The Explore, or Featured Content section of the Western Australian Museum website features all our blogs, videos, photo galleries and online exhibitions, as well as information about our education services and kids content.
On this page, we have presented a stream of all the latest videos, photos and blog posts added to the site.
The exhibition department always get to work on the cool stuff in the museum. After A Day in Pompeii exhibition closed to the public it was time for us to break it down. That included working with conservators and registrars to pack up and crate the objects ready for Singapore.
When WA Museum’s Perth Education team was asked to present some Froggy Fun workshops at Herdsman Lake’s Biodiversity Bash, they hopped at the chance!
The three-day event, run in October by the Herdsman Lake Wildlife Centre and the WA Gould League, celebrated wetland biodiversity with a range of exciting hands-on activities for primary school students, including hunting for water bugs, meeting some wetland birds and learning some Noongar hunting skills.
Head of Department, Anthropology & Archaeology, Western Australian Museum
Join Moya Smith as she considers the fascinating role of ancient graffiti in Pompeii, as well as graffiti in other parts of the world and from other times including Perth's urban graffiti.
This lecture was recorded on 3 September 2010 at the State Library of Western Australia.
Professor of Egyptology, American University in Cairo.
Join visiting expert Salima Ikram as she presents an overview of new discoveries made by the North Kharga Oasis Survey and the insights revealed into life in the Roman Empire abroad.
This lecture was recorded on 23 July 2010 at Perth Lecture Theatre, Central TAFE
Winthrop Professor emeritus, Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia.
Join John Melville-Jones as he presents this story of Australian archaeologists at work in Pompeii, and the fascinating evidence of daily life uncovered.
This lecture was recorded on 18 June 2010 at State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia.
The Museum's web team and exhibitions team have combined to bring historic photos and stories of the goldfields back to life. This interactive book will be used to create a large touch screen display in the redevelopment of the Kalgoorlie Museum.
The Kalgoorlie redevelopment is scheduled to be released to the public at the start of December 2010.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The twelfth video in this series documents the tenth day of the research expedition. This video features Clay Bryce talking about a beautiful octopus and reflecting on what was a successful expedition into the remote waters of the Kimberley.
This video is the last in the "live action" series of films taken from this expedition.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The eleventh video in this series documents the ninth day of the research expedition. This video showcases 90 corals collected by Dr Zoe Richards during four replicate 15m belt transects.
This video is the second last in the "live action" series of films taken from this expedition.
Further videos after this research trip will be produced once the scientists return back to their home museums.
In September 2010 scientists from around the world headed out to the Nullarbor in search of meteorites. This was no ordinary meteorite search, but part of the ongoing cooperative of the “Desert Fireball Network” that utilises a number of cameras spread across the Nullarbor to record meteorite fireballs as they fall to Earth.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The ninth video in this series documents the seventh day of the research expedition. In this video Andrew Hosie talks about a unique barnacle which has invaded a blue swimmer crab and is living off the crab's blood supply.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The eighth video in this series documents the sixth day of the research expedition. In this video Skip talks about a rare and unique one metre worm retrieved from a reef walk at Long Reef.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The seventh video in this series documents the sixth day of the research expedition. In this video Dr Zoe Richards talks about documenting the reef and the coral biodiversity. Corals are the structural frame builders of the reef.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The sixth video in this series documents the fifth day of the research expedition. In this video Andrew Hosie talks about a cleverly camouflaged crab and the adaptations it has made for reef living. Also, John Huisman speaks about the plants and algae of the reef, including some plants that are actually just enormous single cells.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The fifth video in this series documents the fourth day of the expedition. This video features Clay Bryce talking about some very unusual molluscs that could be mistaken for rocks and he goes into detail to describe their stunning morphology. Also, Lexie Walker talks about marine worms and their unique habitats.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The fourth video in this series documents the third day of the trip. This video features Sue Morrison, who talks about a very beautiful and unusual shark from the tropical waters of the Kimberley. Also Merrick Ekins speaks about the diversity of Marine Invertebrates.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The third video in this series documents the second day of the trip, interviewing Monika Schlacher from the Queensland Museum who talks about soft corals - including what could be the discovery of several new species found on this trip. Alison Sampey from the WA Museum talks about animals from the Phylum Echinodermata.
When the Western Australian Museum goes exploring and cataloguing the remote waters of the Kimberley region, you can be with us in real time.
The second video in this series documents the second day of the trip, interviewing Corey Whisson who talks about molluscs and corals, and also interviewing Glen Moore who talks about a very unusual and small sea goby.
