Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor brings more than 225 artefacts from the Qin and Han dynasties to WA Museum Boola Bardip from 28 June 2025.
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Artist Chelsea Hopkins-Allan draws inspiration from microscopic museum specimens to highlight the hidden beauty and vital role of often-overlooked species like moths.
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We're thrilled that Barry Bellotti, Regional Manager Business and Strategy at Gwoonwardu Mia, has been named a finalist in the Individual Excellence in Aboriginal Tourism category in the 2025 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards for Individual Excellence.
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Join the WA Maritime Museum Choir for National Reconciliation Week 2025
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The West Australian Museum’s Anthropology Department has a focus on documenting the social and cultural vibrancy of our state. While a number of our collections represent WA Aboriginal cultures, we also collect items of significance from around the world!
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The Western Australian Museum is now seeking expressions of interest from Western Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples to join its Aboriginal Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee provides advice, support and guidance to the Museum, particularly on those matters relating to the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples.
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The Western Australian Museum is part of an international team of 29 leading shark palaeontologists and neontologists who, last year, published research that challenged recent interpretation of the body shape of the megatooth shark Otodus megalodon.
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A newly described deep-sea barnacle is providing clues about a potential codependent relationship in our oceans.
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It's International Women's Day, and we're tuning into a story from our History Collection about Margaret Graham MBE.
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We have enjoyed welcoming so many new and returning visitors through our doors for free all summer and want to give everyone the chance to continue visiting all year round with a 50% discount on all membership levels.
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New digital artworks will take over the Hackett Hall and Francis Street façades at WA Museum Boola Bardip throughout 2025, as part of the Museums ongoing public art program.
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Spanning Western Australia’s sprawling country, Revealed displays the rich diversity and dynamism in Aboriginal art and cultures today.
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A flipper bone discovered three decades ago by the Western Australian Museum has been confirmed as the youngest recorded ichthyosaur (“fish lizard”) from the Southern Hemisphere – dating back 94 to 97 million years – and is potentially the youngest record from anywhere in the world.
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Ngaluk Waangkiny (Us Talking), a powerful multi-media storytelling exhibition sharing the legacy of ten respected Elders, is opening at the Museum of the Goldfields, running from Friday 21 February to Monday 28 April 2025.
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The Western Australian Museum has identified the wreck of a scuttled Dutch submarine in Wadjemup Kepawirn Scuttle Ground off the WA coast near Fremantle, to be that of HNLMS K XI, a World War II Royal Netherlands Navy class patrol submarine.
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Kimberley Warrurru (Reefs): Connecting Culture, Science and the Sea, a new exhibition on display at the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip, showcases the incredible marine life of the Kimberley and the discoveries made through a unique collaboration between scientists, the Wunambal Gaambera Uunguu Rangers and Traditional Owners.
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After 48 years of unwavering service WA Museum Executive Director of Collections and Research, Diana Jones has retired and will continue her valuable research work as a WA Museum Research Associate.
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