Five years ago today, the world-class WA Museum Bool Bardip officially opened to the public after a $400 million rebuild.
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A newly discovered 17th-century shipwreck survivor camp is now protected under Western Australia’s heritage laws.
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Five years ago today, the world-class WA Museum Bool Bardip officially opened to the public after a $400 million rebuild.
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Tom Ferguson's appointment to Fortescue Marsh Biodiversity Project.
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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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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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It has been one year since the WA Museum Boola Bardip opened its doors and the Museum is inviting all West Australians to join the party!
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Detail is important when working in a museum and no one knows better than WA Museum preparator and taxidermist Kirsten Tullis.
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A stunning collection of photographs from Australia’s outback, bush and coast is making its way to the Museum of the Great Southern.
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The Australian Nurses at War exhibition opens today at the Museum of the Great Southern.
This reflective exhibition pays tribute to the women who have come face-to-face with war.
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Prepare to be transported back in time when some incredible dinosaurs arrive at the Museum of the Goldfields on Saturday 30 October 2021.
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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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