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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 Australian Nurses at War exhibition will open at the Museum of the Great Southern on Saturday 19 October.
Back in 1962, WA music industry pioneer Martin Clarke launched Clarion Records, changing the face of WA’s recording industry.
The WA Museum’s flagship site, Boola Bardip, has been named as a finalist in the 2024 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards.
Thanks to all who voted for the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle/ Walyalup in this year’s Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. We made it to the finals in both the Tourist Attraction and Hall of Fame categories.
On 31 August, Museum in a Container and its latest exhibition Camels and Cameleers headed to the Chapman Valley Show, captivating visitors with stories from WA's past.
French Empress, Joséphine Bonaparte may be little-known, but her legacy is a profound contribution to the Australian and French cultural connection is the focus of the WA Maritime Museum’s latest digitally immersive exhibition, Empress Joséphine's Garden.
The Western Australian Museum has partnered with the Department of Justice to welcome a group of women from the Yirra Djinda Program that is run at the Boronia Pre-Release Centre for Women.
The Foundation for the WA Museum’s second strategic annual grant to the WA Museum will go towards two multi-year projects.
The WA Museum has confirmed that a shipwreck found in the Swan River in September 2023, is that of a barge owned by Mr Dearden, lost in 1882 whilst carrying limestone from Fremantle to Perth.
Nominations are now open for the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, and we need your support to nominate the WA Maritime Museum for the Tourist Attraction category.
Dust can be a nuisance on Earth, but beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes a real nightmare.
Prepare to be amazed this National Science Week as the Museum of the Goldfields bands together with other exciting organisations in the Goldfields region to ignite your curiosity with Science After Dark on Thursday 15 August from 5pm – 7.30pm.