Max Dupain on Assignment - Free Conservation WorkshopsSpecial Event | Updated 1 decade agoPresented by Detlev Lueth, National Archives of Australia Fade to Grey ... or yellow; red or blue 9:30am - 12.30pm Thursday 18 October This seminar will look at the issues surrounding printing photographs at home, making them permanent and storing the information so that it can be retrieved in another five years. Conservation Clinic 1.30pm - 3.00pm Thursday 18 October Bring along an object or photograph and receive basic advice on how to preserve or improve the condition of your items.More information
Dolls and YarningTemporary Exhibition | Updated 1 decade agoDolls and Yarning is an exhibition of dolls created by Yamaji parents, grandparents and young people in Geraldton and Northampton, Western Australia. A series of doll making skills were learnt and shared in workshops during the year, while the yarning always started with family, learning, culture, play and education. As the creative process unfolded these inanimate objects came to life as the dolls and yarns became closely stitched together while Aboriginal ways of teaching and learning were explored, honoured and celebrated. More information
This working lifeTemporary Exhibition | Updated 1 decade agoThis Working Life: the engines that put the Go! into the Goldfields. It’s easy to forget what life must have been like before engines came into our lives. When you think of all the industries the Goldfields is famous for, it’s especially hard to imagine how people got by without them. Working in the mines was backbreaking, cutting timber was gruelling and every sheep had to be sheared by hand. After long days of physical work, people came home to houses without electricity, refrigeration or any of the comforts that we now take for granted.More information
Tuesday Curatorial @ Albany - Term 4Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoA series of talks that will help you to discover the different aspects of life in Albany and the amazing things that the area has to offer. No bookings required. Entry is by donation. Morning tea and refreshments provided. 16 October - Archdeacon Wollaston and St John’s Pioneer of the early church WA Museum Albany – Co-op Building. Presented by Malcolm Traill – Public Programs OfficerMore information
Swastikas on the Ice: The race for control of the AntarcticPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoDavid Day, Visiting Author and Honorary Associate, La Trobe University When Nazi Germany began dropping swastikas on the Antarctic ice in 1939, it prompted President Roosevelt to order the American colonization of the continent.More information
Night of 100 Objects - Creating histories through ObjectsPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoA public lecture by Dr Jeremy Hill, Head of Research, The British Museum Followed by private viewing of the current exhibition and a reception 6.00pm - 7.00pm 8 November 2012 WA Museum - Perth Tickets: $30 Following the internationally successful British Museum & BBC Radio 4’s History of the World in 100 Objects, JD Hill offers a rare behind the scenes look at the making of this series. More information
Science with the Australian SKA Pathfinder – A new era of discoveryPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoDr Lisa Harvey-Smith, ASKAP Project Scientist On the eve of the official opening of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith, ASKAP Project Scientist, describes some of the complex mysteries of the universe that will be tackled by astronomers using information from this cutting-edge new telescope. More information
The WA Museum gets AWESOME!Special Event | Updated 1 decade agoThis October the WA Museum – Perth will be AWESOME as we welcome the 2012 AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things. Throughout the Museum will be a raft of curious, fantastic and hands-on activities for children of all ages. Don’t miss your chance to see the famous Spiegeltent right here on the Museum Grounds packed with live shows, fantastic music and weird and wonderful theatre.More information
Unidentified Remains: Putting a Face to a SkullPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoDr Susan Hayes is a facial anthropologist specialising in evidence-based facial approximations of the deceased, including forensic as well as archaeological remains. In this interactive lecture Dr Hayes will cover the clay, drawing and computer graphic methods she has used, and will illustrate with a suite replica human skulls just how much we really do differ beneath the skin. Bring your questions with you!More information
The Spice Islands and the age of discoveryPublic Lecture | Updated 1 decade agoIan Burnet - Visiting Author Clove and nutmeg trees are indigenous to a few tiny islands located in the eastern part of the Indonesia archipelago. These exotic spices were traded along the Spice Route and the Silk Road, and their trade came to be dominated by the Muslim merchants of the Middle East. It was the dream of explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan to capture the spice trade, driving the ‘Age of Discovery’ and the first circumnavigation of the world.More information