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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 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 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 proud to once again support the annual 16 Days in WA – stop violence against women campaign, from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) through to 10 December (Human Rights Day).

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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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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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