South Australian Museum
Wander through six floors of exhibits revealing fascinating stories, at the South Australian Museum. See the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, the largest Aboriginal cultural exhibition in the world, with more than 3000 items on display.
There are permanent exhibitions devoted to Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson, ancient Egypt, rare fossils of the Flinders Ranges and more. You can even see one of Adelaide astronaut Andy Thomas's space suits.
See 40,000 year old megafauna fossils in the Origin Energy Fossil Gallery, as well as 120 million year old opalised fossils and Ediacaran fossils, such as the 550 million year old chordate, possibly the oldest ever found.
Younger children love looking at the life-sized creatures in the World Mammals exhibition on the ground floor, or following the progress of the giant squid through four levels of the museum - part of the Life in the Deep biodiversity gallery.
Museum visitors can bring specimens for identification to the popular Discovery Centre. Staff in the Indigenous Information Centre answer questions about Australia's indigenous cultural heritage.
Guided tours available for group bookings. There's also a café and museum store.
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