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WA Museum Boola Bardip

Live Arts

Up late and after hours, experience an evolving program of live arts, music and film.

Designed for those looking for a new way to visit WA Museum Boola Bardip, explore programs taking place in interesting and exciting locations often out of bounds to our daytime visitors.

Prepare to embrace aesthetic pleasures, sounds, and a totally new experience.

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Friday 26 April | 6.30am – 8am
Doors | 6am
Performance | 6.30am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Sun Returns: Matt Rösner

Set your alarm clock for a meditative sunrise listening session with Matt Rösner

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Second Wednesday of the month | 5.30pm - 7.30pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

QUoir

Perth's monthly family and community choir led by Queency and Tara John of the WA Bad Ass Gospel Choir

Image of Lily Tait, Melbourne Composer, in concert holding a violin.

Friday 17 May | 6am - 8am
Doors | 6am
Performance | 6.30am

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Sun Returns: Lily Tait

Set your alarm clock for a meditative listening session with Lily Tait set against the backdrop of the sunrise

Aboriginal elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan wears a khaki coloured ranger shirt and a black stockmans hat and sits out on country at dusk, with the trees and grass beginning to darken behind him.

Daily | 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3pm
Saturday 25 May – Monday 3 June

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Collisions VR

Take a virtual journey to the land of Aboriginal Elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan and the Martu peoples in the Western Australian desert.

A blonde woman in a beige jumper and white band stands in front of a light pink background. On the background is the illustrated image of a white bird, a purple bird and a red ribbon.

Thursday 30 May | 6pm - 7.15pm
Thursday 29 August | 6pm - 7.15pm
Thursday 28 November | 6pm - 7.15pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

West Australian Opera & Australian Baroque

Join West Australian Opera and Australian Baroque on an exquisite musical journey celebrating the grandeur of the Baroque era with four beautiful concerts.

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Sunday 2 June | Various experience times

4.40pm | First VR Experience commences
5.30pm | Documentary commences
6.15pm | Second VR Experience commences

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Screening: Always Was, Always Will Be

Join us for a screening of the 1989 documentary Always Was, Always Will Be — a testimonial record of the ten-month-long camp at the Old Swan Brewery in peaceful protest to protect the Ancestral First Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' beliefs.

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Friday 21 June | 5.30pm - 9pm

WA Museum Boola Bardip

Winter Moon Solstice

Get dressed up in your best retro-futurism looks and enjoy a music-based special edition of the Lunar Lounge featuring an eclectic mix of musical performances.