25 May 2010Look West! – The ParadeOn the 20th November 2009, the Western Australian Museum proudly launched Exposed! The story of swimwear with a fashion parade of local Western Australian designers called ‘Look West! Western Australian Swimwear Design Summer 2009-10’ at the Western Australian Museum – Maritime. This is a gallery of the fashion parade from that function.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010HMAS Sydney (II)The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II) is Australia’s greatest naval tragedy. Its disappearance in 1941 without a trace left a legacy of uncertainty for decades. In March 2008, renewed efforts to find the Sydney came to fruition, confirming her fate and bringing closure to the mystery. This website expertly documents the entire Sydney story, from its construction and early battles in the Mediterranean Sea, to its final battle with the HSK Kormoran, and right through to its eventual discovery and the ensuing Cole Inquiry.Read more Online Exhibition Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Marine Life of the Dampier ArchipelagoThe Dampier Archipelago lies off the north-western coast of Australia, approximately 1550 km north of Perth. Between 1998 and 2000 a partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside Energy Ltd. was formed to survey and collect the marine flora and fauna of the Dampier Archipelago.Read more Online Exhibition Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Nick Cave – the exhibition at the WA Museum - Perth Australian musician, songwriter and author Nick Cave is now the subject of his own exhibition which will be hosted by the Western Australian Museum – Perth from May - July 2009. The exhibition was created and designed by the Arts Centre in Melbourne and is touring nationally in 2009. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the WA Museum Diana Jones said the exhibition was an exciting opportunity to once again bring a contemporary music exhibition to the people of Western Australia.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Media Statement - New MuseumChair of the Board of Trustees for the Western Australian Museum Mr Tim Ungar has welcomed the State Government’s announcement to fund a new museum. “The Western Australian Museum has a long and proud history within the Cultural Centre and we look forward to the opportunity to develop a flagship State Museum,” Mr Ungar said. Since officially opening in 1891 the WA Museum has made major contributions to the collection, conservation and research of the State’s heritage.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Abundance of new species discovered and named in Western Australia Western Australia has proven itself a hotbed of biodiversity with scientists from the Western Australian Museum recently describing 19 newly discovered species. A fascinating underground crustacean without eyes and a spider hunting wasp are among those named. The scientists have devoted all new species names to Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of modern taxonomy.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Marine Bioresources Library launches at WA Museum to aid medical researchThe Western Australian Museum today launched WA’s first Marine Bioresources Library, providing assistance to biodiscovery researchers in their research into cures for cancer and other diseases. The WA Marine Bioresources Library (WAMBL) will be one of only three in Australia, with the other two based in Queensland.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Two New Frogs Discovered in WATwo new species of frogs have been discovered in Western Australia and announced this week by the Western Australian Museum. The discovery of the frogs from the high rainfall zone of the northwest Kimberley were formally described this week in the Records of the Western Australian Museum and Zootaxa.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010ericaamerica styles up to Nick Cave at the WA MuseumMusic and fashion will collide in an explosion of contemporary design this month as international fashion label ericaamerica launches an innovative new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. To celebrate the opening of Nick Cave - the exhibition, on tour from the Arts Centre, Melbourne, the WA Museum invited WA based style visionaries ericaamerica to curate a contemporary exhibition inspired by Nick Cave.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Explore the past with National Archaeology Week at the WA MuseumThe WA Museum – Maritime, the WA Museum – Shipwreck Galleries and the WA Museum - Albany are offering an exciting selection of archaeological events for budding adventurers to celebrate National Archaeology Week from the 17th – 23rd May.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Changes to opening hours at the Western Australian MuseumAs of Wednesday August 5, 2009 the Western Australian Museum will begin operating on a six-day week with all seven public sites. As with all the State's government agencies, the Museum faces a difficult financial climate, including tight public sector fiscal policies as well as pressure on its private funding partners.