18 Aug 2023Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice - Top 10% Attractions WorldwideWe are delighted to share that reviews from millions of Tripadvisor travellers have placed the WA Maritime Museum and WA Shipwrecks Museum in the top 10% of attractions worldwide in the 2023 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice! Our heartfelt thanks go to all our visitors and supporters for helping make this happen. The WA Maritime Museum is located on Victoria Quay Fremantle, overlooking the Port and Indian Ocean, and is a world-class maritime tourist attraction.Read more News Flora Perrella
18 May 2023Saving the World… Museums, Sustainability and Well-beingInternational Museum Day Opinion Piece by Alec Coles, CEO WA Museum On May 18th we celebrate International Museums Day. Since 2020, the theme for this annual celebration has supported the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s theme Museums, Sustainability and Well-being, focuses on the following three goals:Read more News Robyn Ambrosius
27 Apr 2023New exhibition at Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip reveals secrets of world’s first mechanical computer The story behind what is believed to be the first mechanical computer and a Western Australian engineer’s six-year journey to reconstruct it, have been revealed at the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip’s new Reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism exhibition. Created in ancient Greece around 200 BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is a sophisticated astronomical calculator that integrated several mathematical calculations based on observations by early astronomers from ancient cultures including the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks.Read more News Kasper Johansen
26 Apr 2023Victoria Quay heritage cranes to be restored, repaired and repurposedIn a collaborative effort between Fremantle Ports and Western Australian Museum, the iconic heritage cranes that grace the western end of the Victoria Quay skyline in Fremantle will be conserved and prepared for future exhibition. Working closely with the Heritage Council, Fremantle Ports and Western Australian Museum have developed a conservation strategy to restore and re-erect a representation of each crane type as part of the Victoria Quay redevelopment.Read more News Robyn Ambrosius
28 Nov 2022Fremantle Then and Now: Historical Panoramas exhibition wins Interpretation Project at 2022 WA Heritage Award The WA Maritime Museum has been announced as the winner of the Interpretation Project category at the 2022 WA Heritage Award for its Fremantle Then and Now: Historical Panoramas exhibition. Led by WA Museum, in collaboration with Curtin University Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch (HIVE), the exhibition uses 20 panoramas and digital projection technologies to explore 155 years of Walyalup Fremantle history.Read more News Madeleine Pengelly
25 Nov 2022Return of Dutch shipwreck artefacts to Western Australian MuseumSeveral artefacts, believed to be from Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) wrecked off the coast near Ledge Point in 1656, were returned to Western Australian Museum today. Leon Pule and Hanneley Tredoux, found the artefacts while on a camping trip and doing some recreational metal detecting in the area. The couple were unsure what they had come across but felt it was important.Read more News Robyn Ambrosius
9 Nov 2022Dinosaurs to storm the Museum of the Great SouthernInspire your curiosity at the Museum of the Great Southern this summer when it is taken over by animatronic, life-size dinosaurs from Saturday 12 November 2022. Dinosaur Explore: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous brings to life some of the extraordinary dinosaurs of Earth’s Cretaceous period in a spine-tingling, Western Australian Museum-curated exhibition featuring 14 life-size dinosaur models. Museum of the Great Southern Regional Manager, Catherine Salmaggi, said the exhibition was set to transform the Museum into the Cretaceous era habitat.Read more News Robyn Ambrosius
23 Sep 2022New panoramic exhibition explores changing face of Fremantle over 155 yearsThe WA Maritime Museum today opened its doors to Fremantle Then & Now: Historical Panoramas – a new, immersive, and interactive exhibition exploring the changing face of Fremantle from the 1800s to the present day. Through sweeping historical panoramic photographs, taken at seven vantage points across the port city, the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to explore 155 years of history, using immersive digital projection technologies developed by the Curtin University Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch (HIVE).Read more News Flora Perrella
9 Sep 2022Explore almost 400 years of Batavia stories through a rich digital experienceOn Friday 9 September, the Western Australian Museum will launch an innovative and interactive digital experience, which brings together almost 400 years of one of Australia’s most notorious events – the wreck of the ship, Batavia, in 1629. The Batavia 1629: National Heritage Listed Place Guide is the first interactive e-book produced by the Western Australian Museum.Read more News Yoshika Kon
