Health, Public Life & Institutions</h5>Square white badge with quilt-style image made up of smaller images, and inscription ''Names Project, AIDS Memorial Quilt'. Made in 1993, it commemorates ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/2535443"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/14/1595864-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Bear - Mitchell Tyrie, San Francisco Opera, Othello, 1995"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">HT 57589</span> <span class="heading">Bear - Mitchell Tyrie, San Francisco Opera, Othello, 1995</span> <span class="description"><h5>Leisure, Medicine & Health, Childhood, Politics & Society</h5>This bear was made by Melbourne company Mitchell Tyrie and dressed by the costume department of the San Francisco Opera, depicting the character Othello from the opera of ...</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feature"> <div class="container"> <h2>Shining Bright: Treasures of the Numismatics Collection at Museums Victoria</h2> <p>Museums Victoria's numismatics collection is the most important of its kind in Australia, and the collection of Australian coins is the most significant in the world. This display of famous Australian coins, brilliant ancient coins, and beautiful French art medals includes some of the stunning treasures in the collection. Now on show at Melbourne Museum.</p> <div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/17802"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/30/1225830-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Shining Bright: Treasures of the Numismatics Collection"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">Shining Bright: Treasures of the Numismatics Collection</span> <span class="description">Numismatics - the collection and study of coins, tokens and medals - was amongst the earliest public collections in Victoria and part of the 1861 Victorian Exhibition on William Street, Melbourne. The numismatics collection was ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/17805"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/46/1482046-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Power & Wealth - Treasures of the Ancient Coin Collection"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">Power & Wealth - Treasures of the Ancient Coin Collection</span> <span class="description">The ancient Greek and Roman empires stretched far across the Mediterranean and beyond. Borrowing the idea of coins from Asia Minor, they used coins to promote their rulers, achievements, and the gods that protected them. The coins ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/17806"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/22/326722-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Famous Australian Coins - Treasures of the Australian Coin Collection"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">Famous Australian Coins - Treasures of the Australian Coin Collection</span> <span class="description">Being on an island far away from their known world of Europe, Australia's early European colonists had to make do with the coins they brought with them. Occasionally they imported foreign coins to expand the circulation. Later, ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/17807"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/6/1725056-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Medals As Art - Treasures of the French Art Medals Collection"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">Medals As Art - Treasures of the French Art Medals Collection</span> <span class="description">Bronze medals and plaques minted in France and Belgium in the late 19th and early 20th centuries show artistic expression while not necessarily commemorating military or sporting achievements. More than shiny discs of metal, they ...</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feature"> <div class="container"> <h2>The Sunrise Collection</h2> <p>The Sunrise Collection is a recent Museums Victoria acquisition that reveals how a small group of teachers were exploring the possibilities of computing in education during the 1980s. It is a fascinating example of teachers going the 'extra mile' to improve learning outcomes for students. Check out some of the collection and a film about it below.</p> <div class="tile full"> <a href="/articles/17816"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/32/1768282-thumbnail.jpg" alt="The Sunrise School, 1988-1989"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag article" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">article</span> </span> </span> <span class="heading">The Sunrise School, 1988-1989</span> <span class="description">The Sunrise School was a research and development project initiated by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and developed in collaboration with the Museum of Victoria (now Museums Victoria) that operated between ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/2597404"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/38/1724788-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Digital Photograph - Sunrise Students Learning to Program LEGO Technics, Sunrise Classroom, Melbourne Museum, Russell Street, 1989"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">MM 166904</span> <span class="heading">Digital Photograph - Sunrise Students Learning to Program LEGO Technics, Sunrise Classroom, Melbourne Museum, Russell Street, 1989</span> <span class="description"><h5>Images & Image Making, Childhood, Information & Communication, Museum History, Social Spaces & Youth</h5>Digital photograph of Queenie Aikenhead, Keffah Taleb, and Evan Robotis programming LEGO Technic at the Sunrise School at ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/2597769"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/34/1724834-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Digital Photograph - Computation, Sunrise School, Melbourne Museum, Russell Street, 1989"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">MM 166950</span> <span class="heading">Digital Photograph - Computation, Sunrise School, Melbourne Museum, Russell Street, 1989</span> <span class="description"><h5>Images & Image Making, Childhood, Information & Communication, Museum History, Social Spaces & Youth</h5>Digital photograph of Princes Hill teacher, David Williams working on computation with student, George Proimos at the Sunrise ...</span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/2597402"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/36/1724786-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Digital Photograph - Queenie Aikenhead & Student Programming LEGO Technics, Sunrise Classroom, Melbourne Museum, Russell Street, 1989"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">MM 166902</span> <span class="heading">Digital Photograph - Queenie Aikenhead & Student Programming LEGO Technics, Sunrise Classroom, Melbourne Museum, Russell Street, 1989</span> <span class="description"><h5>Images & Image Making, Childhood, Information & Communication, Museum History, Social Spaces & Youth</h5>Digital photograph of Queenie Aikenhead and Anthony Tulino programming LEGO Technic at the Sunrise School at Melbourne Museum. ...</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="home-explore" role="main"> <div class="container"> <h1 id="maincontent">Explore our collection</h1> <p>Explore a wealth of collections and research about natural sciences, history, technology and First Peoples from Museums Victoria in Australia.