11 Nov 2024Time and Time Again: Rephotographing the GoldfieldsOpening at the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Saturday 30 November 2024, and running until Sunday 9 February 2025, is a collaborative exhibition by Fremantle-based American/Australian photographer Brett Leigh Dicks. Time and Time Again: Rephotographing the Goldfields pairs historic photographs of Kalgoorlie and its surrounds, sourced from the Western Australian Museum’s Dwyer and MacKay Collection, with contemporary images of the same locations captured by Dicks a century later.Read more News Jasmine Eales
29 Oct 2024Gwoonwardu Mia’s first art exhibition celebrates Gascoyne artistsGwoonwardu Mia has launched its first-ever art exhibition, Creation and Culture, showcasing the incredible talent of Gascoyne Aboriginal artists. Running from 11 October - 1 November, this free exhibition features works from 11 artists across a range of mediums, including acrylics, ceramics, wood carvings, resin, weaving, and photography. It offers a unique insight into the region's rich cultural heritage and contemporary creativity.Read more News Jasmine Eales
23 Oct 2024The end of an orbit and a new Moon set to riseAttracting more than 107,000 visitors from across WA, interstate, and overseas is just one of the many successes we are celebrating from our latest homegrown exhibition, To the Moon, which closed on 7 October. With humanity on the brink of returning to the Moon after over 50 years, To the Moon illuminated what we know and what’s yet to come, all while retracing our poetic yearnings for the Moon.Read more News Ella Winterbottom
23 Oct 2024Uncovering the hidden heroes of WA’s coral reefsCoral reefs are some of the most diverse and vital ecosystems on Earth, but there's more going on beneath the surface than meets the eye. At the heart of their survival are the tiny “hidden heroes” we know as Symbiodiniaceae. Sharing a symbiotic relationship with the coral that houses them, these microscopic single-celled organisms provide vital energy to their hosts through photosynthesis. Without them, coral reefs as we know them would simply not exist.Read more News Jasmine Eales
17 Oct 2024WA Museum’s 2025 education program inspires curiosity across the curriculum Read more News Robyn Ambrosius
15 Oct 2024WA Maritime Museum crowned top tourism attraction 2024 at Fremantle Business AwardsWe are proud that the WA Maritime Museum has been crowned Champion Tourist Attraction for 2024 at the Fremantle Business Awards, organised by the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce. The award recognises the Museum’s considerable contribution to the Fremantle business and tourism economy. It is the culmination of a successful year in which the Museum not only hosted the JAMES CAMERON: CHALLENGING THE DEEP exhibition, but also welcomed James Cameron, himself, to Fremantle for an In Conversation event, hosted at the Fremantle Passenger Terminal.Read more News Ella Winterbottom
14 Oct 2024Stories of Australian nurses at war opening soon at the Museum of the Great SouthernThe Australian Nurses at War exhibition will open at the Museum of the Great Southern on Saturday 19 October. This reflective exhibition honours the courageous women who confronted the horrors of war firsthand. Many army nurses gave their health and well-being in service to Australia. Some sacrificed their lives. Museum of the Great Southern Regional Manager, Catherine Salmaggi, highlighted the often-overlooked role of these nurses, who worked tirelessly to care for the sick and wounded under some of the most difficult conditions.Read more News Jasmine Eales
14 Oct 2024Yamaji Yanajingmanha Barna/Uthudu brings art centres together at the Museum of GeraldtonThe Museum of Geraldton is honoured to host a first-time collaborative exhibition between two Aboriginal art centres from the Mid West: Yamaji Art (Geraldton) and Ku'Arlu Mangga (Northampton). Yamaji Yanajingmanha Barna/Uthudu (Yamaji Coming Together on Country), explores cultural revival and contemporary expressions of long-standing traditions, practices, and personal histories.Read more News Jasmine Eales
27 Sep 2024Taking it back to WA's very first national record label Back in 1962, WA music industry pioneer Martin Clarke launched Clarion Records, changing the face of WA’s recording industry. Focused on local acts, Clarion brought us releases from The Valentines with a young Bon Scott before he found fame with AC/DC, Johnny Young, Robbie Snowden, The Birds and more. Clarke used a lathe – which converts an audio signal into grooves on an acetate blank with an embossing stylus – to produce master discs which he used as templates to produce records on a commercial scale.Read more News Ella Winterbottom
18 Sep 2024WA Museum Boola Bardip 2024 Tourism Awards FinalistThe WA Museum’s flagship site, Boola Bardip, has been named as a finalist in the 2024 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards. Following the Museum’s outstanding success in 2023 winning both the Major Tourist Attraction and Cultural Tourism categories, the WA Museum has nominated again for both categories. Since reopening to the public in November 2020, the WA Museum Boola Bardip has fearlessly shared diverse narratives, promoting cultural understanding and creating an inclusive and accessible visitor experience.Read more News Robyn Ambrosius