28 Mar 2014A behind-the-scenes look at our volute collectionThis small photo gallery gives a behind-the-scenes look into the volute collection. It will be enhanced in the near future with a Smartphone and tablet app that the Western Australian Museum is currently developing. This Smartphone and tablet app will reveal what happens behind-the-scenes at the Museum, explaining the research performed and showcasing our collections.Read more Photo Galleries Jessica Scholle
11 Mar 2014Turtle talk to help Gnaraloo’s unique programThe Western Australian Museum – Geraldton is doing its bit to help a unique program to protect residents of a remote stretch of WA coastline in the world famous Ningaloo Marine Park. The Gnaraloo coastline is building fame in its own right because of its endangered sea turtle populations. Sea turtles nest and hatch on beaches along the Gnaraloo coastline annually, generally from November to April.Read more News Western Australian Museum
28 Feb 2014Offshore treasures found in WA Museum fieldtripScientists and researchers led by a team from the Western Australian Museum have made a series of surprising and exciting discoveries in waters nearly 350 kilometres off the Kimberley coast. Among them were previously undocumented fauna, species recorded for the first time in Western Australia and, in some cases, Australia. The data and specimens collected are being analysed and documented in the Museum’s Welshpool laboratories.Read more News Western Australian Museum
7 Feb 2014Albany explores an enduring Debt of HonourThe incredible story of 270 Australian commandos who defied all odds to hold down more than 10,000 Japanese troops in East Timor during a critical point of World War II will be told at the Western Australian Museum – Albany from February 14. Debt of Honour: Australia’s First Commandos and East Timor recounts the little-known story of one of Australia’s most defining campaigns of the Second World War.Read more News Niki Comparti
7 Feb 2014Amazing ANZANG makes its way to the Mid WestThe Western Australian Museum tour of The Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition will make its way to the Mid West on February 13. The Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year showcases the unique natural beauty of the Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea region via the winning works of the world’s best amateur and professional photographers.Read more News Niki Comparti
4 Feb 2014Convicts in KalgoorlieThe country’s history of incarceration and convicts will be on display in two simultaneous exhibitions at the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie from February 6. The first, Rockbreakers, tells the story of the convict-built, prisoner-filled Fremantle Prison and Old Perth Gaol and their little-known shared rock and mineral collection during the 1880s.Read more News Niki Comparti
17 Dec 2013Shining a light on Geraldton's historyThe Fresnel lens from one of the State’s oldest working lighthouses, Geraldton’s 135-year-old Point Moore Lighthouse, will go on permanent display at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton from December 20. The project was made possible through funding from the City of Greater Geraldton, in-kind assistance from Geraldton Port Authority for the installation of the lens and Diab Engineering sponsorship.Read more News Niki Comparti
13 Dec 2013Dinosaurs storm WA Museum in world first!The Western Australian Museum will bring to life the extraordinary dinosaurs of the Earth’s Cretaceous period in a spine-tingling, custom-made exhibition featuring more than 20 life-size animatronic models. Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous is currently in development and will premiere here in Perth on April 11 next year when the dinosaurs inhabit specially created, authentic Cretaceous era environments at the Museum.Read more News Niki Comparti
29 Nov 2013Amazing ANZANG returns to Albany!The Western Australian Museum tour of The Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition will kick off in Albany on December 6. The Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year showcases the unique natural beauty of the Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea region via the winning works of the world’s best amateur and professional photographers.Read more News Niki Comparti
27 Nov 2013South Western Stinger FactsheetCarybdea xaymacanaRead more Article Western Australian Museum
20 Nov 2013New MuseumThe New Museum for Western Australia is one of the most significant museum redevelopments in the world today, and one of which all Western Australians should be incredibly proud. As it evolves the Museum will play a significant part in redefining our city and our State, showcasing Western Australia’s people, history and environment to the world. Our Museum will be a place for all Western Australians to reflect and explore their identity, culture and sense of place.Read more Online Exhibition Danny Murphy
18 Nov 2013Barrow Island’s brand new bugsTwenty-five brand new bugs from Barrow Island and neighbouring areas of WA's northwest have been described in the latest Records of the Western Australian Museum. The Terrestrial Invertebrates Fauna of Barrow Island volume describes 25 new species including a snail, two spiders, a silverfish and 21 flies, and one new genus of wolf spider. WA Museum Head of Terrestrial Zoology, Mark Harvey, said the new volume, sponsored by Chevron Australia, contains 22 scientific papers written by a total of 43 authors using data from more than 20 years of collecting.Read more News Niki Comparti
15 Nov 2013Fading voices: the loss of linguistic diversityThe global effects of unprecedented indigenous language loss will be discussed in two public lectures at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton on November 21 and 22. Presented by Bundiyarra – Irra Wangga Language Program linguist James Bednall, the lectures will explain the contributing issues and detrimental effects language extinction has on individuals, communities and humanity as a whole.Read more News Niki Comparti
12 Nov 2013On Badimaya Country An exhibition celebrating the culture and country of the Badimaya people of Mount Magnet will go on display at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton from November 15. On Badimaya Country, a joint photographic and language documentation project, captures the culture, language and extensive regional knowledge of the local Badimaya people in photo and film. The photographs were taken by Johanna Wagner, who worked on a voluntary basis at the Bidi Bidi community centre in Mount Magnet for three months in 2012.Read more News Niki Comparti
6 Nov 2013Costarella and Frock Stars launchPerth's finest fashionistas flooded to the WA Museum on November 1 for the launch of Aurelio Costarella: A 30 Year Retrospective and Frock Stars: Inside Australian Fashion Week. The night featured a series of performances in the Museum's courtyard, lobby and Hackett Hall by Perth artist Grace Woodroofe, the West Australian Ballet and WA Opera.Read more Photo Galleries Niki Comparti
4 Nov 2013$50,000 grant takes HMAS Sydney 3D imaging project forwardA $50,000 Lotterywest grant will help the Friends of the Western Australian Museum develop a project to bring the story of HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran to a wider audience. The Friends of the Museum – a not-for-profit group committed to promoting the development and advancement of the WA Museum – will work with the Museum, its partners and communities close to the event, to scope the potential for significant exhibitions to be created from a project to image the wrecks that is already underway.Read more News Niki Comparti
4 Nov 2013Museum to toast fashion’s finestTwo exhibitions celebrating the best of creativity and innovation in Australian fashion will open to the public at the Western Australian Museum – Perth tomorrow. Aurelio Costarella: A 30 year retrospective and Frock Stars: Inside Australian Fashion Week will run concurrently, free of charge, from 2 November to 2 February and 27 January 2014, respectively.Read more News Niki Comparti
29 Oct 2013De Vlamingh plate headed to Canberra The Western Australian Museum’s famous De Vlamingh Plate will travel to the Nation’s capital next month to take part in the National Library of Australia’s Mapping our World exhibition. The 30cm pewter plate, which dates back to 1697 when Dutchman Willem de Vlamingh landed at Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay, is one of Australia's oldest and most treasured historical artefacts left behind by our early explorers.Read more News Niki Comparti