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In November 2025, the Western Australian Museum worked with the Australian Embassy and the Indonesian Heritage Agency to deliver a two-day workshop on museum management and curatorial practice at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta.
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Albany Then & Now: Historical Panoramas of Menang Noongar Boodja is an invitation to journey through time and place.
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Dr Mark Harvey milestone of naming more than 1,000 species - rare achievement. One of few living scientists to have achieved this.
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As you move through Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor, it’s easy to be swept away by the sheer scale of it all. Sometimes, it’s easy to miss things...
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The 2025–26 Emerging Curators Program has officially begun.
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When we hear the word shipwreck, it tends to conjure up images of storms, navigation errors and even tragedy. But did you know some shipwrecks reach the seabed by design?
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Long before Pokémon GO or Footy Cards existed, the biggest collecting mania was bird eggs!
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A group of Uunguu Rangers from Wunambal Gaambera Country in the North Kimberley have taken part in an Emerging Curators Workshop at Western Australian Museum’s Collection and Research Centre to exchange cultural and scientific knowledge.
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The Moon – mysterious, enigmatic, changing, waxing, and waning. Throughout human history, the Moon has been an object of intrigue, reverence, and curiosity. It has influenced cultures, driven scientific discovery, fueled imagination and inspired creativity.
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On 23 March 2024, the WA Maritime Museum opens its doors to JAMES CAMERON – CHALLENGING THE DEEP, an exhibition by acclaimed explorer and award-winning film-maker James Cameron.
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A brand-new free exhibition that explores Australia’s role in the space race is set to touch down at the Museum of Geraldton this weekend.
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WA Museum Anthropology and Archaeology staff have had the pleasure of hosting special guests from Kalumburu, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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A collaborative project between the Western Australian Museum (WA Museum) and the Department of Justice has encouraged prisoners at Bandyup Women's Prison to explore different styles of creative storytelling.
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Once thought to be extinct, a specimen of the elusive Night Parrot is now on display for the first time at the WA Museum Boola Bardip.
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The Western Australian Museum was part of an international team of 26 leading shark palaeontologists and neontologists who have challenged a recently published interpretation of the body shape of the megatooth shark Otodus megalodon.
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Are you looking for the ultimate way to entertain the kids throughout the school holidays? The Western Australian Museum is brimming with a wide variety of programs and events, ensuring children of all ages are entertained across our six locations around the State!
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A research team led by Dr Mark Harvey from the Western Australian Museum’s Terrestrial Zoology department has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders, bringing the total of named trapdoor spiders to over 200 in WA.
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This week, we were privileged to welcome Yawuru community members to our Collections and Research facility in Boorloo / Perth for their official cultural ceremony for the return of their ancestor "Roebuck Bay Man" from the Smithsonian Institute in the United States.
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