Online Collections
The Western Australian Museum have developed a number of collection databases and collection-based online resources for the benefit of the public.
Use the links below to begin exploring these resources.
Digitised Type Specimens
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
This resource lists some of our digitised type specimens from within our collections. All images are ultra high-resolution and the site contains some scanning and zooming tools so you can view features at a very high resolution.
ANCODS
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
The ANCODS (Agreement between Australia and the Netherlands Concerning Old Dutch Shipwrecks) database provides a fully searchable index of all shipwrecks artefacts pertaining to consolidated ANCODS colection.
Shipwreck artefacts
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
The shipwreck artefact database is a searchable index for artefacts that have been recorded by the Maritime Archaeology department.
Numismatics
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
The numismatic database allows for specialised searches for coin and coin details that the Western Australian Museum has found during Maritime Archaeology expeditions.
Shipwrecks
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
The Maritime Archaeology shipwreck database contains information and details on Western Australian shipwrecks recorded by the Western Australian Museum
Nature Map
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
NatureMap represents the most comprehensive window currently available on the distribution of Western Australia's flora and fauna. It contains information from the State's two premier collections at the WA Herbarium and the WA Museum.
OZCAM
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
From this site you can search, map and down load species records from many of Australia’s fauna collections.
Pseudoscorpions
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
This website is designed to provide some information on the wonderful world of pseudoscorpions and, in particular, provide lists of valid names, taxonomy browsers, fossil fauna and a comprehensive list of the scientific literature that deal with pseudoscorpions.
NOTE - the old version (v1.2) is still available, but will be turned off shortly.
Whale research - Aerial Survey off Shark Bay, 2008
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
The following datasets and papers have been provided to share aerial survey data of whale sightings off Shark Bay during 2008.
Whale research - Aerial Survey off Shark Bay, 2008 online collection
WAM Sandbox - including collection APIs
0 Online Collection Resource | Updated 4 weeks ago
The WA Museum Sandbox is where we publish our collection APIs (currently our Maritime Archaeology Collections) and invite researchers and the public to create new products and mashups.