Special Projects - Documentary UnitDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThe documentary unit within the WA Museum films and photographs the Museum's fieldwork and produces a range of photographic galleries and documentaries based on this work. Some of these documentaries can be viewed on the videos page, and some photography can be viewed on our galleries page. To get in contact with the documentary unit, please contact Clay Bryce: clay.bryce@museum.wa.gov.au More information
WAMCAESDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThe Western Australian Museum Centre for Ancient Egyptian Studies (WAMCAES) is changing. The final WAMCAES annual newsletter was printed in July 2014. In future we will focus on electronic delivery of content. WAMCAES continues to be a focus for research into the Museum’s small collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts. We hope to continue offering Western Australians the chance to hear visiting Egyptologists. Membership WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIPS FOR WAMCAES. More information
Instructions for Specimen Submissions & Requests for IdentificationDepartmental resources | Updated 11 months agoHow to submit your specimens to the WA Museum Terrestrial Vertebrates department. Identifications & requests for information Specimens for identification may be handed in at the Collections and Research Centre (Western Australian Museum - Welshpool), or any of our regional branches. Please indicate if you would like to be notified of the identification and provide contact details. Our staff will respond as soon as possible with the requested identification or information.More information
Instructions for Specimen Loans for ResearchersDepartmental resources | Updated 11 months agoHow to request specimens and tissues for research from the WA Museum Terrestrial Vertebrates department. Loans Loan of specimens are available to researchers and students for a temporary period. Loans are at the discretion of the Curator for that department. We will send the requested material to your state museum where you can view the specimens. Please contact the relevant curator for loans. Tissue LoansMore information
Checklist of the Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna of Western AustraliaDepartmental resources | Updated 12 months agoTaxonomic checklist of the terrestrial vertebrate fauna for Western Australia.More information
Shipwreck Trail pamphletsDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThis page contains a series of Shipwreck Trail pamphlets in pdf format. More information
ANCODS working documentsDepartmental resources | Updated 1 decade agoThis series comprises catalogues of Dutch wreck material prepared as working documents for the Australian Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks (ANCODS) in accordance with the Commonwealth Agreement as included in the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976. More information
21 Jun 2010Frogs and reptiles of Western AustraliaThe following gallery features a selections of frogs and reptiles from WA. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
Crawford collection - West Kimberley images 1961-1993Collections | Updated 9 months agoFormer staff member Ian Crawford was the Western Australian Museum’s first Curator of Anthropology & Archaeology, appointed in 1961. Between 1961 and 1993 he made 30 fieldtrips to the Kimberley, working with Aboriginal communities focusing on research into art and mythology, contact with Indonesian and Malay fishermen, maintenance of knowledge of traditional resource use and mission history. His photographic collection includes around 30,000 images. This extensive image collection reflects Crawford’s work with Kimberley community members, particularly Kalumburu.More information
Indigenous cultures and the Ancient WorldCollections | Updated 9 months agoThe Anthropology and Archaeology department Indigenous cultures and the Ancient World collection, formerly known as the foreign ethnology collection, includes cultural items from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Pacific and Melanesia, and Europe. Since the Museum opened in the 1890s it has worked to bring the world to Western Australians and to position the State in a global context.More information
Archaeology collectionCollections | Updated 9 months agoThe Archaeology Collection from the Anthropology and Archaeology department focuses on Western Australian Aboriginal archaeological materials, predominantly stone tools, but including plant and faunal materials from excavated sites. The collection also focuses on Western Australian Historic Archaeology, predominantly material from sites that relate to non-Aboriginal settlement e.g. convict/ police sites and including contact period sites where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultural materials intersect e.g. pastoral stations, missions, Lock Hospitals.More information
Care of the WA Museum collectionsCollections | Updated 1 decade agoThe primary role of the Materials Conservation department is to ensure the longevity and perpetuity of the Western Australian Museum collections for research, reference and exhibition. Some of interesting case studies are detailed below: More information