12 Aug 2022Herpetology – the study of amphibians and reptiles in action at the Museum of GeraldtonAs part of National Science Week 2022, the Museum of Geraldton are featuring three Western Australian herpetologists for Public Talk: Wildlife Research in Action on Wednesday 17 August. Herpetology is the study of amphibians and reptiles, and new and exciting discoveries within the Western Australian Museum Collections and Research continue to be made every year.Read more News Yoshika Kon
4 May 2022Follow the journey of an 18th Century botanist at the Museum of the Great SouthernAn immersive and finely crafted installation opens at the Museum of the Great Southern on 14 May 2022. The Peregrinations of a Citizen Botanist exhibition by artist Susie Vickery takes the form of a cabinet of curiosities, charting the journey of 18th Century French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière, who came to Western Australia in 1792 on the ship Recherche, captained by Bruni d’Entrecasteaux. Museum of the Great Southern Regional Manager Ms Catherine Salmaggi said this exhibition will delight visitors as they eRead more News Yoshika Kon
16 Mar 2022Stunning photographs of the natural world to go on show at the Museum of the GoldfieldsThe Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition will open at the Museum of the Goldfields this Saturday, 19 March. The annual Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the unique beauty of the flora, fauna and landscapes of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea bioregions through the lenses of professional, emerging and junior photographers. Every year the finalists and winners of the competition are featured in an exhibition produced by the South Australian Museum.Read more News Yoshika Kon
15 Feb 2022Anne Frank's life and legacy on display at the Museum of the Great SouthernAn exhibition reflecting on the life and legacy of Anne Frank will open at the Museum of the Great Southern. The Let Me Be Myself – The Story of Anne Frank exhibition follows the life of Anne Frank from her birth in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929 to her death in Bergen-Belsen in 1945. Anne Frank may well be the most well-known victim of the Holocaust. Persecuted for being Jewish, Anne and her family went into hiding in a secret annex during World War Two. During her stay in hiding, Anne kept a diary, which was then published after the War.Read more News Yoshika Kon
16 Apr 2019Museum of the Great Southern prepares for Roman invasionA new exhibition that transports visitors back 2,000 years to one of the most epic, technologically significant times in the history of humankind will open at the Museum of the Great Southern on Saturday 13 April. Ancient Rome: The Empire that Shaped the World will provide visitors the opportunity to learn about the military genius of Julius Caesar, admire the disruptive innovations that held the Roman Empire together for centuries, and marvel at the awe-inspiring technology used to construct Rome, which became known as the Eternal City.Read more News Hillary Henry
5 Sep 2018Exhibition brings Ancient Rome to WA for the first time A new exhibition that transports visitors back 2,000 years to one of the most epic, technologically significant times in the history of mankind will open in Western Australia for the first time. Ancient Rome: Explore the Empire that Shaped the World opens at the Museum of the Goldfields on Saturday 15 September and will tour both regional and metro WA Museums.Read more News Hillary Henry
21 Aug 2018A Ticket to Paradise? A Greek girl sent across the world to marry a man she’d never met, an African journalist fleeing for his life, and a stateless baby born in India to Iranian parents. They’re just some of the human stories that feature in A Ticket to Paradise? opening Saturday 1 September at the Museum of Geraldton. The touring exhibition from the National Archives of Australia examines the rich diversity of Australian immigrants and the government’s ambitious plans after World War Two to encourage mass migration.Read more News Hillary Henry
6 Jun 2018Collection Highlight: Bully Hayes' NecklaceDishonesty, bigamy, blackbirding, and murder. There is a fascinating, and sometimes dark, story behind every object in our collections. Read more Article Western Australian Museum
30 May 2018World Record HistoryMarani Greatorex is a cadet with the WA Museum. She worked on the World Track Laying Record exhibition, engaging with community members to record and share their story. She writes about the project and how it’s being developed for the New Museum. World Record History: On May 8, 1968 a track laying crew involving mostly Torres Strait Islander workers broke the world record for laying the greatest length of railway in a single day.Read more Article New Museum Project
24 May 2018Don’t Keep History a Mystery - National Reconciliation WeekThis National Reconciliation Week learn more about the Australian story. It is a time for all Australians to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories. By doing this we can share our knowledge so we can grow as a nation. This year's theme, Don’t Keep History A Mystery: Learn. Share. Grow., encourages us to look for the history hidden just beneath the surface, waiting to be uncovered.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
23 Nov 2017Batavia's mysteries unfold with discovery of mass grave An international team of archaeologists, including scientists from The University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Museum, has discovered a new communal grave in the Abrolhos Islands, the result of deaths after a shipwreck of the Dutch East India company ship Batavia. Read more Article Mara Pritchard