News | Created 15 Aug 2011
For up to 8,000 years the fauna on many of the 170 islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos off Geraldton have evolved in isolation, providing a fascinating laboratory in which to study adaptive patterns in many species.
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler: In the Wild West lecture series and National Science Week activities, the Museum’s terrestrial vertebrates senior curator Professor Ric How will present An ark of discovery: evolution of fauna on the Houtman Abrolhos.
News | Created 12 Aug 2011
An independent camera network set up in the Nullarbor desert is making it possible to track and recover observed meteorite falls, as well as identify their origin in the Solar System.
Associate Professor Alex Bevan, head of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences will be talking about the ‘Australian Desert Fireball Network’ during National Science Week as part of the Western Australian Museum’s 2011 Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West.
News | Created 10 Aug 2011
In a WA Museum first, people will be able to follow virtually the action of a real scientific field expedition into the many caves beneath the Nullarbor Plain.
Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said people will have unprecedented access to website streams of video footage, interviews and blogs allowing them to see a scientific field trip as it happens.
“This is a case of science and technology coming together to tell the story of prehistoric Australia,” Mr Day said.
News | Created 8 Aug 2011
In the last century our view of the Universe and our place within it has undergone a revolution every bit as dramatic as Galileo's assertion 400 years prior that the Earth was not the centre of the Solar System.
We live within a normal spiral galaxy that hosts 100 billion stars similar to our own Sun and forms but one of 100 billion galaxies. The last decade has taught us that all these galaxies make up less than five percent of the entire Universe.
News | Created 8 Aug 2011
There are more than a thousand shipwrecks located along the Western Australian coastline, however due to a combination of biological deterioration and the movement of water and sand the majority of WA wrecks are rarely found intact
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s The Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West, Museum conservation scientist Vicki Richards will discuss the circumstances in which the wrecks can survive in good condition, the chemistry involved in shipwreck deterioration, and how science is used in preserving our underwater cultural heritage.
News | Created 2 Aug 2011
For up to 8,000 years the fauna on many of the 170 islands that make up the Houtman Abrolhos off Geraldton have evolved in isolation, providing a fascinating laboratory in which to study adaptive patterns in many species.
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler: In the Wild West lecture series and National Science Week activities, the Museum’s terrestrial vertebrates senior curator Professor Ric How will present An ark of discovery: evolution of fauna on the Houtman Abrolhos.
News | Created 1 Aug 2011
Western Australia is home to a variety of fascinating and ancient creepy crawlies, such as centipedes, spiders and scorpions. Are they dangerous? When should we be concerned, and when should we be delighted to have them in our neighbourhood?
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler: In the Wild West lecture series, the Museum’s Head of Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Dr Mark Harvey will present a talk on Creepy crawlies at 6.30pm on Tuesday 9 August, 2011.
News | Created 1 Aug 2011
How do shipwrecks interact with the marine environment and how can maritime archaeologists uncover how the cargoes and vessels degrade with time?
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West and during National Science Week, Dr Ian MacLeod, an Executive Director of the WA Museum, will explain how chemists and conservators are working to prevent recovered waterlogged and heavily corroded materials from rapidly falling apart.
News | Created 29 Jul 2011
There are only a few days to go before the WA Museum’s AC/DC Australia’s Family Jewels exhibition closes on 7 August. Visitors are urged to take advantage of this great ‘rock n roll’ exhibition before it leaves Australian shores for overseas.
WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said since the exhibition opened on 16 April it has been a huge success.
“The exhibition has attracted more than 70,000 people to date and we expect a surge of visitors before the doors close on Sunday 7 August,” Mr Coles said.
News | Created 26 Jul 2011
Join renowned conservationist and naturalist Dr W. H. (Harry) Butler to hear his tales of travels to remote Australia to record his legendary wildlife television series In the Wild.
Dr Butler will be talking about his adventures as part of the Western Australian Museum’s 2011 Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West.
One of the first of its kind, the wildlife documentary In the Wild aired from 1976–1981, continued to play into the 1990s and is now available on DVD. The series has reached an estimated 480 million people in 43 countries.
News | Created 19 Jul 2011
Single women, encouraged to migrate to the colonies during the late 1880s to fulfil the shortage of domestic servants, had their freedom restricted and were kept isolated from their fellow colonists.
‘Woman, it has been said, is like blue china, very valuable when sound, but very worthless when damaged or broken’ is a quote showing one such example of this attitude.
News | Created 13 Jul 2011
Since the discovery of the diamond-rich Argyle volcanic pipe in 1979, Western Australia has risen to world prominence as a diamond producer.
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West, Vulcanologist and WA Museum curator of minerals and meteorites Dr Peter Downes will present a fascinating lecture on the formation and mining of diamonds in Western Australia.
News | Created 8 Jul 2011
Come and see the fearsome and spectacular 4-metre tall T-Rex dinosaur brought to life and thrilling the crowds at the Western Australian Museum – Perth these school holidays!
FILMING OPPORTUNTY WEDNESDAY 13 JULY from 9am
Dinosaur Encounters
News | Created 5 Jul 2011
The Western Australian Museum – Albany has more than just kids activities this school holiday season. Adults will be treated as well, to stories of pirates, songs of seafarers and tales of steamships and whalers.
In the Wild West Lecture Series
William Dampier “Pirate and Hydrographer”
Adjunct Professor Michael McCarthy, Curator of Maritime Archaeology
News | Created 5 Jul 2011
William Dampier became famous after his epic pirating travels were published in his book ‘A New Voyage Round the World’. This became an international best seller overnight and influenced many literary greats such as Coleridge (The Ancient Mariner), Swift (Gulliver’s Travels) and Defoe (Robinson Crusoe).
Join Western Australian Museum Maritime Archaeology curator, Dr Michael (Mack) McCarthy as he presents a public talk about the life and times of the pirate and hydrographer as part of The Harry Butler: In the Wild West lecture series.
News | Created 28 Jun 2011
The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder will be full of fun activities these school holidays as it uncovers what life would be like living in the early 1900s, sets a puzzle trail to discover and teaches kids how to draw cartoons.
Fun in the Parlour
News | Created 28 Jun 2011
Hidden beneath the deep waters off the coast of Rottnest Island is a mysterious graveyard of old unwanted vessels and military vehicles.
As part of the Western Australian Museum’s second year of the Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West, Head of the Department of Maritime Archaeology, Jeremy Green will take us on a journey to the watery grave and see how aerial surveys, technical diving and remotely-operated vehicles have been revealing its buried treasures.
News | Created 23 Jun 2011
Muck in to some Mid West mining mayhem this July at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton and enjoy the chance to explore Mid West mining which takes place right here on our doorstep.
News | Created 23 Jun 2011
Ahoy and avast me hearties! Weigh anchor and set sail for Discovery Cove at the Western Australian Museum – Albany these school holidays as we explore the dark and mysterious world of pirates. Come aboard and adorn yourself in pirate garb as we uncover what it was like to sail the seven seas in search of treasure.
Hoist the Jolly Roger!
News | Created 23 Jun 2011
Discover the secret worlds under the sea and follow the pirate trail of hidden treasures at the Western Australian Museum’s Fremantle sites these school holidays.
Under the Sea – WA Museum - Maritime
