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WA Museum Boola Bardip

Meet the Museum
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Are you curious to find out more about what goes on behind the scenes at the Museum? This monthly program delves into the less visible part of the Museum’s work, as our scientists, researchers, historians and curators share their expertise and passions.

Image shows an artist at work painting a moth from the Museum's collection. Her work is very detailed. There are Museum specimen jars also on her work bench. The image is taken from above her head.
Public Program

Meet the Museum: Collections, Creativity & Conservation

Join artist and environmental scientist Chelsea Hopkins-Allan as she explores how museum collections can inspire creative practice, deepen environmental understanding, and reveal the hidden diversity of the natural world in our latest Meet the Museum talk series.

WA Museum Boola Bardip

4.45pm for a 5pm start.

This colourful image is a reconstruction of what the new to science WA koala might have looked like. It is holding on to the side of a tree. There is bushland in the background.
Public Program

Meet the Museum: The lost Koala of Western Australia

This National Science Week, discover how Museum scientists identified a lost species of koala. Join Helen Ryan, a member of the Museum’s research team behind this discovery, to learn more about this remarkable species and what sets it apart from modern koalas.

WA Museum Boola Bardip

4.45pm for a 5pm start.

three people are on a beach with the ocean behind them. One person is sitting on a rock, the others are standing' All art holding some artwork showing fish.
Public Program

Meet the Museum: From Tall Tales to True Scales

Behind every fishing tale is a fish shaped by biology, behaviour, and the environment it inhabits. Join Wayne Walters, science communicator and founder of Blue Crew, for an interactive session that blends marine science with creative expression.

WA Museum Boola Bardip

4.45pm for a 5pm start