22 Mar 2016WAM Head of Terrestrial Zoology elected Vice-PresidentDr Mark Harvey, Head of the Department of Terrestrial Zoology at the Western Australian Museum, has recently been elected Vice-President of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for a six year term. The ICZN is the international body that oversees the naming of all animal species worldwide. ICZN is mandated by the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and members are elected by zoologists attending General Assemblies of the IUBS or other international congresses.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
14 Mar 2016Digital Interactive Trail: Pineapples, Things and StuffThis content relates to the Digital Interative Trail - Pineapples, Things and Stuff. Click here to find out how to participate! Download the Everythere app here for Apple Beware - spoilers below.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
14 Mar 2016Compelling WA press photography on displayThe work of WA’s most exciting news photographers has been captured in the 2016 WA Press Photographer of the Year exhibition, currently on display at the Western Australian Museum in Perth. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said the Museum is delighted to host this year’s exhibition. “This exhibition gives eyewitness accounts of this State’s major news events, sporting moments and incredible personal stories, captured by Western Australian photographers over the past year,” Mr Coles said.Read more News Flora Perrella
14 Mar 2016Koombana Bay archaeological excavations 8-16 February 2016The Bunbury whalers Photo Gallery of the 2016 Dig Read more Article Western Australian Museum
9 Mar 2016Stories about Indigenous Australians at war presented at the Western Australian Museum – Albany Indigenous Australians at war from the Boer War to the present opens at the Western Australian Museum – Albany this week. This touring exhibition from the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne presents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ stories from all over Australia, including from the Great Southern region of Western Australia. WA Museum – Albany Regional Manager Rachael Wilsher-Saa said it is really important to acknowledge Aboriginal men and women who served their country during wars.Read more News Sharna Craig
8 Mar 2016New search for 5th Old Dutch shipwreck The Western Australian Museum is embarking on a new search for a possible fifth Dutch East India Company (VOC) shipwreck, believed to have been lost at the Abrolhos Islands off the Mid West coast around 300 years ago. An aerial magnetometer survey of a section of the Pelsaert Group has begun, funded by long-time Museum supporter and Chairman of Austal Ltd, John Rothwell. The survey is looking for magnetic anomalies that would indicate the presence of another, as yet undiscovered, historic shipwreck.Read more News Flora Perrella
2 Mar 2016New exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum explores role of Royal Australian Navy in First World WarTouring exhibition War at Sea – the Navy in WWI opens at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle on 12 March. Amongst 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 hands 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 the First World War.Read more News Flora Perrella
29 Feb 2016Behind the Scenes: Mammal Gallery DecantThe Mammal Gallery decant from the Western Australian Museum - Perth to the Collections and Research Centre (CRC) at Welshpool has been a huge undertaking for all involved. It allowed Museum staff the opportunity to update records and complete conservation work on the precious specimens. Soula Veyradier, Manager, Western Australian Museum - Perth, said that the decant was a unique opportunity to work with the animals outside their display cases. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 Feb 2016Exhibition reveals the truth about Australia’s past adoption practicesA new exhibition, Without Consent: Australia’s past adoption practices, opens at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Friday 26 February. It brings to light a previously hidden aspect of Australia’s past: forced adoptions, and has offered those affected an opportunity to share their experiences – some for the first time. WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder Regional Manager Zoe Scott said it is estimated at least 150,000 adoptions took place from the 1950s-1970s and a significant number of them were forced.Read more News Sharna Craig
22 Feb 2016Recent First World War discoveries at the WA Museum – GeraldtonVisitors to the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton will have the opportunity to view the Australian War Memorial’s extraordinary travelling exhibition Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt from 27 February 2016. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said it was a privilege to display the unique First World War exhibition, an exquisite collection of black and white images printed from the original glass-plate negatives, as part of the Museum’s Centenary of Service commemorative calendar.Read more News Sharna Craig
19 Feb 2016Two new ancient kangaroo species discovered Two new species of extinct kangaroos that could be the ancestors of all modern kangaroos and wallabies in Australia, have been discovered by a team of scientists from the Western Australian Museum, the University of Queensland, and the University of New South Wales. The new species were described from fossils – including skulls – collected from the Riversleigh World Heritage area in north-western Queensland last century.Read more News Sharna Craig
11 Feb 2016Artists sought for public art at New Museum $1.6 million allocated for public art at the new museum Public art to reflect and interpret the stories of Western Australia Artist teams to develop either a single work or multiple works Artist teams are being asked to register their interest in creating the public art for Western Australia’s new museum. Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said the public art would reflect and interpret the stories of WA.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 Feb 2016Diamonds to Dinosaurs Gallery DecantThe Diamonds to Dinosaurs Gallery is currently being decanted, the process having starting in the first week of February 2016. The decant is being overseen by Alex Bevan, who is the Head of Department, Earth and Planetary Science, and Curator of Mineralogy and Meteorites at the Western Australian Museum.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
4 Feb 2016Four new deep-sea Xenoturbella species discovered Four new species of Xenoturbella have been discovered living in the deep waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean by a team of scientists from the Western Australian Museum, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium & Research Institute in the United States.Read more News Flora Perrella
1 Feb 2016FameLab Image copyright FameLab Attention early-career researchers! The British Council is looking for passionate scientists, engineers and mathematicians with a peer-reviewed discovery and a flair for public engagement to compete in its international science communication competition, FameLab.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
25 Jan 2016The Mammal GalleryThe Western Australian Museum are getting ready to build a New Museum for Western Australia, and an initial step in this process is to decant the thousands of specimens and objects from the WA Museum – Perth into safe storage at the Collections and Research Centre (CRC) in Welshpool. This article explores the history and decant of the Mammal Gallery, with insights from Western Australian Museum Mammology Dr Kenny Travouillon.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 Jan 2016Dirk HartogThis website commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first recorded European landing on the west Australian coast.Read more Online Exhibition Katherine Jeffries
19 Jan 2016Live music and harbour sunsets at the WA Maritime Museum Fremantle will add another string to its creative bow when the WA Maritime Museum opens its doors to live music and sunset bars from Sunday 31 January. Western Australian Museum CEO Alec Coles said the Museum has partnered with RTRFM to bring Harbour Sundays to Fremantle for five consecutive weeks. “We will be hosting live music on the balcony of the Maritime Museum with a spectacular view across the river and out to the Indian Ocean. There will be a licenced bar to help people fully enjoy the entertainment and the stunning sunsets!” Mr Coles said.Read more News Flora Perrella
18 Jan 2016ChuditchDPAW’s Threatened Fauna: An Overview – Chuditch / Western Quoll Dasyurus geoffroii 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, 44 mammals are listed as “fauna that is rare or likely to become extinct.” This includes the Chuditch (Noongar name), otherwise known as the Western Quoll, or Western Native Cat.Read more Article Western Australian Museum