Name the Blue WhaleArticle | Updated 6 years ago Caption: The Blue Whale has long been a beloved collection item. Credit: WA Museum We’re calling for the people of WA to help us give our whale a name. We were inspired by our colleagues at the Natural History Museum in London, whose stunning blue whale skeleton went on display last year. They named their whale Hope, as a symbol of humanity's power to shape a sustainable future. We put the call out to all Western Australians to have their say and submit their ideas and some of the lovely and interesting names so far include Bluey, Otto, Daisy, Mammang, Noah, Francis and Vasse. Despite ruling out Whaley McWhaleface some people have still suggested this name! You can submit your ideas until 5pm Thursday 6 September 2018. The Blue Whale has long been a beloved collection item. Image copyright WA Museum World class company to design and suspend our blue whale Specialist skeleton articulation company Cetacea have been appointed to design our famous blue whale skeleton. Mike deRoos and Michi Main from Cetacea are marine biologists that specialise in displaying and suspending marine mammals. They have worked on blue whale exhibits at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia and the famous blue whale named Hope, on display at the Natural History Museum in London. Both exhibits attract thousands of visitors each year. Mike and Michi will be relocating to Perth with their family next year to work with local fabricators to build the frame (armature) that will suspend our blue whale in the beautiful Hackett Hall space. Mike and Michi (and baby Kaito) were in Perth in early August and took the time to meet our conservation and exhibition teams and to look over the skeleton. The Blue Whale laid out for inspection. It is 24 metres long. Image copyright WA Museum For the past two years, our conservators have meticulously cleaned, prepared, scanned and weighed each of the bones ready for its new display. Mike and Michi were extremely impressed by our skeleton and the stories that the bones embody. They have never worked on a skeleton with such a long history with people from where it will be displayed. They even met a person at the airport who shared their memory of the blue whale when they came to Perth! Museum staff will now work with Cetacea to realise the exciting design for the New Museum. As part of its display, we will be sharing the story of how it came to Perth from Busselton in 1898, the many times it was put on display at the Museum, and visitor's memories of visiting the whale.