News | Created 17 May 2013
Ever wondered how the WA Museum discovers and preserves Western Australia's most precious objects? Find out in a series of free behind-the-scenes tours at the WA Museum Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle from Tuesday May 21.
In celebration of National Archaeology Week and the Fremantle Heritage Festival, the WA Museum’s maritime archaeologists and conservators will show you the laboratories, equipment and processes they use to prepare historic and archaeological artefacts before they are displayed in the Museum.
News | Created 15 May 2013
A bevy of trailblazing tourists and locals turned up to the Western Australian Museum – Albany on Tuesday May 14 for the inaugural Albany Cryptic Heritage Art Trail.
Thirty-one people took part in the event, which lead participants to the many architectural, historic and artistic hidden gems in and around the Museum’s Stirling Terrace precinct.
Upon returning, the trailblazers were treated to a delicious morning tea, lucky lunch draw, and vouchers courtesy of local business sponsors.
News | Created 2 May 2013
The hidden world of some of the Kimberley’s tiniest creatures will come to life in a captivating collection of macro photography at the Western Australian Museum – Albany from May 3.
News | Created 2 May 2013
A group of Geraldton expeditioners have added a local perspective to the popular Traversing Antarctica: The Australian Experience exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton.
Western Australian Museum – Geraldton regional manager Leigh O’Brien said the group, including two-time Antarctic veteran Bruce Alden, have enthralled school groups and visitors with stories of Antarctic exploration and survival.
News | Created 1 May 2013
The surprising link between Kalgoorlie, a famous photographer, and an English Regency gunsmith will be revealed at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie Boulder on Wednesday, May 8, from 5:30pm.
In the free public lecture, Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder regional manager, Zoe Scott, will explain how a gun donated to the then Museum of the Goldfields in 1974 has uncovered a larger-than-life story.
News | Created 24 Apr 2013
The Western Australian Museum’s Development Service team will head to the Kimberley region on Friday April 26 to meet with local organisations and community groups.
The Development Service’s acting manager Clare-Frances Craig said the main reason for the two-week trip is to support regional community groups in caring for their own collections.
News | Created 24 Apr 2013
The Western Australian Museum has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil ® for a fun-filled Bug Wonders Workshop to be held at the WA Museum – Perth on Wednesday, May 1.
Cirque du Soleil is currently in Perth with OVO™, a show which takes audiences into the colourful world of insects.
The free workshop will allow kids to immerse themselves in hands-on activities, hear short talks from WA Museum bug experts and the assistant artistic director of OVO, see the incredible Cricket and Red Ant costumes from the show and meet some of the artists.
News | Created 23 Apr 2013
Western Australian Museum public programs officer and Albany Heritage Festival convener, Malcolm Traill, has partnered with Great Southern Institute of Technology (GSIT) students Perri Pires and Soshana Botting to create the first Albany Cryptic Heritage and Art Trail (A-CHAT) to highlight Albany’s rich and tangible history.
A-CHAT, part of the 2013 Albany Heritage Festival, will take place at the WA Museum – Albany on Tuesday 14 May, from 10am.
The free, family-friendly event is suitable for all ages, and involves about one hour of easy walking.
News | Created 22 Apr 2013
The first performances marking the three-year partnership between Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and the Western Australian Museum will take place today at the WA Museum – Perth.
WA Museum chief executive Alec Coles said the Kaarla Kaatijin performances provide a wonderful opportunity for audiences to experience traditional Aboriginal stories presented in a contemporary way.
“I’m delighted the WA Museum and Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company have formed such a positive relationship,” Mr Coles said.
News | Created 18 Apr 2013
An extraordinary collection of postcards sent to a Boulder woman from men serving on the front line of World War One will go on display at the Western Australian Museum – Perth from April 22, to commemorate ANZAC Day.
WA Museum history curator Stephen Anstey said six soldiers serving in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during WWI sent more than one hundred postcards to home-nurse Eliza ‘Lida’ Jane Downey while training or on active duty overseas.
News | Created 12 Apr 2013
- Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) shipwreck discovered 50 years ago
- Find sparks ground-breaking protective legislation, research and conservation
- Wrecks and artefacts key to exploring shared cultural heritage
Fifty years ago this weekend, a teenage spear-fisherman made the find of a life-time and changed forever how we view Western Australia’s maritime history, Western Australian Museum Chief Executive Officer Alec Coles said today.
News | Created 2 Apr 2013
From local wildlife, to shipwreck stowaways, Papuan paradises and Antarctic adventures, there’s something for everyone at the six Western Australian Museum sites these school holidays!
News | Created 27 Mar 2013
A very unusual species of bee has been discovered during a recent field study trip to the Ravensthorpe region in the south of Western Australian.
Western Australian Museum research associate Terry Houston said the bee has yet to be scientifically named and described and, in the interim, has been dubbed the 'Shaggy Spined Bee'.
“I became aware of the existence of the species a few years ago after finding five specimens among material donated to the WA Museum by two private collectors,” Dr Houston said.
News | Created 20 Mar 2013
The Western Australian Museum – Albany’s new Creative Spaces pop up gallery will host its first installation from March 22 to 28, 2013.
Western Australian Museum - Albany regional manager Rachael Wilsher-Saa said the Museum’s pop up gallery is part of a world-wide movement towards renewing and revitalising empty or disused spaces for public art.
“We’re very excited to be able to offer local artists this space, previously used for storage, to share their works with the public,” Ms Wilsher-Saa said.
News | Created 15 Mar 2013
The ever popular annual ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition is set to amaze audiences once again when it opens at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on March 29, 2013.
WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder regional manager Zoe Scott said she is always delighted to host the exhibition, which celebrates the depth and diversity of nature in Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea.
News | Created 6 Mar 2013
One hundred years ago the 1911 - 1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), famously led by Sir Douglas Mawson, spent many cold months exploring the enigmatic and deadly continent of Antarctica.
From March 16 to May 26, 2013, a rare collection of artefacts from the expedition will be on display at the Western Australian Museum - Geraldton as part of Traversing Antarctica: the Australian experience, a national travelling exhibition celebrating Australia’s connection with the icy continent.
News | Created 25 Feb 2013
The Western Australian Museum – Geraldton will celebrate Seaweek with a range of activities including a special Small Fry session and fish feeding from March 3 to 9.
Seaweek is an annual celebration of the sea, with this year’s theme ‘Sustainable Seas’ focusing on appreciating the diversity of the ocean and how we can contribute to the sustainability of the marine environment.
News | Created 14 Feb 2013
Just ten days remain to see the awe-inspiring Traversing Antarctica: The Australian Experience exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle before it closes on Sunday, February 24.
The exhibition showcases original equipment and diaries used by expeditioners during the infamous first Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1911-1914, and follows Australia’s relationship with the icy-continent to modern day.
News | Created 13 Feb 2013
- 22 video clips featuring unique marine life of the Kimberley
- Videos are a day-by-day account of scientists working in the field
- Eight-year project has so far discovered 79 new species and genera
A series of behind-the-scenes video clips revealing what lies and lives off the remote Kimberley coastline will be released via the Western Australian Museum website today.
News | Created 30 Jan 2013
The Western Australian Museum – Geraldton will welcome new regional manager Leigh O’Brien this week as Catherine Belcher takes maternity leave from Friday, 1 February.
Leigh, a curator from the WA Museum’s history department, has been with the Museum since 2006 and will take over the role as Geraldton’s regional manager for the next 12 months.
“Geraldton and the wider Mid West is such a vibrant, constantly changing community and it is wonderful that the Museum is very much connected to its community,” Ms O’Brien said.
