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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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Deep in the mangroves of Exmouth Gulf, scientists have identified a new species of crab: Parasesarma otiense.
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The WA Maritime Museum is honoured to be recognised as the Major Tourist Attraction for 2025 at the Fremantle Business Awards, presented by the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce.
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Stuart is a PhD student from The University of Western Australia with a passion for carabid beetles — those speedy, ground-dwelling insects that scurry across the Pilbara and still hold plenty of secrets. His research is all about uncovering new species, mapping where they live, and figuring out how land use affects them. He’s even diving into how these beetles “talk” to each other using sound — a quirky behaviour that scientists are only just beginning to understand.
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As part of the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours, former WA Museum Curator of Crustacea, Dr Raymond W. George, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to science and to the community of Albany.
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A delicate shelled necklace arrived at the Western Australian Museum in 2013 as part of the Cook Collection, but it brought more questions than answers.
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They may be tiny, delicate crabs no bigger than a fingernail, but the discovery of two new porcelain crab species in Western Australian waters is a big win for science.
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WA Maritime Museum opens the From Nonna with Love: Stories of Tradition and Triumph exhibition - on display from 27 September 2025 to 20 April 2026.
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From Japan to the Pilbara, a kimono and its accessories tell a tale of friendship and cultural exchange in WA’s far north in the 1930s.
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Planning your visit doesn’t have to be as complicated as preparing an army for the afterlife. Here are our top insider tips to make the most of your time at this world-exclusive exhibition.
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School holidays at the WA Museum are made for making – making art, making discoveries, making memories, and making time together.
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WA Maritime Museum nominated in 2025 Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Awards, Tourism Attraction category
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The Museum is up for Hall of Fame inclusion after winning back-to-back Major Tourist Attraction golds — and is vying for a new award category for the very first time.
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