Online Exhibitions

In addition to the collections and exhibitions that the Museum presents at our physical locations, the Western Australian Museum have developed a range of online exhibitions.

Our online exhibitions explore our research activities and field work so our visitors can enjoy our exhibitions and research in new and engaging ways.

  • 28 Jul 2022

    WAnderland

    From the cultured to the kitsch and everything in between, we’ve opened up a doorway to our State’s regional collections. There’s a world of colour and curiosity waiting for you at the other end of WA’s roads – hidden in towns you’ve never seen and collected by folk you’ll love to meet. And getting there is half the fun.

    We invite you to fossick around for your favourites. Delight in the unexpected. Hatch a plan for your next adventure. Visit WAnderland now.

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    Online Exhibition
    Katherine Jeffries

  • 22 Jun 2022

    Tetangga Exhibition

    This exhibition is part of the ongoing challenge to the legacies of colonialism. By proposing a new way of understanding the significance of objects in our collections, museum curators in Australia and Indonesia, together, have creatively re-examined the interpretation of museum collections. Many objects and stories contained in this exhibition also illustrate the historic and contemporary connections and flows of people, ideas, and objects between Australia and Indonesia.

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    Online Exhibition
    Katherine Jeffries

  • Aboriginal Advancement Council banner ‘Let Us Advance Together!” displayed on a truck at the Labour Day procession, Perth 1966

    26 May 2017

    Right Wrongs: ’67 Referendum

     

    On 27 May 1967, Australia voted to change its Constitution.

    The passing of this referendum enabled Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders to be counted in the national census and to be subject to Commonwealth laws, rather than just state laws.

    90.77% of Australians voted 'Yes', the largest ever affirmative vote in Australian referendum history.

    The Right Wrongs: '67 Referendum project is a partnership between the Western Australian Museum, State Library of Western Australia and Department of Aboriginal Affairs.

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    Online Exhibition
    Emily Carroll

  • Despite the withdrawal of elements of the Japanese attacking forces, they still called upon the 2/2nd to surrender. This original surrender note from the Japanese commander in Dili was treated with contempt.

    20 Jul 2016

    Debt of Honour Exhibition Panels

    This online feature includes text and images from exhibition panels used in Debt of Honour

    The feature was created so those who could not visit the exhibition can still find out about the Australian involvement in East Timor during the Second World War . 

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    Online Exhibition
    Katherine Jeffries

  • Beneath the Waves interactive online documentary

    5 May 2016

    Beneath the Waves

    One of the biggest marine biodiversity surveys in the world, led by researchers from the Western Australian Museum, has been turned into an interactive online documentary with multiple layers of learning thanks to production company Periscope Pictures and funding from ScreenWest.

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    Online Exhibition
    Katherine Jeffries

  • Tramway Jetty Remains at Turtle Bay, Cape Inscription - Dirk Hartog Island

    25 Jan 2016

    Dirk Hartog

    This website commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first recorded European landing on the west Australian coast.

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    Online Exhibition
    Katherine Jeffries

  • 17 Dec 2015

    Reimagining Perth's Lost Wetlands

    Like many other cities around the world, Perth was founded on wetlands. These environments have played a significant role in the city’s development, and are important habitats for a range of species.

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    Online Exhibition
    Katherine Jeffries

  • 4 circular baskets in a row

    12 Sep 2014

    Intertwined

    As one of the most widely spread cultural practices in the world, basketry is more than a simple technology. Malleable, tangible, and mutable, baskets and the technique of basketry can represent the identity of a weaver, their cultural practices, and a discovery of art form.

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    Online Exhibition
    Western Australian Museum

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