Lord Howe Island Diorama

Lord Howe Island Diorama

The only large diorama at the Australian Museum and the oldest natural history diorama in Australia shows seabirds nesting on the Admiralty Islets at Lord Howe Island. Find out more and watch our conservation team at work.

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Why we conserve

Why the diorama is still important.

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Conservation Project

Watch the Materials Conservation team perform stages of this amazing project.

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The story of the LHI diorama

From our Archives.

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Science on LHI

The Museum's island connection goes back to the 1880s.