Temporary Exhibition | Updated 2 months ago
The Western Australian Museum – Albany is proud to present local artists in their new pop-up gallery.
Join us from 20 April to 3 May to see the works of local artist Lance Reid.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 2 months ago
ANZAC 2013 Special Event
Six soldiers serving in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War One sent over one hundred postcards to home-nurse Eliza ‘Lida’ Jane Downey of Boulder, Western Australia, while training or on active duty overseas. Three were young men she knew from Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The others were relatives. Sadly most were killed, wounded or medically incapacitated, while serving on the Western Front.
The showcase features over 100 postcards sent from this period.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 3 months ago
The involvement of Australian women as nurses in war began in 1898 with the formation of the Australian Nursing Service of New South Wales, from which sixty nurses served .in the Boer War. Since the time of the Boer War, Australian nurses have served by caring for the sick and wounded in every conflict to which Australia has committed troops.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 3 months ago
Men of the Kokoda is an exhibition exploring the story of Brigadier Arnold Potts and the controversial actions of 21st Brigade of the Second AIF during its defence of the Kokoda Trail during the Second World War.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 3 months ago
Relive 200 years of romance and glamour with this dramatic collection of wedding fashion from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
This exhibition traces the development of the fashionable white wedding dress and shows how both brides and designers have stamped their own style on tradition. It considers the influence of the wedding industry, the effect of the increasing media focus on wedding fashions, and the excitement generated by society and celebrity weddings.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 3 months ago
The Western Australian Museum – Albany is proud to present local artists in their new pop-up gallery.
Join us from March 22 to 28 to see the works of local artist, Jenni Bourke.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 4 months ago
Presented by MIX Artists and the WA Museum Albany
Situated on a rocky outcrop, battered by waves, wind and rain, a lighthouse represents strength amidst adversity. Beaming light out into the darkness it warns mariners of danger nearby. Light-house is an artistic collaboration that responds to the legacy of the lighthouse and its contribution to our iconic landscape.
Presented as part of the Great Southern Festival and Perth International Arts Festival.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 4 months ago
Ed Smidt’s photographic record of Albany and its people, ships and whales is unrivalled. He also captured moments of his adventure-filled life as he sailed as far as South Africa, and was once marooned for days on Eclipse Island (off the coast of Albany).
This stunning exhibition explores the life of this extraordinary man through photographs, installations and an oral history from Smidt, recorded a few months before he died.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 2 months ago
Imagine life in a land of ice and blizzards. What motivates people to venture to a place of such extremes as Antarctica? One word: discovery.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 3 weeks ago
A fishing community’s experience of environment and social change seen through the camera lens.
The Houtman Abrolhos Islands are better known as the ‘Abrolhos’. They are a group of over 120 islands about 60 kilometres off the coast of Geraldton, Western Australia. They are part of the most southerly located coral reef in the Indian Ocean which is also one of the highest latitude coral reefs in the world.
