11 Jan 2016The Bird 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 of the Bird Gallery, with insights from Western Australian Museum Ornithology Curator, Ron Johnstone.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
5 Jan 2016Butterfly Gallery InterviewButterfly Gallery Interview with Trish McDonald 22/12/2015 - Lisa Barnes on 6PR's Afternoons program interviews Trish McDonald New Museum Project Director on the decant of the butterfly gallery. © 6PR Perth.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
4 Jan 2016The Butterfly GalleryThe Western Australian Museum is 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 what the decant of the Butterfly Gallery will involve, with input from Western Australian Museum Curator of Entomology, Nikolai Tatarnic, and collection manager Brian Hanich. Read more Article Western Australian Museum
24 Dec 2015Vale Dr William Henry "Harry" Butler AO CBE (25 March 1930 – 11 December 2015) Dr Harry Butler, respected Australian naturalist, TV presenter, environmental consultant and WA Museum employee, passed away on Friday 11 December, 2015. Vale Dr William Henry "Harry" Butler AO CBE Image copyright WA Museum Read more Article Western Australian Museum
17 Dec 2015DINOSAURS UNLEASHED AT WA MUSEUM – PERTHDinosaurs will roam the WA Museum – Perth this summer as the Museum welcomes back Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo performances from 4 January, 2016.Read more News Flora Perrella
17 Dec 2015Reimagining Perth's Lost Wetlands Like many other cities around the world, Perth was founded on wetlands. These environments have played a significant role in the city’s development, and are important habitats for a range of species.Read more Online Exhibition Katherine Jeffries
15 Dec 2015Da Vinci Machines at WA Maritime MuseumExperience Leonardo da Vinci’s genius first-hand when Da Vinci Machines opens at the Western Australian Maritime Museum on Saturday 19 December. This exciting exhibition features 60 of his visionary inventions in the areas of flying machines, nautical innovations and machines of war, alongside 15 beautifully crafted replicas of famous da Vinci artworks. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said the exhibition is an extraordinary and captivating experience. Read more News Flora Perrella
14 Dec 2015Recent First World War discoveries at WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitors to the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder now have the opportunity to view the Australian War Memorial’s extraordinary travelling exhibition Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt. 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
10 Dec 2015Nature photography exhibition to show at the WA Museum – Albany The 2015 Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year collection will open at the Western Australian Museum – Albany this weekend, with Western Australian photographers winning two of the categories. The competition’s overall winning image ‘Feathered Symmetry’ by David Stowe will also be on display. Captured in New South Wales, it shows a white-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterusI) stretching its wings, ready for take-off.Read more News Sharna Craig
4 Dec 2015Stories about Indigenous Australians at war presented at the Western Australian Museum – PerthTouring exhibition Indigenous Australians at war from the Boer War to the present is now on display the Western Australian Museum – Perth tomorrow. The exhibition from the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne presents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ stories from all over Australia. WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said it is important to acknowledge the Aboriginal men and women who served their country during wars.Read more News Flora Perrella
3 Dec 2015New exhibition at the WA Museum – Geraldton explores role of Royal Australian Navy in WWI Touring exhibition War at Sea – the Navy in WWI opens at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton this weekend. It tells the story 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 – Geraldton Manager Catherine Belcher said it is important to share the experiences of Australian sailors in the First World War.Read more News Sharna Craig
27 Nov 2015Santa to visit the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s beachThe Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder is bringing the beach and a special guest to the Goldfields next weekend. To coincide with the annual Saint Barbara’s Festival, children will have the opportunity to meet Santa and participate in free activities during the Museum’s Open Day on Saturday 5 December. WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder Manager Zoe Scott said there will be art and craft activities, a hula hoop competition, face-painting, community stalls, water-based games, and lots of fun to be had on the beach.Read more News Sharna Craig
26 Nov 2015Hackett HallHackett Hall, located in the Western Australian Museum - Perth, is a stunning room with a long and fascinating history. To find out more about Hackett Hall, visit the New Museum Project website. Read more Article Western Australian Museum
19 Nov 2015Migrant family on Welcome Walls targeted in a scam attemptJoint Media Statement Consumer Protection and Western Australian Museum A migrant family whose names appear on Fremantle’s Welcome Walls has been the target of a scam attempt, with Consumer Protection and the Western Australian Museum concerned that others in WA’s migrant community may also be targeted.Read more News Danny Murphy
13 Nov 2015Portals to the sea at the WA Maritime MuseumPortals: past present future is a thought provoking exhibition by local Western Australian artists that evokes the imagination of maritime exploration. The exhibition opens at the Western Australian Maritime Museum this Saturday, 14 November 2015. Portals offers a unique opportunity to experience the work of twenty three emerging and established local artists whose artworks were inspired by the Western Australian Maritime Museum Collection and the working Port of Fremantle.Read more News Flora Perrella
12 Nov 2015Making a Box: in conclusion The following article was written by Xavier Leenders, Assistant Curator of Anthropology at the Western Australian Museum.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
6 Nov 2015Red-tailed PhascogaleDPAW’s Threatened Fauna: An Overview – Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura 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 Red-tailed Phascogale, or Kenngoor. The Red-tailed Phascogale was once widely distributed across the Australian mainland, but is now thought to only survive in small areas across south-west Western Australia.Read more Article Western Australian Museum
5 Nov 2015Contemporary Aboriginal fibre art showcased at the Western Australian Museum – PerthAn exhibition showcasing fibre work that has become a fundamental part of Central and Western Desert culture will be on display at the Western Australian Museum in Perth from Saturday 7 November. Pampa Mara Tjanpi: Tjanpi works by elderly women from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands features an array of fibre artworks emerging from Tjanpi Desert Weavers, the dynamic social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council.Read more News Flora Perrella
3 Nov 20152015 Banshu-OriLast week, Akira Isogawa came to the Western Australian - Perth to see the 2015 Banshu-Ori exhibition. This is a photo gallery of his visit and of the exhibition. You can see the news release here, in case you missed it! Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
30 Oct 2015Discover Australia’s biodiversity hotspot at a free lecture Explore a Western Australian treasure trove with award-winning journalist and author Victoria Laurie when she presents The Southwest: Australia’s biodiversity hotspot at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton on Thursday 29 October. A fragile ecology that is home to over 150,000 species, the southwest area of Australia is one of only 34 such hotspots in the world and the only one on this continent.Read more News Jane Rosevear