MuseumCollections blog | Updated 1 years ago
Naturalist, conservationist and Western Australian Museum Fellow Dr. Harry Butler has been nominated for the prestigious National Trust's 100 National Living Treasures list.
Dr. Harry Butler is a long time supporter and the name bearer of the WA Museum’s Harry Butler Lecture Series In The Wild West.
Video | Updated 3 months ago
This video is an interview with WA Museum CEO Alec Coles, OBE, about the launch and development of the museum's Molecular Systematics Laboratory - officially opened on 2 February 2012.
Photo Galleries | Updated 1 years ago
This photo gallery contain photos from two school holiday programs at the Western Australian Museum — Albany: in July 2011 the fun activities themed around Hoist the Jolly Roger; and in October 2011, school holiday fun based around the theme Remarkable Rainforests.
Photo Galleries | Updated 1 years ago
The Albany Welcome Walls was opened on 12 December 2010. Over 1000 guests watched the Hon. Robyn McSweeney unveil the plaque and inaugurate the jetty which commemorates the arrival of almost 500 people the port of Albany since 1826.
Photo Galleries | Updated 1 years ago
This photo gallery covers two events for the Young Naturalists Club: The first birthday celebrations in August 2011, and the field trip to Two People Bay in late 2011.
MuseumFish blog | Updated 1 years ago
The White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Large sharks
The White Shark, otherwise known as the Great White or White Pointer, is one of the largest sharks. There are only two species of sharks known to exceed the White Shark in size and both are plankton feeders; the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus).
Video | Updated 1 years ago
Dr W.H. (Harry) Butler, WA Museum Fellow
The title of this lecture series is borrowed from Dr Butler’s popular ABC TV series from the 1970’s. In the Wild was one of the first programs of its type to use the science of television to communicate natural science and conservation to a wide audience. It was one of the most influential wildlife shows on TV. Dr Butler will explain why it was so successful.
Video | Updated 1 years ago
Dr Kate Trinajstic, Vertebrate Palaeontologist, Curtin University
Sex and sexual behaviour in fossils has largely remained a mystery. Seeking evidence of sex is one of the most difficult endeavours in palaeontology, but new discoveries from WA are changing all of this.
MuseumWeb blog | Updated 1 years ago
We wanted to use Zoomify (http://www.zoomify.com) on our site to show details of high resolution digitized imagery of collection items. However, Zoomify was built as a Flash application, and due to accessibility issues, we can’t use it as a Flash application.
However, Zoomify was nice enough to release a HTML5 version: http://www.zoomify.com/html5.htm - hooray! $30 and the problem is solved.
BUT (and there’s always a but) implementation into our Drupal 7 environment has a few issues when using the Drupal Zoomify module.
Online Exhibition | Updated 1 years ago
Around 100 million years ago, in the age of the dinosaurs, the coastal areas of Western Australia were covered in a shallow sea.
Living in this ancient ocean, there were gigantic marine reptiles and large sharks that were the top predators of the age.
These massive animals are now extinct, however, in the Dampier region near Exmouth, there are many reminders of their once dominant presence.
MuseumMarine blog | Updated 2 weeks ago
This large and colourful species of swimming crab is wide ranging in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from East Africa the Persian Gulf through to Indonesia and Japan, and throughout most of Australia. The crucifix crab lives in shallow sandy or rocky areas. In parts of its range, such as India, the crucifix crab forms a substantial commercial and recreational fishery but in Australia this species is quite rare and isn’t caught in large numbers by Australian crabbers.
MuseumPrograms blog | Updated 1 years ago
At Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Galleries we have a visitor of the Mermaid kind. She's currently hanging out the front of the Museum, and you can get up close and personal at any time.
We've also hand a visit from Lake Gwelup Primary School - who enjoyed getting closer and having fun with this clever piece of art.
MuseumPrograms blog | Updated 1 years ago
The WA Museum at Perth will be a host venue for the Perth Festival 2012.
We are very proud to be hosting the Festival Gardens, where for 22 nights there will be top international and national music acts performing on the Main Stage.
The following outlines the list of acts performing at Festival Gardens.
MuseumPrograms blog | Updated 1 years ago
WA Maritime Museum invites you to join us as we enjoy ISAF 2011.
To celebrate this event, on 16 December 2011, the Museum invites you to enjoy the Museum with entry by donation - waving the usual entry fee (excludes Submarine Ovens), and there is a 20% discount on the ISAF merchandise.
On December 16 2011 the Women’s Match Racing Petit Finals and Finals will be held on the Harbour course. The Museum offers close vantage points to the shaded viewing stands, and excellent location to enjoy the action.
Video | Updated 2 months ago
These video diaries document the October 2011 field trip into remote areas of the Kimberley. This field trip was part of the Marine Life of Kimberley project to study and understand the marine biodiversity of the area.
Video | Updated 2 months ago
These video diaries document the October 2011 field trip into remote areas of the Kimberley. This field trip was part of the Marine Life of Kimberley project to study and understand the marine biodiversity of the area.
Video | Updated 2 months ago
These video diaries document the October 2011 field trip into remote areas of the Kimberley. This field trip was part of the Marine Life of Kimberley project to study and understand the marine biodiversity of the area.
Video | Updated 2 months ago
These video diaries document the October 2011 field trip into remote areas of the Kimberley. This field trip was part of the Marine Life of Kimberley project to study and understand the marine biodiversity of the area.
Video | Updated 2 months ago
These video diaries document the October 2011 field trip into remote areas of the Kimberley. This field trip was part of the Marine Life of Kimberley project to study and understand the marine biodiversity of the area.
Video | Updated 2 months ago
These video diaries document the October 2011 field trip into remote areas of the Kimberley. This field trip was part of the Marine Life of Kimberley project to study and understand the marine biodiversity of the area.
