Temporary Exhibition | Updated 2 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 1 month 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 6 months 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.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 6 months ago
ANZANG is focused on the unique natural heritage of the bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the New Guinea region.
The annual photography competition highlights this unique area by encouraging conservation and protection of the region's native flora and fauna.
Presented by the South Australian Museum
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 6 months ago
In A Story To Tell, Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup tells her own story, through woodcuts, etchings and photographs. These works illustrate the artist's memories of place, particularly events and people, all of which contribute to an overview of life.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 7 months ago
This Working Life: the engines that put the Go! into the Goldfields.
It’s easy to forget what life must have been like before engines came into our lives. When you think of all the industries the Goldfields is famous for, it’s especially hard to imagine how people got by without them. Working in the mines was backbreaking, cutting timber was gruelling and every sheep had to be sheared by hand. After long days of physical work, people came home to houses without electricity, refrigeration or any of the comforts that we now take for granted.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 9 months ago
This exhibition tells the story of Fremantle Prison and the Old Perth Gaol during the 1880s. Convict built and prisoner filled, these two sites of incarceration also shared a rock and mineral collection. Held in a guard room of Fremantle Prison, the Geological Museum served as a reference collection for explorers and prospectors seeking the geological riches of the state, particularly gold.
After the Perth Gaol closed in 1888 and remaining prisoners were sent to Fremantle Prison, the Geological Museum was moved to the Perth Gaol.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 8 months ago
Dolls and Yarning is an exhibition of dolls created by Yamaji parents, grandparents and young people in Geraldton and Northampton, Western Australia.
A series of doll making skills were learnt and shared in workshops during the year, while the yarning always started with family, learning, culture, play and education. As the creative process unfolded these inanimate objects came to life as the dolls and yarns became closely stitched together while Aboriginal ways of teaching and learning were explored, honoured and celebrated.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 2 months ago
Yalangbara: Art of the Djang'kawu is an exhibition that goes to the heart of Aboriginal culture. The Marika family, who are part of the Yolngu people of North-East Arnhem Land, are well-known and highly regarded for their stunning traditional artwork. The exhibition uses paintings, decorated objects and carvings that convey a strong sense of place and ancestral meaning to open up a dialogue about Indigenous rights and the role of Indigenous art in the 21st Century.
Temporary Exhibition | Updated 8 months ago
The exhibition showcases 50 photographic images that allow the audience to observe some aspects of life as it was within the community of Allawah Grove. Funded by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services, the Holmes à Court family and the Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia, the exhibition represents a small part of a collection bequeathed to the Berndt Museum of Anthropology by Cyril and Elsie Gare.
