31 Jul 2016Bold new museum links past, present and future Brookfield Multiplex team awarded new Western Australian Museum contract Dramatic concept created by international architects OMA and Hassell Energy-efficient design connects contemporary and heritage buildings Project to support up to 3,300 jobs and strong local content Western Australia’s world-class new museum is designed to be a State, national and international drawcard, offering compelling visitor experiences within dramatic architecture that links contemporary and historic buildings.Read more News Western Australian Museum
25 Jul 2016Giant Bettongs and Tree Climbing Fanged kangaroos in ancient Australian rainforestsA Western Australian Museum-led study has discovered two new species of extinct kangaroos that lived in ancient Australian rainforests between 24 to 18 million years ago in northern Queensland.Read more News Flora Perrella
20 Jul 2016Debt of Honour Exhibition PanelsThis 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 . Read more Online Exhibition Katherine Jeffries
11 Jul 2016Revealing the Museum: Who Am I?The Western Australian Museum employs a wide range of people with diverse skill sets, from historians and archaeologists to administrators and designers. Meet some of our wonderful employees below. Dr Mikael Siversson Curator of Palaeontology, Earth and Planetary SciencesRead more Article Western Australian Museum
8 Jul 2016Beneath the Waves wins 2016 WA Film AwardA compelling, online, interactive documentary created by the Western Australian Museum and documentary production company Periscope Pictures, together with interactive experience developers Hungry Sky, has won Best Interactive Production at this week’s prestigious WA Screen Awards. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said the documentary Beneath the Waves was the culmination of six years of marine biodiversity survey work in the Kimberley and more than a year of digital production design.Read more News Flora Perrella
6 Jul 20162016 WA MUSEUM NAIDOC FAMILY DAYEnjoy the highlights of 2016 WA Museum NAIDOC Family Day at the WA Shipwrecks Museum. Visitors participated in activities including learning about traditional artefacts with anthropology and archaeology experts, grinding seeds on a grinding stone and plate, making animal tracks in the sand, creating a miniature raft, portrait photography for WA Faces, and diving into the coastal waters of the Kimberley with interactive documentary Beneath the Waves. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
6 Jul 2016THÉODORE LESCHENAULT DE LA TOUR, BOTANIST OF THE BAUDIN EXPEDITIONPaul Gibbard Senior Lecturer in French The University of Western AustraliaRead more Article Western Australian Museum
6 Jul 2016The Baudin Expedition in Australian waters (1801-1803): the faunal legacyDiana S. Jones Executive Director Perth Museums & Collections Western Australian Museum,Read more Article Western Australian Museum
4 Jul 2016Exploration art: skewed reality, or flawed perceptions?Michael McCarthy Curator Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian MuseumRead more Article Western Australian Museum
4 Jul 2016Aboriginal armaments, utensils and ornaments, as depicted by Charles-Alexandre LesueurMyra Stanbury Research Associate Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian MuseumRead more Article Western Australian Museum
27 Jun 2016The Last Day at the Museum – Family Open DayThe Last Day at the Museum – Family Open Day, held on 18 June, was a great success and gave many Western Australian's the chance to say goodbye to the Western Australian Museum – Perth before it closed it's doors in preparation for works to begin on the New Museum. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
22 Jun 2016Your museum – your sayThe New Museum for WA is being created in partnership with the people of WA and we want to hear from you. Tell us what you want to see in the New Museum and share your story. Read more Article Western Australian Museum
15 Jun 2016New chapter for WA Museum at State Library of WA The Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia are joining forces from July this year, with a space sharing arrangement that will see elements of the Museum’s popular family-based Discovery Centre remain in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre. From next month, the Museum will open a new Discovery Zone at the State Library while work is carried out to build a New Museum for Western Australia. The Museum will also operate a combined Library and Museum shop stocking a diverse range of products from both organisations.Read more News Flora Perrella
14 Jun 2016Western Swamp TortoiseDPAW’s Threatened Fauna: An Overview – Western Swamp Tortoise Pseudemydura umbrina Western Australia’s Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW) keeps an extensive list of threatened fauna in line with the Wildlife Conservation Act. On this list, 26 reptiles are listed as “fauna that is rare or likely to become extinct.” This includes the Western Swamp Tortoise, otherwise known as the Short-necked Tortoise, or Western Swamp Turtle.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
9 Jun 2016New exhibition at the WA Museum – Albany explores role of Royal Australian Navy in World War OneTouring exhibition War at Sea – the Navy in WWI opens at the Western Australian Museum – Albany this weekend. Among the stories told is that of Australia’s first submarine AE1 which disappeared while patrolling the seas near present day New Guinea on 14 September 1914. No trace of the vessel or its 35 crew has been found to this day. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said it is important to remember and recognise the contribution and commitment of Australian sailors and submariners in World War One.Read more News Sharna Craig
3 Jun 2016Preparing the Blue Whale for the New Museum The Blue Whale skeleton is one of the WA Museum’s largest and most loved specimens. It has a long and interesting history within the Museum and holds a special place in the hearts and memories of the people of our State. For nearly 120 years the WA Museum has been the home to this marine giant’s skeleton.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
3 Jun 2016Rough medicine on the high seasRough Medicine: Life and Death in the Age of Sail will open at the WA Maritime Museum on 11 June, 2016. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said the exhibition explores the fascinating history of how illness impacted upon and even shaped early sea voyages from the 17th Century until the advent of the steamship in the late 19th Century.Read more News Flora Perrella
2 Jun 2016New species of Long-nosed Bandicoot identified by WA Museum researcher Studying the teeth, skulls and skins of almost 100 bandicoots held in museum collections around Australia and in London has led a scientist from the Western Australian Museum to determine that animals previously thought to belong to the same species of Long-nosed Bandicoots are actually two distinctly different species.Read more News Sharna Craig
31 May 2016Dinosaurs and megafauna in the limelight at Perth Concert Hall From the red desert of Australia to the red carpet of the Perth Concert Hall, a collection of objects showcasing Australia’s ancient history are now on display in the Perth Concert Hall foyer. The Western Australian Museum has partnered with the Perth Concert Hall to display a selection of objects from its Earth and Planetary Sciences collection while the Museum's Perth site undergoes the biggest redevelopment in its 125-year history. Read more News Sharna Craig