Wedding Dress: Caring for your treasured memoriesSpecial Event | Updated 1 decade agoUlli Broeze-Hoernemann Senior Conservator, Conservation, WA Museum Join paper and textiles specialist Ulli Broeze-Hoernemann for a workshop on caring for, and conserving your wedding dress, accessories and other treasured items from your big day or your family chest of heirlooms. Bring your treasures along for some expert professional advice! COST: Free event. BOOKINGS: Bookings essential, places are limited. Register onlineMore information
WA wedding dresses and Unveiled highlights tourSpecial Event | Updated 1 decade agoLeigh O’Brien - Curator, History Department, and Exhibition Project Manager (WA Museum), Unveiled Join Leigh O’Brien to explore the fascinating stories behind the WA Museum’s wedding dress selection currently on display, followed by a highlights tour of the Unveiled exhibition. COST: Free event. Admission fees apply for exhibition. BOOKINGS: No bookings required More information
Maritime Museum - 10 year anniversary celebrationSpecial Event | Updated 1 decade agoHAPPY 10 YEARS, MARITIME MUSEUM! Saturday 1 December Activities between 11.00am and 3.00pm Join us as Maritime Museum celebrates its 10 year anniversary ‘birthday’! Come and get festive as we throw open the doors for an Open Day with entry by donation, free kids activities and a program of short talks by our curators. Dress up in your best maritime or pirate style costume on the day to be in the running for one of our costume spot prizes!More information
Ms Mavis Hamm Presents … ‘Glamourama!’Special Event | Updated 1 decade agoSchool Holidays Season 16 – 18 January 23 – 25 January 11.00am and 12.30pm daily Sunday Afternoon Specials 20 and 27 January, 10, 17 and 24 February, 3 March 1.00pm and 2.30pm dailyMore information
Curating 'Unveiled: 200 years of wedding glamour'Special Event | Updated 1 decade agoEdwina Ehrman Curator of Textiles and Fashion, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1.00pm and 2.30pm, Saturday 8 December 1.00pm and 2.30pm, Sunday 9 December Presented in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Join exhibition curator Edwina Ehrman for a floortalk journey of bridal splendour through ‘Unveiled’. COST: Free event. Admission fees apply for exhibition. BOOKINGS: Bookings essential as numbers are limited, register online using the below links.More information
'More than ordinary beautiful': the glamour and magic of wedding dressPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoEdwina Ehrman Curator of Textiles and Fashion, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 6.00pm, Tuesday 11 December 2012 State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia (entry via Francis St door) Presented in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonMore information
Small Fry - Dinosaur DaySpecial Event | Updated 1 decade agoStory time and creative play at the Museum Special events for 0- 5year olds A morning of dinosaur stories, songs and dress ups. Unleash your inner T-Rex. No bookings required and the event is free. All children must be accompanied by an adult.More information
VOC ship Zuytdorp (1712): The story of three hundred year old ship remainsPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoWendy van Duivenvoorde, Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University Marta Domínguez Delmás, RING: Netherlands Laboratory for DendrochronologyMore information
Heritage DaySpecial Event | Updated 1 decade agoTo celebrate Heritage Day at the Western Australian Museum – Perth, Heritage Perth will be hosting a range of activities on the Museum Grounds and the Museum’s Learning and Creativity staff will be running a huge range of fun activities in various spaces throughout the Museum. Heritage Day will be lots of fun for the whole family, don’t miss it! Presented in association with Heritage Perth. More information
Traversing AntarcticaTemporary Exhibition | Updated 1 decade agoImagine life in a land of ice and blizzards. What motivates people to venture to a place of such extremes as Antarctica? One word: discovery.More information