Revealed – Western Australia’s largest Aboriginal art market and exhibition – returns to Boorloo/Perth in April 2026, presented by the Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia (AACHWA) in partnership with the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts and WA Museum Boola Bardip.
News and stories
In the news
A new long-nosed bandicoot species, Peroryctes trigonodon, has been discovered in the remote Baliem Valley of West Papua — the first new species in the genus Peroryctes in a century.
News
WA’s Kimberley region is now known for its red pindan dirt, rocky ground and long dry seasons but, around 250 million years ago, it was the shore of a shallow bay on the edge of a vast prehistoric ocean. Now, rediscovered fossils from the area reveal a surprisingly diverse marine amphibian community with unexpected global links.
News
WA Museum Boola Bardip has been named among the country's leading visitor attractions, recognsied by excellence across Australia's tourism industry.
News
From our blog
On 13 April 1969, 23-year-old Lesley Meaney stood on the shore of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island and began swimming towards Fremantle. Approximately nine hours later, she reached the mainland, becoming the first woman to complete a solo crossing of the Rottnest Channel.
Blog
Caterina Vallesi (née Cardinali) was married in Porto San Giorgio, Italy, in 1955 — but her groom, Umberto Vallesi, was thousands of kilometres away in Western Australia!
Blog
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...
Blog
Explore all stories
Beachcombers, divers, swimmers and anglers are being asked to help the Western Australian Museum find examples of a very rare marine sponge, Agelas axifera, known only to the Champion Bay area in Geraldton.
News
Indigenous Australians at war from the Boer War to the present opens at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder this week.
News
A Western Australian Museum-led study has discovered the oldest fossil remains of a new species of Pig-footed Bandicoot that lived in south west New South Wales between 2.5 and 3 million years ago.
News
- Brookfield Multiplex team awarded new Western Australian Museum contract
- Dramatic concept created by international architects OMA and Hassell
- Energy-efficient design connects contemporary and heritage buildings
News
A Western Australian Museum-led study has discovered two new species of extinct kangaroos that lived in ancient Australian rainforests between 24 to 18 million years ago in northern Queensland.
News
A compelling, online, interactive documentary created by the Western Australian Museum and documentary production company Periscope Pictures, together with interactive experience developers Hungry Sky, has won Best Interactive Production at this week’s prestigious WA Screen Awards.
News
The Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia are joining forces from July this year, with a space sharing arrangement that will see elements of the Museum’s popular family-based Discovery Centre remain in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre.
News
Touring exhibition War at Sea – the Navy in WWI opens at the Western Australian Museum – Albany this weekend.
News
Studying the teeth, skulls and skins of almost 100 bandicoots held in museum collections around Australia and in London has led a scientist from the Western Australian Museum to determine that animals previously thought to belong to the same species of Long-nosed Bandicoots are actually two disti
News
Rough Medicine: Life and Death in the Age of Sail will open at the WA Maritime Museum on 11 June, 2016.
News
From the red desert of Australia to the red carpet of the Perth Concert Hall, a collection of objects showcasing Australia’s ancient history are now on display in the Perth Concert Hall foyer.
News
