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Photo Galleries

The Western Australian Museum invites you to browse our online galleries and visually explore our field-work and collections.

On this page we will publish picture galleries from our field-work, collections, exhibitions, behind-the-scenes curatorial work, and even showcase the careers of our long-term staff members.

  • Shaggy spined bee female
    Shaggy spined bee maleShaggy spined bee hind thorax from above showing paired spines

    The Shaggy Spined Bee

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 1 month ago

    This bee belongs in the genus Leioproctus but has yet to be scientifically named and described. It has been given the common name "Shaggy Spined Bee".

    WA Museum research associate Dr Terry Houston has developed a factsheet on this unique bee [PDF 299kb], and a full text version of this document can be found below.

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  • A beetle tray from the Museum's insect collection
    A beetle tray from the Museum's insect collectionA beetle tray from the Museum's insect collectionA beetle tray from the Museum's insect collectionA beetle tray from the Museum's insect collection

    A behind-the-scenes look at our insect collection

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 2 months ago

    This small photo gallery shows some trays of beetles from the Museum's entomology collection.

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  • Nautilus shell from the Museum's malacology dry collection
    Lifting out a tray of preserved molluscs from the Museum's malacology dry collectionA tray of preserved molluscs from the Museum's malacology dry collectionA tray of preserved molluscs from the Museum's malacology dry collectionA tray of preserved molluscs from the Museum's malacology dry collection

    A behind-the-scenes look at our malacology collection

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 5 months ago

    This small photo gallery gives a behind-the-scenes look into the Museum's malacology (molluscs) collection. These photos are taken from the dry store section.

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  • A preserved shark's faw from the Museum's ichthyology (fishes) collection
    A preserved shark's faw from the Museum's ichthyology (fishes) collectionA preserved shark's faw from the Museum's ichthyology (fishes) collectionA preserved fish specimen in the wet storefrom the Museum's ichthyology (fishes) collectionA view of the fish section the Museum's wet store

    A behind-the-scenes look at our ichthyology collection

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 5 months ago

    This small photo gallery gives a behind-the-scenes look into the Museum's ichthyology (fishes) collection.

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  • The Museum's history collection
    The Museum's history collection - shelvingThe Museum's history collectionThe Museum's history collection - opening traysThe Museum's history collection

    A behind-the-scenes look at our history collection

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 5 months ago

    This small photo gallery gives a behind-the-scenes look into the Museum's history collection.

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  • Australia II sails into Fremantle, 2001
    His Royal Highness Prince Charles visiting the Maritime Museum in March 2005.The WA Maritime Museum under construction in 2000.The WA Maritime Museum under construction in 2002.Interior of the WA Maritime Museum under construction in 2002.

    Maritime Memories

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 5 months ago

    To mark the Western Australian Maritime Museum’s 10th anniversary on 1 December 2012, we invited the public to share their favourite Maritime Memories. This gallery showcases some of the replies and submissions that we received.

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  • I thought he was dead, 2001 by Laurel Nannup. Etching, ink on paper.
    Lolly Tree, 2001 by Laurel Nannup. Etching, ink on paper.Oranges in our bathers, 2001 by Laurel Nannup. Etching, ink on paper.Sliding Sister, 2001 by Laurel Nannup. Etching, ink on paper.Watermelon Patch, 2001 by Laurel Nannup. Woodcut, ink on paper.

    A story to tell

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 6 months ago

    This gallery showcases some works of Laurel Nannup which are on show for the exhibition A Story to Tell, presented ART ON THE MOVE and on show from 1 November 2012 to 31 January 2013 at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. More details can be found on the what's on exhibition listing: museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/story-tell

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  • Engine block from This Working Life
    Feature displays from This Working LifeDisplay from This Working LifeEngine block from This Working LifeOverall view of This Working Life

    This working life

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 7 months ago

    This photo gallery shows a few shots from the exhibition This Working Life, on show at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder from 27 October 2012 to 13 January 2013.

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  • Broad Banded Skink - Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845)
    Common Dwarf Skink - Menetia greyii Gray 1845Darling Range Heath Ctenotus - Ctenotus delli Storr 1974King's Skink - Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838)Southern Five-toed Mulch Skink - Hemiergis initialis initialis (Werner, 1910)

    Skinks of the Perth Region

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 6 months ago

    To celebrate the release of the brand new iPhone App, Skinks of the Perth Region, we have created this photo gallery which contains a sample of some of the skinks featured in this app.

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  • A moaning frog discovered near one of the sites
    Analysing the contents from one of the pits in the survey sitesAn example of a trap used to survey and count the nearby animalsA banjo frog found near the one of the survey locationsSome invertebrates found near one of the survey locations

    Margaret River biodiversity survey

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 6 months ago

    Museum staff and volunteers participated in a survey of the terrestrial biodiversity of a property located near the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, near the Margaret River in south-west Western Australia. These photos were taken of some of the surveying activities.

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  • Emily Wilson
    Amir Janali "Texta Crab"Warren ArgusRuby Czinchy and Ellie Rose NicholsNaweed Sharifi

    Create-A-Crab Workshop

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 7 months ago

    This photo gallery documents some new crab species discovered by our junior Aquatic Zoology department.

    Join us daily from 10.00am - 2.00pm during the October school holidays at the Western Australian Museum - Perth for more creative marine-themed craft activities..

    This activity is proudly supported by Woodside.

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  • Yellow diamonds from the Ellendale diamond collection
    Yellow diamonds from the Ellendale diamond collectionYellow diamonds from the Ellendale diamond collectionYellow diamonds from the Ellendale diamond collectionYellow diamonds from the Ellendale diamond collection

    The Kimberley Diamond Company Ellendale diamond collection

    0 Photo Galleries | Updated 8 months ago

    In November 2011, the Kimberley Diamond Company and private benefactors, donated to the Western Australian Museum, a representative collection of yellow and white diamonds, to a total weight of 38.06 carats, from their operations at Ellendale in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia. These images showcase some of these diamonds.

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