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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Join us at the WA Maritime Museum this World Oceans Day for a special screening of Ocean with David Attenborough.
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Find out what's happening near you for National Reconciliation Week 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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Can you imagine how strong an egg must be to travel thousands of kilometres across the ocean?
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There are probably not a lot of things you can compare it to. Getting 300-odd bones out of storage where they have been carefully catalogued and housed for years is not quite the same as packing up a large house and unpacking all your things in a new home.
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Seadragons are a favourite of aquariums all over the world, but did you know they are a uniquely Australian creature?
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Bandicoots and bilbies are elusive in the fossil record. Not as famous as the koala or the kangaroo, fewer than 25 fossil species have been named.
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The development of WA Museum Boola Bardip was the perfect opportunity to not only go up, but to go down and continue digging around the site.
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A Gija creation story
This online interactive experience of the Gija Creation story ‘Jirraginy joo Goorrarndal: Frog and Brolga’ is an adaptation of the Gija permanent interactive display panel situated in The WA Museum’s Boola Bardip Origins Gallery.
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Western Australian Museum scientist Dr Kenny Travouillon has discovered the new oldest fossil bilby and bandicoot, which were found in central Australia.
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A survey made available by the Council of Australian Museum Directors (CAMD) has found that 78 million visitors attend its 22 museums onsite or online over the past year. These large numbers are in part because museums are some of the most trusted institutions in society.
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A compelling new exhibition using LEGO® bricks plunges enthusiasts into the stories behind eight of the world’s most fascinating shipwrecks.
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