30 Nov 2012Share your Maritime memories!To celebrate the Western Australian Maritime Museum’s 10th anniversary tomorrow, December 1, the WA Museum is inviting members of the public to share their favourite maritime memories online. Launched today, the Maritime Memories site will allow members of the public to share their experiences through photos they’ve captured of some of Western Australia’s great maritime moments, many of which are on display at the Museum.Read more News Niki Comparti
30 Nov 2012WA Museum – Albany honours volunteer for International Volunteers DayThe Western Australian Museum – Albany will celebrate one of their hardest working volunteers on International Volunteers Day on Wednesday, December 5. Western Australian Museum – Albany regional manager Rachael Wilsher-Saa said volunteer Richard Harloe’s contribution to both the Museum and community has been priceless. “Three years ago, the Western Australian Museum – Albany decided to make the 9800 historic images in its photographic archive more accessible to the general public by digitising them,” Ms Wilsher-Saa said.Read more News Niki Comparti
22 Nov 2012Maritime Turns Ten!The Western Australian Maritime Museum will celebrate its 10th birthday on Saturday December 1 with an open day. Museum entry will be by gold-coin donation, with free kids activities on offer and a program of short talks by Museum curators through-out the day. Visitors can enjoy 25% off purchases at the Museum Shop, take in the magnificent view of the Fremantle harbour with Caffissimo’s free ‘babycino’ with any regular sized coffee offer, and don their best maritime or pirate style costume to be in the running for a special spot prize.Read more News Niki Comparti
19 Nov 2012A story to tellThis gallery showcases some works of Laurel Nannup which are on show for the exhibition A Story to Tell, presented ART ON THE MOVE and on show from 1 November 2012 to 31 January 2013 at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. More details can be found on the what's on exhibition listing: museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/story-tellRead more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
19 Nov 2012Critical collections: why museum collections matterThe 2012 Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West will conclude with an explanation of why museums are more important to us now than ever before at the Western Australian Maritime Museum on Thursday 29 November. ‘Critical collections: why museum collections matter’ presented by WA Museum chief executive officer Alec Coles will reveal why museum collections continue to be relevant despite the digital age.Read more News Niki Comparti
19 Nov 2012Draft Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) 2013-2017The Western Australian Museum has developed a new DAIP to guide us in making our facilities, services and employment accessible to people with disability. After a period of consultation, the draft DAIP 2013-2017 is now available for public comment.Read more News Western Australian Museum
5 Nov 2012Dinosaurs of the 21st Century: masters of the skiesThe surprising relationship between dainty neighbourhood ducks and the terrifying T-Rex will be revealed at the Western Australian Museum - Perth on November 23, 2012. ‘Dinosaurs of the 21st Century: masters of the skies’, presented by palaeontology curator Dr Mikael Siversson, will explain how 125 million year old raptor dinosaur fossils from China have confirmed the long-held belief that birds and dinosaurs are closely related.Read more News Niki Comparti
5 Nov 2012Exploration and conservation: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914... in Kalgoorlie-BoulderCelebrate the centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on November 21, 2012. ‘Exploration and conservation: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 – 1914’, presented by Western Australian Museum senior curator Dr Ian Godfrey will bring to life the lesser known aspects of this heroic era of Antarctic exploration.Read more News Niki Comparti
2 Nov 2012Dr Harry Butler to address AlbanyAlbany audiences will receive a rare insight into the life of one of Australia’s most celebrated conservationists in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on November 15 and 16, 2012. In the Wild West series namesake and WA Museum Fellow Dr Harry Butler will present ‘Museum collectors and carers: one collector’s story’, and share the skills and expertise he has gathered over his decades of field collection work.Read more News Niki Comparti
1 Nov 2012Seahorse tales and pregnant malesThe secret world of seahorses will be revealed in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum - Geraldton on November 15 and 16, 2012. Presented by WA Museum curator of fishes Dr Glenn Moore, ‘Seahorse tales and pregnant males’ will take the audience on a journey into the everyday life of this highly recognisable but little-known about creature.Read more News Niki Comparti
1 Nov 2012Afghan hidden treasuresJoint media release: Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for the Arts 1 November 2012 Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Arts Minister Simon Crean today announced that the Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures of the National Museum, Kabul exhibition would tour Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane in 2013 and 2014.Read more News Western Australian Museum
31 Oct 2012This working lifeThis photo gallery shows a few shots from the exhibition This Working Life, on show at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder from 27 October 2012 to 13 January 2013.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
29 Oct 2012Exploration and conservation: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1914-1911Celebrate the centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle on November 9, 2012. ‘Exploration and Conservation: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 – 1914’, presented by Western Australian Museum senior curator Dr Ian Godfrey will bring to life the lesser known aspects of this heroic era of Antarctic exploration.Read more News Niki Comparti
26 Oct 2012Skinks of the Perth RegionTo celebrate the release of the brand new iPhone App, Skinks of the Perth Region, we have created this photo gallery which contains a sample of some of the skinks featured in this app.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
23 Oct 2012Traversing Antarctica: the Australian experienceOne hundred years ago the 1911 - 1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), famously led by Sir Douglas Mawson, spent many cold months exploring the enigmatic and deadly continent of Antarctica. From November 3, a rare collection of artefacts from the expedition will be on display at the Western Australian Maritime Museum as part of Traversing Antarctica: the Australian experience, a national travelling exhibition celebrating Australia’s connection with the icy continent.Read more News Niki Comparti
17 Oct 2012The engines that put the GO! into the GoldfieldsA selection of the Goldfields’ oldest engines will be on display at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder from 27 October, 2012. The engines will form part of the WA Museum-curated exhibition, ‘This Working Life: the engines that put the go! into the Goldfields’, and celebrate the region’s rich industrial history. Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder regional manager Zoe Scott said the exhibition provides a great insight into how life in the region was transformed by the introduction of engines.Read more News Niki Comparti
15 Oct 2012Margaret River biodiversity surveyMuseum staff and volunteers participated in a survey of the terrestrial biodiversity of a property located near the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, near the Margaret River in south-west Western Australia. These photos were taken of some of the surveying activities.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
12 Oct 2012Colours of the EarthExplore the colourful mineral world beneath the Earth’s surface in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Perth on October 26, 2012. ‘Colours of the Earth’, presented by WA Museum curator of minerals and meteorites Dr Peter Downes, will describe the diverse and exotic minerals of the weathered zone, revealed by mining in Western Australia.Read more News Niki Comparti
8 Oct 2012Exploration and conservation: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914Celebrate the centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum - Geraldton on October 25 and 26, 2012. ‘Exploration and Conservation: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 – 1914’, presented by Western Australian Museum senior curator Dr Ian Godfrey will bring to life the lesser known aspects of this heroic era of Antarctic exploration.Read more News Western Australian Museum
5 Oct 2012Post-World War II Australia in picturesThe iconic images of one of Australia’s most renowned photographers, Max Dupain, are now on display at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton. Dupain was famous for his modernist, documentary style of photography and his images of post-World War II Australia are widely regarded as important records of a changing society. Western Australian Museum – Geraldton regional manager Catherine Belcher said his images, spanning from the 1940s to 1970s, offer a visual record of the ideology and culture of the time.Read more News Western Australian Museum