An image of four bronze statues of a gorilla, an elephant, a rock wallaby and a bear surrounded by green cartoon leaves and a pink dotted line like those of a map
WA Museum Boola Bardip

Location

WA Museum Boola Bardip
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth / Boorloo

Dates

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Dates

This exhibition has now finished. Please visit Exhibitions to see what’s on at the Museum.

Friday 19 May – Sunday 3 September 2023

Tickets

Free event

 

Education resource

Learn more about our babies

 

 Accessibility

active wheelchair symbol, 100 percent visual rating symbol

 

This exhibition has now finished. Please visit Exhibitions to see what’s on at the Museum.

Help build awareness for vulnerable species and celebrate the incredible diversity of the animal kingdom at Wild About Babies — one of the world’s biggest public sculpture projects! 

WA Museum together with Perth Zoo and Perth Cultural Centre are bringing artists Gillie and Marc’s impressive bronze animal sculptures to Western Australia.

This is Perth’s chance to jump into a playground of 20 of the world’s most endangered baby animals, protected by their universal mother, a great eastern lowland gorilla.

A map of the locations of Wild About Babies Sculptures across the Perth Cultural Centre.

You can download an A4 map of the trail here.

Accessibility

This event is wheelchair accessible.

100% visual content rating – Wild About Babies has visual components.

If you have any questions about access, please get in touch with us via reception@museum.wa.gov.au or on 1300 134 081.

A children's passport booklet lies open revealing a page containing an image of a large Eastern Lowland gorilla with writing above, and a drawing of a Lion cub on the right

Use your passport to go on safari!

Spread the message of conservation with us, with our Wild About Babies passport!

You can download the passport to print at home here.

A child's drawing of a numbat coloured with red and brown
Reeves M. | Age 9 | Numbat

Wild About Drawing

To celebrate the arrival of Wild About Babies, WA Museum, Perth Zoo, and Perth Cultural Centre invited children aged 3 – 13 years-old to draw a picture of an endangered animal and respond to the question ‘why should we care about this species?’.

Explore their drawings and what they had to say about the animals in our world.

Take me to drawings!

Explore the sculpture trail

State of wild baby elephant
Wild Baby African Elephant
This little boy is completely dependent on his herd, needing lots of milk from his mum and protection from predators.
Wild Baby Arctic Fox statue on a green field
Wild Baby Arctic Fox
This little ball of white fluff is very curious to peak out one of the many entrances of his warm den.
Statue of wild baby giraffe
Wild Baby Giraffe
He may be the tallest animal in the world, but this baby giraffe prefers to hide for now.
Wild Baby Grevy's Zebra statue in a gallery
Wild Baby Grevy’s Zebra
This endangered Grevy’s Zebra is still very dependent on his mother and has just learnt her stripes so he doesn’t lose her.
Marsican brown bear statue on greenery
Wild Baby Marsican Bear
This critically endangered little bear is very special in Italy, there are only 50 of his kind left!

Are you wild about art?

After you’ve uncovered all the Wild Babies on the sculpture trail, witness some of the incredible artworks Gillie and Marc create in person at Epoch café. Grab a coffee and take in the 20 original paintings celebrating Wild About Babies on display.

A painting of a baby black rhino on a purple background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby giant panda on an orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of orange and pink across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a Lion cub on an orange and pink background with visible brushstrokes in shades of light blue, orange and purple across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby giraffe on an orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of light blue, orange and purple across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby leopard on an orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of light blue, orange and purple across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby hippo on a light blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue, pink and purple across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby eastern gorilla on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in dark and light shades of blue across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby elephant on a pink and orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of red orange and pink across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby polar on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby gorilla on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue and purple across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby Tiger on a pink and orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of red orange and pink across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby orangutan on a pink and orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of red orange and pink across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby rhino in side profile on a pink and purple background with visible brushstrokes in shades of pink purple and orange across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby zebra in side profile on a red and orange background with visible brushstrokes in shades of red orange and pink across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby rock wallaby on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue and purple across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby leopard on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby gorilla on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby chimp on a red background with visible brushstrokes in shades of red and pink across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
A painting of a baby African Elephant on a blue background with visible brushstrokes in shades of blue across the canvas and subject. The words Gillie and Marc are handwritten in the bottom left corner of the image.
Artwork by Gillie and Marc
A pair of hands holding two tiny quolls, one is black and one is a light grey. They both stare into the camera with large eyes

How you can make a difference

WWF is one of the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organisations, with over five million supporters and a global network active in more than 100 countries. Their mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. WWF-Australia has launched a bold program of action to Regenerate Australia.

Regenerate Australia aims to rehabilitate and restore wildlife and habitats and future-proof Australia against climate disasters. They are proud to be leading the way in creating and delivering innovative, high-impact sustainable solutions.

Donate directly to WWF here

 Exhibition proudly supported by 

Logo of APM in black lettering with the words enabling better lives underneath

 
The WA Museum logo reading WAM in large black letters and WA Museum Boola Bardip in smaller black letters

 
Logo of Gillie and Marc featuring a rabbit and a dog facing each other

A white background with Arts and Culture Trust in grey letters

Perth Zoo logo which reads Perth Zoo under an image of various animal prints with the caption saving wildlife underneath featuring a bear paw print

 
Logo of Love the Last

 
The World Wildlife Fund logo displaying the letters WWF under a drawing of a giant panda