They put on this fun little dinosaur show, where they do indeed link dinosaurs with butterflies. It was to do with amber-encased butterfly specimens, and how amber-encased dinosaur bits are going to really truly bring dinosaurs back to life.
Hope so. It'll be fun!
It's proud to be Australia's oldest museum, and Sydney's Australian Museum claims to be Australia's best museum too. It was closed for a while for modernising renovations, and they seem to have worked out well. I did a repeat exploration recently.
There are hundreds of excellent specialist museums out there. But if you want a good old fashioned all-rounder, you probably won't beat this one.
There's an exceptional introduction to traditional indigenous culture and the nations, languages, and clan groups of the Sydney region.
There are also 100 People Who Shaped Australia
Lots of heroes
And a few villains too!
Giant prehistoric wombats and things
A perhaps definitive collection of Australian wildlife
I wish they'd keep their dinosaurs under better control
This one had to be brought down violently!
It's been 20 years or so since I'd last explored the place, and it's come on quite nicely. There's still the classic galleries with the the fine collections of stuffed birds, insects, marsupials etc. There are skeletons galore, and of course dinosaurs. Menacing, noisy dinosaurs. Australian ones too these days. There are rocks, gemstones and meteorites.
A lot of work has gone into making things very accessible and exciting for kids and for tourists. 
There's also a classy gallery on indigenous Australia, and intelligent displays on environmental degradation and extinctions.
I think an Australian Museum visit is a must for visitors with a few hours to spare and a wish to gain a good quick introduction to the country, and it should probably be on the agenda for all of us locals too now and again.