</p> <div class="tile home"> <a href="/search?recordtype=article"> <span class="wrapper"> <img src="/content/img/img-home-article.jpg" alt="Closeup of old typewritter keys" /> <span class="tile-tag article"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">Articles</span> <span class="count">2,379</span> </span> </span> </span> <span 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src="/content/img/img-home-species.jpg" alt="Closeup of blue coloured bird" /> <span class="tile-tag species"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">Species</span> <span class="count">1,540</span> </span> </span> </span> <span class="desc">Read about some animals you might see in the wild</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="venues-explore"> <div class="container"> <h2>Explore the collection on display</h2> <div class="venue-tile"> <a href="/search?displaylocation=melbourne+museum"> <img src="/content/img/img-home-melbourne-museum.jpg" alt="Closeup of a taxidermied owl" /> <span class="label">Melbourne Museum</span> </a> </div> <div class="venue-tile"> <a href="/search?displaylocation=scienceworks"> <img src="/content/img/img-home-scienceworks.jpg" alt="Closeup of a robot" /> <span class="label">Scienceworks</span> </a> </div> <div class="venue-tile"> <a href="/search?displaylocation=immigration+museum"> <img src="/content/img/img-home-immigration-museum.jpg" alt="Illustrated impression of a ship on water" /> <span class="label">Immigration Museum</span> </a> </div> <div class="venue-tile"> <a href="/search?displaylocation=bunjilaka"> <img src="/content/img/img-home-bunjilaka.jpg" alt="Moving sculpture lit up by stage lights" /> <span class="label">Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="recent-explore"> <div class="container"> <h2>Recently modified</h2> <div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/130543"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/5/332755-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">C 30646</span> <span class="heading"><em>Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Mammalogy</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Greater Capybara</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/130445"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/3/330653-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Bradypus torquatus</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">C 29913</span> <span class="heading"><em>Bradypus torquatus</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Mammalogy</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Northern Maned Three-toed Sloth</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Mammalia, Pilosa</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/423690"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/13/1040163-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Taxidermy Mount - Emperor Penguin, <em>Aptenodytes forsteri</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">B 21000</span> <span class="heading">Taxidermy Mount - Emperor Penguin, <em>Aptenodytes forsteri</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Emperor Penguin</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Sphenisciformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Antarctica</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/123355"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/42/76042-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Hystrix cristata</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">C 30179</span> <span class="heading"><em>Hystrix cristata</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Mammalogy</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Crested Porcupine</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/416827"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/27/332677-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Clytoceyx rex rex</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum"> 57342</span> <span class="heading"><em>Clytoceyx rex rex</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Shovel-billed Kookaburra</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Papua New Guinea</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/426253"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/3/332303-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Dacelo tyro tyro</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum"> 22951</span> <span class="heading"><em>Dacelo tyro tyro</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Spangled Kookaburra</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Indonesia, Aru Islands</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/417035"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/13/135313-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum"> 54695</span> <span class="heading"><em>Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>White-throated Kingfisher</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>India</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/418858"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/19/331869-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Todiramphus leucopygius</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum"> 57350</span> <span class="heading"><em>Todiramphus leucopygius</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Ultramarine Kingfisher</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Solomon Islands</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/1788163"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/46/514796-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Todiramphus sanctus sanctus</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">B 33856</span> <span class="heading"><em>Todiramphus sanctus sanctus</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Sacred Kingfisher</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Australia, Victoria</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/417079"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/6/150956-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Alcedo vintsioides vintsioides</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum"> 54722</span> <span class="heading"><em>Alcedo vintsioides vintsioides</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Madagascar Kingfisher</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Madagascar</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/specimens/430491"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/42/334692-thumbnail.jpg" alt="<em>Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae</em>"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag specimen" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">specimen</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">B 21213</span> <span class="heading"><em>Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae</em></span> <span class="description"><h5>Ornithology</h5><span><strong>Common name</strong>Laughing Kookaburra</span><span><strong>Specimen nature</strong>Mount</span><span><strong>Higher taxonomy</strong>Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes</span><span><strong>Collected</strong>Australia, Victoria</span></span> </span> </a> </div><div class="tile full"> <a href="/items/1564546"> <span class="tileimages"> <img src="/content/media/31/357081-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Descriptive Leaflet - Connor-Shea & Co. Pty Ltd, 'The Rugged Type' Offset Disc Plough, Sunshine, Victoria, circa 1968"/> </span> <span class="title"> <span class="tile-tag item" aria-hidden="true"> <span class="count-wrapper"> <span class="type">item</span> </span> </span> <span class="regnum">TL 49187</span> <span class="heading">Descriptive Leaflet - Connor-Shea & Co. 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