10 Nov 2017Help save our frogs with your mobile phoneKids, mums and dads, amateur scientists and community groups are being asked to pick up their mobile phones and head into their backyards and beyond to help save Australia’s native frogs. The Western Australian Museum is partnering with the Australian Museum and other museums around the country as part of FrogID – a major citizen science project which explores where frogs are at risk and how to conserve them and our waterways. Frogs are one of the most threatened groups of animals on Earth.Read more News Sharna Craig
8 Nov 2017Exhibition tells of historic relations between the ANZAC and Belgium during World War OneAn exhibition that tells shared stories about the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or ANZAC, and Belgium during World War One is now open at the Museum of the Great Southern. The Great War in Broad Outlines pays tribute to the sacrifice of the ANZAC, and is a reminder that Belgium is forever grateful and continues to honour the fallen. Museum of the Great Southern Regional Manager Rachael Wilsher-Saa said the exhibition depicts defining moments and memorable battles of World War One.Read more News Sharna Craig
8 Nov 2017Traditional art meets modern technologyAn exhibition celebrating the stories and Law of Anangu culture through intricate carvings and artefacts will go on display at the Museum of the Goldfields next weekend. Punuku Tjukurpa is the first touring exhibition of artworks from the Maruku Arts archive based at Mutitjulu, near Uluru in the Northern Territory. Museum of the Goldfields Regional Manager Zoe Scott said Punuku Tjukurpa, presented by Artback NT, showcases a rich sacred history.Read more News Sharna Craig
7 Nov 2017Research noting impact of climate change on native species graces cover of prestigious science journalResearch which notes the impact of climate change on the evolution of Australia’s native bilbies and bandicoots has featured on the cover of the prestigious Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The article was authored by the Western Australian Museum’s Mammals Curator Dr Kenny Travouillon. “Climate change has been a very important factor in the evolution of bilbies and bandicoots, placing a selective pressure for survival in a harsh, arid environment,” Dr Travouillon said.Read more News Sharna Craig
26 Oct 2017Working together in the Kimberley WA Museum Curators Michelle Broun and Stephen Kinnane and Community Engagement Officer Barbara Paulson attended last month’s Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC) Festival at the invitation of KALACC’s Board of Directors. The trip followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the WA Museum and KALACC. The MOU outlines a commitment for the two organisations to work together to engage with Aboriginal peoples from the Kimberley and identify ways local stories could be shared in the New Museum.Read more News Erika Jellis
26 Oct 2017The Casios and creativity of Turnstyle Paul Fanning, Adem K and Todd Griffiths with three of their casio keyboards. Image copyright WA Museum Read more Article New Museum Project
23 Oct 2017What is the BIF slab?It weighs 8.8 tonne (roughly a third the weight of a bus), it’s 2.5 metres high and 3 metres wide (one and half time higher and three and half times wider than an average doorway), and it’s about 3,000 million years old. And it tells the story of Western Australia.Read more Article New Museum Project
23 Oct 2017Strong cultural connections and a multimillion dollar partnership A multimillion-dollar partnership agreement has been signed between Tianqi Lithium Australia and the Foundation for the WA Museum. The $5 million agreement is a significant contribution to the Foundation’s endowment program, Discovery Fund, and has secured Tianqi Lithium Australia with naming rights for the Connections gallery in the New Museum for WA.Read more News Erika Jellis
20 Oct 2017Awesome fragile ocean homes Just near Coral Bay, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, in the crystal-clear waters of Ningaloo Marine Park is one of the world’s most amazing reefs. More than 500 species of brightly coloured fish make their home in coral reef ‘cities’. Because they are so close to shore, they are at risk from human activity.Read more News Erika Jellis
18 Oct 2017Competition - London's Calling!Fill out an entry form at the Art Gallery WA while you are visiting the Heath Ledger: A Life in Pictures exhibition for your chance to win an amazing trip for two to London. The winner will also get an awesome prize pack including a bespoke Rusty surfboard, a polaroid camera and a "behind the seams" tour of the Angels Costume house - the largest privately owned collection of costume for film, theatre and television anywhere in the world. Good luck!Read more Article Western Australian Museum
16 Oct 2017Traditional shell-stringing exhibition coming to Museum of the Great SouthernThe Museum of the Great Southern is proud to host a national touring exhibition about shell-stringing; one of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community’s culturally significant and closely guarded traditions. kanalaritja: An Unbroken String from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) features a variety of beautiful, delicate and rare shell necklaces, created by Tasmanian Aboriginal Ancestors in the 1800s, acclaimed makers of today, as well as a new wave of stringers.Read more News Sharna Craig
27 Sep 2017Exhibitions taking shape Exhibition designers Thylacine Design and Freeman Ryan Design are working closely with our team to develop the New Museum exhibitions. Since their appointment earlier this year (see Innovative exhibition teams to design WA's stories) the design concepts for each gallery space are emerging.Read more News Erika Jellis
27 Sep 2017Giant dinosaurs roar into PerthWestern Australians are getting up close and personal with some of the giants of the Cretaceous period at the WA Museum's new Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous exhibition.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
26 Sep 2017 Liaising with the Great Southern Lindsay Dean and Shona Coyne have been engaged as Community Liaison Officers in the Great Southern region. Community Liaison Officer engagements focus on projects being developed for the New Museum in collaboration with Aboriginal communities. What a wonderful opportunity to showcase our culture, people and Dreaming stories in the Great Southern. Lindsay Dean 2017Read more Article Erika Jellis
26 Sep 2017Exmouth anniversaryWe were delighted to help celebrate the town of Exmouth’s 50 year anniversary with the 'Memory Room' project. For three days of anniversary celebrations (15-17 September) we turned part of the new Ningaloo Centre into the ‘Memory Room’ - a space for sharing photographs and stories about the history of the town.Read more Article Erika Jellis
26 Sep 2017Hot new Pompeii exhibition now onThe courage of the Roman navy as its commander and sailors tried to save lives in the wake of the devastating Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD is at the centre of a new exhibition at the Western Australian Maritime Museum. Now open, Escape from Pompeii: the untold Roman rescue, has incredible objects such as gold jewellery, amphora, glassware and food items such as a loaf of bread ‒ all remarkably preserved in the ash and debris.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
26 Sep 2017Peeking behind the scenesLast month a group of curators and managers from the Local Government Museums Network (LGMN) explored the Museum's Collection and Research Centre (CRC) in Welshpool. Walking in to the CRC is like entering a treasure trove - with incredible artefacts, extraordinary specimens and wondrous objects. The WA Museum is the custodian of the State’s collection of more than 8.5 million objects and specimens mostly stored at the CRC.Read more Article Erika Jellis
23 Sep 2017Essays: The Art of Science Essays Theodore Leschenault de la Tour - The Affable Botanist by Dr Paul Gibbard In this roughly drawn image, Lesueur captures the young botanist Théodore Leschenault de la Tour (1773–1826) in a moment of ease – his nose in a book, his legs stretched out across the roof of a poultry cage, his back against the ship’s railing, his elbow resting on a coil of rope. Leschenault was only 26 when he set out for Australia aboard the Géographe.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
22 Sep 2017Surprised while sunbathing on Binningup BeachBack in 1984, Theresa and Kathleen were minding their own business while sunbathing on Binningup Beach (just north of Bunbury), when they heard a terrifying noise. At first they thought it was a gun-shot. They certainly never suspected they were about to become part of WA history. Read more Article Erika Jellis