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Fremantle History Museum ClosureOn July 31, 2009, the Fremantle History Museum closed and the objects and artefacts on display moved to the WA Museum's Welshpool collections and research centre for assessment and curatorial conservation work. Following this work, the objects relevant to the Fremantle region will be relocated for exhibition in the WA Museum’s two other sites in the area, WA Museum Shipwrecks and WA Museum – Maritime.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Edward Burtynsky's Minescapes available nowAustralian Minescapes features a series of compelling and tactile large scale photographs of Australian mine sites taken from the air. From this perspective – through the eye of a master photographer – what some see as scars upon the landscape become extraordinary images of beauty and sensuality. This sumptuous, large format, casebound book also features a series of accessible and insightful essays on Burtynsky’s work, on photography and Australian landscape and art. These writers and critics include Ric Spencer, Michael Mitchell, Helen Ennis and Alasdair Foster.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Mr Ken Colbung, Fellow of the Western Australian MuseumMr Ken Colbung, MBE, JP, AM has been appointed as a Fellow of the Western Australian Museum. Mr Tim Unger, Chair of the Board of Trustees expressed the Board’s pleasure at this appointment that acknowledges Mr Colbung’s long-standing commitment to Aboriginal heritage values, and the assistance he has provided to the Western Australian Museum. Mr Colbung is a foundation member of the WA Museum Aboriginal Advisory Committee and for over 30 years he has guided the Museum in its representations of Aboriginal issues to the Western Australian public.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Museum exhibition to celebrate people who shaped KalgoorlieThe Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie Boulder is marking the 20th anniversary of its new museum building with the opening of an exhibition about iconic people who have helped make the Goldfields what it is today. In Kalgoorlie today to launch the exhibition Diggers, dealers and doers – 20 people who made Kalgoorlie great, Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said the exhibition featured 20 stories of individuals who had lived, worked and changed Kalgoorlie over the past 116 years.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010WA Museum special opening to honour our heroes Victoria Cross medals from Gallipoli on displayThe Western Australian Museum – Perth will open specially this ANZAC Day, Sunday 25 April, from 1.00pm to 5.00pm and on the ANZAC Day public holiday, Monday 26 April from 9.30am – 5.00pm, so that people can visit the exhibition This company of brave men; the Gallipoli VCs. Chief Executive Officer of the WA Museum Alec Coles said it was important for the Museum to be open on ANZAC Day so visitors attending the parade and services could also visit the Museum to see first hand the extraordinary stories associated with the nine Gallipoli Victoria Cross medals.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Earthquake rattled collections assessed by conservation experts Conservation staff from the Western Australian Museum will be in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this Thursday, April 29 to provide advice to local heritage organisations on collections that were damaged in last week’s earthquake. Ulli Broeze-Hoernemann and Richard Garcia will be running a free seminar looking at the range and type of damage sustained by collections in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area. The seminar will also include advice for conservation treatments for damaged objects and repacking and storing artefacts that may have been moved during the tremors.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010A Day in Pompeii to erupt in Western AustraliaWestern Australians will have a unique opportunity to experience one of the world's most fascinating cities in a new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. Tourism Minister Liz Constable and Culture and the Arts Minister John Day today announced today announced that the Museum would host the highly successful exhibition A Day in Pompeii from May 21 to September 12, 2010.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Victoria Cross medals from Gallipoli go on show Media are invited to attend a preview of the special touring exhibition This company of brave men; the Gallipoli VCs, at the Western Australian Museum – Perth this Friday 19 March 2010, at 10.30am. The Gallipoli VCs is presented by the Australian War Memorial and made possible through the generous support of Mr Kerry Stokes AC and Seven Network Limited.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Cockatoo CareCockatoo Care was introduced in September 2001 as a joint initiative of the Water Corporation and the Western Australian Museum. The objectives of the program have been to research the distribution and ecology of Carnaby's, Baudin's and Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos and threats to their survival, and to implement measures to encourage the conservation of these birds. This has been through habitat enhancement including the development of artificial nest boxes and tubes, feral bee research and community education and involvement.Read more Online Exhibition Western Australian Museum