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WA Museum Boola Bardip

Tours & events

Make the most of your Museum visit with a special tour or event.

GENERAL ADMISSION

Entry to WA Museum Boola Bardip is free until 10 October 2022. The Museum is open daily from 9.30am to 5pm.

Bookings
1. Book a ticket online or by calling 1300 134 081. This is recommended if you wish to visit on a particular day.
2. Walk-up entry is available each day — no booking required! However, you may experience a wait time during busy periods such as weekends.

If you register for a tour or an event, admission is included in your booking.

Gogo Digital Guide

Enhance your experience and access extra content with the Gogo Digital Guide.

The Gogo uses location awareness to locate and guide you around the Museum to discover more, accessing extra content and highlighting the many stories of WA.

Before your visit, download the app for free or borrow a device from the Information desk on your arrival.

A female monk wearing a yellow wrap garment sits smiling in a hall surrounded by wooden features (Hackett Hall, located at WA Museum Boola Bardip)

Mondays | From 14 March 2022
12.15pm – 12.45pm

No class on public holidays or during school holidays.

Happy Mind, Happy Life

Free 30 minute meditation sessions guided by Buddhist nun Kelsang Tara.

Image of a young toddler being held by a parent amonst dinosaurs skeletons

Wednesday 3, 24  & 31 August | 10am - 12pm 
Wednesday 7, 14 & 21 September | 10am - 12pm 
Wednesday 12 & 19 October | 10am - 12pm 

Let them roar! Baby friendly tour and sensory play

Adults with babies under 2 years of age are invited for a baby-friendly exhibition tour and sensory play morning to indulge both you and your babies senses.

red and blue lighting of man plugged into wires

Thursday 13 October | 6.30pm – 9pm

In the digital era, it's a fine line

Digital technologies provide a new means to exercise human rights, however, are too often also used to violate them.

Taxidermy items

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 October | 9.30am – 4.30pm
Two-day workshop

The art & science of taxidermy: BYO roadkill

Learn Museum taxidermy techniques in this two-day bird preservation workshop.

This image show medical staff around an operating table performing surgery
Bali 20 Years On

Join us for a special exhibition talk where our panel discuss the Bali 2002 terrorist attack and reflect on the heroes. 

Sawatdee dancer at Boola Bardip
Sawatdee

A monthly program that aims to promote and preserve Thai culture, heritage and language.

Image of a young child wearing a VR headset under Otto the Blue Whale
Dino Lab

Time to celebrate all things dinosaurs with a full day of free programs and activities!

Children engaging with museum exhibit
Young Adventurers

Let’s visit the museum in French and in Spanish!

children hold museum objects in their hands

Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays | 10.30am 

Commences

Monday 17 October

Duration

30 minutes

Discovery time
Join us for 30 minutes of early-learning activity time in one of our galleries.
Storyteller sharing his stories

Saturday 19 & 26 February | 9.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 21 & 28 May | 9.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 23 & 30 July | 9.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 3 & 10 September | 9.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 22 & 29 October | 9.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday 19 & 26 November | 9.30am - 1.30pm

What's Your Story?

Everyone's got a story. What's yours?

Ceramicist Jason Lim creates a clay artwork
, Saturday 22 October 2022

Saturday 22 – Wednesday 26 October
Daily | 10am – 4pm

Artist In Residence: Jason Lim

When the inside is outside and under is above – ceramic performance artist Jason Lim creates an original stand-alone performance work at exclusively for Boola Bardip.

Instructor doing yoga

Saturdays | 9.30am
Program does not run during school holidays.

Vinyasa Yoga

Quieten the mind and strengthen the body.

People doing yoga in Hackett Hall

20 November | 9.30am - 10.45am

Power Flow Yoga

Join an expert-led yoga flow experience in the Museum.

Power of Sound event in Hackett Hall 2021
The Power of Sound

Relieve stress and anxiety while deepening your connection to self.

ice burg with a back drop of blue ocean
, Tuesday 1 November 2022
, Tuesday 1 November 2022
, Tuesday 1 November 2022
, Tuesday 1 November 2022

Tuesday 1 November - Thursday 15 December
Daily | 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Saturday & Sunday only | 3pm

Antarctica VR Experience

This is your last chance to experience a day in the life of Antarctic scientists as they research this mysterious continent.

red guitar pictured in reflections gallery

Saturday 5, 12, 19 & 26 November | 1pm – 2pm

Music of the Museum tour
Join us as we explore the music of the Museum from ancient song lines to synthesizers, whale song to elevator music.
Chinese calligraphy

Sunday 6 March 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 3 April 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 1 May | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 5 June 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 7 August 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 4 September 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 6 November 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm
Sunday 4 December 2022 | 10.30am - 12pm

Discover China

A variety of games & activities focused on Chinese culture & heritage.

Two older museum visitors are looking at a vase behind glass
, Sunday 6 November 2022

Sunday 6 November - Sunday 13 November
Daily | 11.30am - 1pm

WA Seniors Week Conversations on Collections
Celebrate WA Seniors Week in Reflections Gallery by examining the unique perspectives and experiences that have shaped our State’s identity and sense of place.