21 Jun 2010Frogs and reptiles of Western AustraliaThe following gallery features a selections of frogs and reptiles from WA. Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
21 Jun 2010WA Museum CEO awarded in Queen's Birthday honours The Western Australian Museum’s new chief executive officer Alec Coles has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Mr Coles was recognised for his services to museums and in particular his seven and a half years as director of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. As director he was responsible for the £26m (AUD$45m) development of the Great North Museum which included the redevelopment of a major museum site, its extension and the installation of new displays throughout.Read more News Western Australian Museum
9 Jun 2010An introduction to Aquatic ZoologyThis gallery introduce the Aquatic Zoology to the world. It shows research work, specimens, collection pieces, reef action photos, animals in the natural state and much more.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 May 2010Patrick Baker: 36 years of shipwreck photography –Gallery 2Patrick Baker was the Western Australian Museum's shipwrecks photographer. This series of photo galleries explores his amazing career and catalogues the photos taken between 1970 - 2005. The second gallery focuses on the photos of shipwrecks in museums and locations around the world.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 May 2010Patrick Baker: 36 years of shipwreck photography –Gallery 1Patrick Baker was the Western Australian Museum's shipwrecks photographer. This series of photo galleries explores his amazing career and catalogues the photos taken between 1970 - 2005. This first gallery focuses on the photos of Patrick in field.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 May 2010Nick Cave – the exhibitionThis gallery contains a selection of images that were on display during Nick Cave - the exhibition held at Western Australian Museum - Perth from the 23rd May - 19th July 2009.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 May 2010Look West – The PhotoshootOn the 20th November 2009, the Western Australian Museum proudly launched Exposed! The story of swimwear with a fashion parade of local Western Australian designers called ‘Look West! Western Australian Swimwear Design Summer 2009-10’ at the Western Australian Museum – Maritime. This is a gallery of the photoshoot from that function.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
25 May 2010Look West! – The ParadeOn the 20th November 2009, the Western Australian Museum proudly launched Exposed! The story of swimwear with a fashion parade of local Western Australian designers called ‘Look West! Western Australian Swimwear Design Summer 2009-10’ at the Western Australian Museum – Maritime. This is a gallery of the fashion parade from that function.Read more Photo Galleries Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010HMAS Sydney (II)The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II) is Australia’s greatest naval tragedy. Its disappearance in 1941 without a trace left a legacy of uncertainty for decades. In March 2008, renewed efforts to find the Sydney came to fruition, confirming her fate and bringing closure to the mystery. This website expertly documents the entire Sydney story, from its construction and early battles in the Mediterranean Sea, to its final battle with the HSK Kormoran, and right through to its eventual discovery and the ensuing Cole Inquiry.Read more Online Exhibition Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Marine Life of the Dampier ArchipelagoThe Dampier Archipelago lies off the north-western coast of Australia, approximately 1550 km north of Perth. Between 1998 and 2000 a partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside Energy Ltd. was formed to survey and collect the marine flora and fauna of the Dampier Archipelago.Read more Online Exhibition Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Nick Cave – the exhibition at the WA Museum - Perth Australian musician, songwriter and author Nick Cave is now the subject of his own exhibition which will be hosted by the Western Australian Museum – Perth from May - July 2009. The exhibition was created and designed by the Arts Centre in Melbourne and is touring nationally in 2009. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the WA Museum Diana Jones said the exhibition was an exciting opportunity to once again bring a contemporary music exhibition to the people of Western Australia.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Media Statement - New MuseumChair of the Board of Trustees for the Western Australian Museum Mr Tim Ungar has welcomed the State Government’s announcement to fund a new museum. “The Western Australian Museum has a long and proud history within the Cultural Centre and we look forward to the opportunity to develop a flagship State Museum,” Mr Ungar said. Since officially opening in 1891 the WA Museum has made major contributions to the collection, conservation and research of the State’s heritage.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Abundance of new species discovered and named in Western Australia Western Australia has proven itself a hotbed of biodiversity with scientists from the Western Australian Museum recently describing 19 newly discovered species. A fascinating underground crustacean without eyes and a spider hunting wasp are among those named. The scientists have devoted all new species names to Carolus Linnaeus, the founder of modern taxonomy.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Marine Bioresources Library launches at WA Museum to aid medical researchThe Western Australian Museum today launched WA’s first Marine Bioresources Library, providing assistance to biodiscovery researchers in their research into cures for cancer and other diseases. The WA Marine Bioresources Library (WAMBL) will be one of only three in Australia, with the other two based in Queensland.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Two New Frogs Discovered in WATwo new species of frogs have been discovered in Western Australia and announced this week by the Western Australian Museum. The discovery of the frogs from the high rainfall zone of the northwest Kimberley were formally described this week in the Records of the Western Australian Museum and Zootaxa.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010ericaamerica styles up to Nick Cave at the WA MuseumMusic and fashion will collide in an explosion of contemporary design this month as international fashion label ericaamerica launches an innovative new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. To celebrate the opening of Nick Cave - the exhibition, on tour from the Arts Centre, Melbourne, the WA Museum invited WA based style visionaries ericaamerica to curate a contemporary exhibition inspired by Nick Cave.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Explore the past with National Archaeology Week at the WA MuseumThe WA Museum – Maritime, the WA Museum – Shipwreck Galleries and the WA Museum - Albany are offering an exciting selection of archaeological events for budding adventurers to celebrate National Archaeology Week from the 17th – 23rd May.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Changes to opening hours at the Western Australian MuseumAs of Wednesday August 5, 2009 the Western Australian Museum will begin operating on a six-day week with all seven public sites. As with all the State's government agencies, the Museum faces a difficult financial climate, including tight public sector fiscal policies as well as pressure on its private funding partners.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Fremantle History Museum ClosureOn July 31, 2009, the Fremantle History Museum closed and the objects and artefacts on display moved to the WA Museum's Welshpool collections and research centre for assessment and curatorial conservation work. Following this work, the objects relevant to the Fremantle region will be relocated for exhibition in the WA Museum’s two other sites in the area, WA Museum Shipwrecks and WA Museum – Maritime.Read more News Western Australian Museum
10 May 2010Edward Burtynsky's Minescapes available nowAustralian Minescapes features a series of compelling and tactile large scale photographs of Australian mine sites taken from the air. From this perspective – through the eye of a master photographer – what some see as scars upon the landscape become extraordinary images of beauty and sensuality. This sumptuous, large format, casebound book also features a series of accessible and insightful essays on Burtynsky’s work, on photography and Australian landscape and art. These writers and critics include Ric Spencer, Michael Mitchell, Helen Ennis and Alasdair Foster.Read more News Western Australian Museum