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WA Museum Boola Bardip

Talks

Step into dynamic conversations that bring big ideas to life with WA Museum Boola Bardip’s Talks Program.

Explore bold questions, fresh perspectives and fascinating stories, led by people who are passionate about what they know. Hear from inspiring voices across science, culture and creativity as they share their work through storytelling, conversation and close connections to museum objects. These are not lectures, but shared experiences, designed to be engaging, accessible and thought‑provoking.

Meet the Museum invites you to hear from curators, scientists, researchers and historians as they share their stories, discoveries and objects they care about most.

Dive deeper into the themes, artefacts and questions that sit at the heart of our temporary exhibitions and displays with Exhibition and Guest Talks.

Many talks include opportunities to ask questions, share perspectives, and linger afterwards, to keep the conversation going.

Missed a session? Explore recordings of select past events online: Conversations at the WA Museum

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Public Program

Dive Bar

Once a month on Friday night, explore the OceanXperience exhibition after dark, enjoy insightful talks, or simply relax with ocean‑inspired tunes and a drink in hand.

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Friday 12 June 2026 | 5.30pm - 9pm
Friday 10 July 2026 | 5.30pm - 9pm
Friday 14 August 2026 | 5.30pm - 9pm
Friday 11 September 2026 | 5.30pm - 9pm
Friday 2 October 2026 | 5.30pm - 9pm

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Public Program

Slow Looking Club

Slow Looking Club encourages you to linger on Museum object, allowing creativity to unfurl and connection with the world to deepen.

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Public Program

Movies at the Museum: OceanXplorers Episodes
Join us for screenings of OceanXplorers Episodes which follow a team of scientists and explorers as they journey across our planet’s vast and largely uncharted oceans, revealing the extraordinary life and stories hidden beneath the surface.
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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.

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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.