25 Jul 2019Captivating images of the natural world on show at the Museum of the Great SouthernThe 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year collection will go on display at the Museum of the Great Southern on Thursday 1 August. The stunning exhibition, produced by the South Australian Museum, celebrates the beauty of the natural world through photographs by professional, emerging and amateur photographers who have shown impeccable timing, artistry and technique to capture our extraordinary world. As ever, there is an extremely impressive junior section.Read more News Flora Perrella
16 Jul 2019Expression of Interest: WA Museum Aboriginal Advisory CommitteeThe WA Museum is seeking expressions of interest from Western Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples to join its Aboriginal Advisory Committee. The Committee’s role is to advise the WA Museum on issues relating to:Read more News Western Australian Museum
3 Jul 2019Planet Shark: Predator or PreyFrom this Saturday the WA Maritime Museum is shining a light into the world of some of the most misunderstood animals on Earth, sharks. Western Australian Museum CEO Alec Coles said the Museum’s latest exhibition Planet Shark: Predator or Prey, developed by Grande Exhibitions with assistance from experts in sharks, aquariums, and ocean cinematography, travelled through Europe and the US with a determined focus on creating a greater understanding of these incredible animals.Read more News Flora Perrella
28 Jun 2019WA Museum celebrates strong relationship with the NetherlandsThe Ambassador to Australia of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Her Excellency Mrs Marion Derckx, has taken a hard hat tour of WA’s New Museum site in the Perth Cultural Centre to see first-hand where some of the stories of our significant shared cultural heritage will be on display.Read more News Hillary Henry
6 Jun 2019World Oceans Day The Western Australian Museum’s Aquatic Zoology department boasts a wide collection of specimens ranging from tiny crustaceans to large shark skeletons. These specimens are either wet specimens preserved in alcohol or dry specimens stored in glass jars. Diving head first during fieldwork expeditions, we have a dedicated team of researchers who are responsible for building and contributing to these collections and the stories behind the specimens.Read more Article
6 Jun 2019Barnacles: The Forgotten SpeciesImagine spending most of your life standing on your head and eating with your feet. Sounds impossible? Well, that’s exactly how barnacles spend most of their lives.Read more Article
6 Jun 2019Never Underestimate The Power Of MolluscsRanging from snails to clams to octopus, Molluscs are the second largest group of marine invertebrates (animals without a backbone). Dr Lisa Kirkendale, Curator of Molluscs in the Western Australian Museum describes these invertebrates as 4 groups:Read more Article
6 Jun 2019Nudibranchs, The Rock Stars Of Our Oceans Brightly coloured and slow-moving, these creatures are pretty easy to identify and hard to forget once you’ve seen them. Nudibranchs are mesmerizing sea slugs that gracefully slither across our oceans.Read more Article
6 Jun 2019Ocean Cleaners Under ThreatWhen you think of sponges, the first thing that comes to mind would probably be the cleaning sponge in your kitchen. Believe it or not, those cleaning sponges used to come from the ocean. Divers walked along ocean floors plucking sponges off the sea bottom.Read more Article
29 May 2019Dive into the gritty story of the pearling industry and its peopleLustre: Pearling & Australia, an exhibition showcasing the unique and important role that pearls and pearling have played in our nation’s history, returns to Western Australia for its premier regional tour opening at the Museum of the Goldfields this Saturday 25 May 2019.Read more News Hillary Henry
28 May 2019New Museum will champion WA STEM Skills Strategy For more than 125 years the Western Australian Museum has applied Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) expertise to identifying and documenting our State’s natural history for the benefit of future generations. When the New Museum for WA opens in the Perth Cultural Centre next year, it will be a key platform for promoting and encouraging STEM culture across all sections of the community.Read more News Hillary Henry
24 May 2019Western Australian Museum wins MAGNA Award for shipwreck researchThe Western Australian Museum, on behalf of a broad partnership, has won a prestigious Museums and Galleries National Award for international best practice in research for work on some of Australia’s earliest shipwrecks. The research uses new technology and techniques to improve our understanding of the past.Read more News Hillary Henry
22 May 2019Professor Barbara York Main, OAM27 January 1929–14 May 2019 By Dr Mark Harvey, Head of the Department of Arachnology for Western Australian Museum The Lady of the Spiders, Barbara Main (nee York), left a consummate scientific and literary legacy that was generated by her passion for the natural environment, dedicating her working life to documenting the spiders and other invertebrate inhabitants of Australia.Read more Article
21 May 2019Win a trip to London and a $1000 wardrobe from DFO! To celebrate the fashion icon that is Kylie Minogue, and in homage to Kylie on Stage currently on display at the WA Maritime Museum, you could win a trip for 2 to London with $3,000 spending money and a $1,000 wardrobe from the outlet fashion capital of Perth, DFO!Read more Article Western Australian Museum
29 Apr 2019Iconic Chinese dancing dragon gifted to the WA MuseumA spectacular, 50-metres long Chinese dancing dragon created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1999 has been donated to the Western Australian Museum by the Chung Wah Association. Museum CEO Alec Coles said the Dragon is a welcome addition to the State Museum’s Collection, and is the second culturally significant object donated by the Chung Wah Association in recent years.Read more News Flora Perrella
16 Apr 2019Museum of the Great Southern prepares for Roman invasionA new exhibition that transports visitors back 2,000 years to one of the most epic, technologically significant times in the history of humankind will open at the Museum of the Great Southern on Saturday 13 April. Ancient Rome: The Empire that Shaped the World will provide visitors the opportunity to learn about the military genius of Julius Caesar, admire the disruptive innovations that held the Roman Empire together for centuries, and marvel at the awe-inspiring technology used to construct Rome, which became known as the Eternal City.Read more News Hillary Henry
25 Mar 2019Experience Antarctica at the Museum of the GoldfieldsA spectacular virtual reality adventure that takes viewers on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to the mysterious continent of Antarctica will open at the Museum of the Goldfields on Saturday 30 March.Read more News Hillary Henry
21 Mar 2019New Brickman Cities powered by LEGO® CITY experience coming to the WA Maritime MuseumDiscover the history of the world’s greatest cities and help create your own cities of the future when Brickman Cities powered by LEGO® CITY arrives at the WA Maritime Museum in April. TEG Live and the Western Australian Museum have partnered to bring this exciting new interactive experience from Ryan ‘The Brickman’ McNaught to Western Australia.Read more News Flora Perrella
13 Mar 2019WA and UK researchers discover new species of extinct Australian mammal A team of researchers led by the Western Australian Museum and the Natural History Museum in London has discovered a new species of very small, incredibly fast extinct Australian Pig-footed Bandicoot. Dr Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammalogy at the WA Museum, said the discovery of Chaeropus yirratji is a breakthrough for science as little was known about the mammal previously.Read more News Hillary Henry
8 Mar 2019WA Museum Trustee honoured on International Women’s DayThe Western Australian Museum congratulates Irene Stainton, Chair of the WA Museum’s Aboriginal Advisory Committee (WAMAAC) and member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, on her induction into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame for outstanding service to preserving Aboriginal cultural heritage in Western Australia. Chair of the WA Museum’s Board of Trustees, Emeritus Professor Alan Robson, said Ms Stainton’s unwavering commitment to cultivating greater understanding of Aboriginal people and their culture had been exemplary.Read more News Flora Perrella