Earth Day 2025
April 22nd is Earth Day 2025. We invite all e-bike owners on the island to meet at Signal Point for a group photo.
Visiting summer birds
In the summer on Lord Howe Island we see several birds visiting from the northern hemisphere.
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50th Anniversary of the Airstrip
In early September, there were celebrations on the island to mark the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Lord Howe Island airstrip.
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Tourism on Lord Howe Island
Tourism brochures on display at the museum reflect the evolving transportation, accommodation, and experiences on Lord Howe Island over time.
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Sponsorship enables LED lights to be installed
Twent-five years after the building was constructed, new LED lights have been installed in all the museum rooms and exhibition areas.
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The shipwreck of the SS Ovalau
Recently, the great-grandson of Captain Todd, master of the SS Ovalau shipwrecked in 1903, visited Lord Howe Island and related the story of his ancestor.
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2024 Sea Slug Census
The seventh annual Sea Slug census was held on Lord Howe Island during February and March.
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Museum benefits from Baillie Lodges’ generosity
The Lord Howe Island Museum has received sponsorship from the inaugural Baillie Lodges Spirit of Mateship intitiative.
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Coral spawning on Lord Howe Island
Coral spawning is a regular annual event on the island, but this year the mass spawning has come early.
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Cookie-cutter Shark
An unusual exhibit in the Environmental Gallery which gets a lot of questions is a tall glass jar containing a Cookie-cutter Shark.
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