Visitors to WA Museum Boola Bardip will have a unique opportunity to step from exhibition to expedition on Saturday 18 July 2026 at 14:00 hours! This is when WA Museum scientists aboard the research vessel R/V OceanXplorer will broadcast live to the Museum while the vessel is undertaking a major deep-sea research expedition in the eastern Indian Ocean.
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Featuring more than 225 exceptional Chinese artefacts, including the warriors, the exhibition introduced Western Australian audiences to the life, legacy and afterlife of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shihuang.
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the Albany Then & Now Photography Competition which closed last Sunday, 7 June. Congratulations to everyone who entered the competition, it was a pleasure to review all the creativity and talent from across the region.
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Women in sport have been breaking tackles, records and expectations for decades, but many of the stories and treasured items from their histories have been missing from the WA Museum’s collection.
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Michael Malaxos Tsolakis OAM was just 16 when he left Kastellorizo, one of Greece’s easternmost Mediterranean islands, to begin a new life in Western Australia.
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On 13 April 1969, 23-year-old Lesley Meaney stood on the shore of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island and began swimming towards Fremantle. Approximately nine hours later, she reached the mainland, becoming the first woman to complete a solo crossing of the Rottnest Channel.
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Caterina Vallesi (née Cardinali) was married in Porto San Giorgio, Italy, in 1955 — but her groom, Umberto Vallesi, was thousands of kilometres away in Western Australia!
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Opening at the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Saturday 30 November 2024, and running until Sunday 9 February 2025, is a collaborative exhibition by Fremantle-based American/Australian photographer Brett Leigh Dicks.
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Journey over the edges of waterfalls, cross magical coastlines, and venture into the heart of an ancient landscape unlike anywhere else on Earth as the Western Australian Museum prepares to bring the world-premiere of The Great Kimberley Wilderness, to audiences across Western Australia.
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Gwoonwardu Mia has launched its first-ever art exhibition, Creation and Culture, showcasing the incredible talent of Gascoyne Aboriginal artists.
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Coral reefs are some of the most diverse and vital ecosystems on Earth, but there's more going on beneath the surface than meets the eye.
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Attracting more than 107,000 visitors from across WA, interstate, and overseas is just one of the many successes we are celebrating from our latest homegrown exhibition, To the Moon, which closed on 7 October.
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The Western Australian Museum is excited to announce its 2025 education program as part of Children’s Week.
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We are proud that the WA Maritime Museum has been crowned Champion Tourist Attraction for 2024 at the Fremantle Business Awards, organised by the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce.
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The Museum of Geraldton is honoured to host a first-time collaborative exhibition between two Aboriginal art centres from the Mid West: Yamaji Art (Geraldton) and Ku'Arlu Mangga (Northampton).
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The Australian Nurses at War exhibition will open at the Museum of the Great Southern on Saturday 19 October.
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Back in 1962, WA music industry pioneer Martin Clarke launched Clarion Records, changing the face of WA’s recording industry.
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The WA Museum’s flagship site, Boola Bardip, has been named as a finalist in the 2024 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards.
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Thanks to all who voted for the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle/ Walyalup in this year’s Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. We made it to the finals in both the Tourist Attraction and Hall of Fame categories.
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