29 May 2014Tweeting from the KimberleyBetween late May and early June 2014, the Western Australian Museum's Nik Tatarnic, Mark Harvey, Paul Doughty and Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
23 Apr 2014Enough RopeWe've dated the Rope! A close up section of the Mardi Rope Image copyright WA Museum Read more Blog entry Xavier Leenders
8 Apr 2014Zebedee and CSIRO visit the WA MuseumIn March 2014 the Museum was lucky enough to welcome the CSIRO robotics team to talk about 3D mapping of physical spaces and digital preservation of significant locations. We hope for this to be the start of a longer-term partnership, and as such, I plan to write some blogs about any advances that we may experience. But to start with, and very excitingly, the CSIRO team brought along their wonderful creation: Zebedee.Read more Blog entry Western Australian Museum
21 Feb 2014Beetle Mania! Image courtesy of Craig O’Keefe The Museum Entomology section often receives public enquiries from concerned citizens who have been inundated with various creepy crawlies, though this one is particularly like a scene from a horror film!Read more Blog entry Lintette Umbrello
3 Feb 2014The Kashmiri KangriA recent acquisition in the Anthropology & Archaeology Department Written By Megan Williams Image copyright WA Museum Read more Blog entry Xavier Leenders
24 Jan 2014Roped off… Until now.How old is the Rope? Written by Xavier Leenders Read more Blog entry Xavier Leenders
2 Dec 2013What is this?!Today we received this ID request from our Twitter follower, Sue Hill: Corey, Courtney, Zoe and Lisa from our Aquatic Zoology team were on the case! "It is the egg-case of Syrinx aruanus.Read more Blog entry Niki Comparti
27 Nov 2013Friendly Flatworms: The TemnocephalidaWe recently had a phone call from a curious citizen, Andrea Davy, who had noticed that the yabbies and marron in one of her ponds were crawling with some very strange animals. Fearing some kind of parasitic invasion she brought them to the Museum for identification. Read more Blog entry Andrew Hosie
15 Nov 2013What has WA had to say about Costarella and Frock Stars?Perth's been abuzz since the launch of Aurelio Costarella: A 30 Year Retrospective and Frock Stars: Inside Australian Fashion Week. Have a look at what some of our visitors have had to say so far:Read more Blog entry Niki Comparti