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See Albany's past meet the present

Albany Then & Now: Historical Panoramas of Menang Noongar Boodja is an invitation to journey through time and place.

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Australia and Indonesia Museum-to-Museum Collaboration
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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Not all shipwrecks are accidents
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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Celebrating NAIDOC Week at the WA Museum – Albany

The Western Australian Museum – Albany is hosting NAIDOC Week activities from 5-12 July and invites people of all ages to take part.

This year’s national theme is ‘We all Stand on Sacred Ground’ which celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique connection to land.

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Australia’s unique pearling heritage on display

Lustre: Pearling & Australia is a brand new exhibition showcasing the unique and important role that pearls and pearling have played in our nation’s history, and it opens to the public this Saturday, 20 June 2015, at the Western Australian Maritime Museum in Fremantle.

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WA photographer snaps two ANZANG awards

The 2014 Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year collection is now open at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton, with winning photographs in two of the 14 categories taken by WA photographer Keith Lightbody.

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Make a difference to your Museum

The Western Australian Museum – Geraldton is looking for community members to join its Community Advisory Committee.

Nominations for two voluntary community representative positions are now open.

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Celebrate WA Day at the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Relax with family and friends this WA Day and discover more about the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

A festival event on the Museum grounds will have a range of free activities for all ages including art, craft, balloon animals, and live music and dance performances.

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Celebrate WA Day at the WA Museum – Geraldton

Relax with family and friends this WA Day and discover more about the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton.

A festival event on the Museum grounds will have a range of free activities for all ages, including art, craft, face painting, and live music and performances.

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Compelling WA press photography on display

The work of WA’s most exciting news photographers has been captured in the 2015 WA Press Photographer of the Year exhibition, currently on display at the Western Australian Museum in Perth.

WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said the Museum is delighted to host this year’s exhibition.

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Wildlife of the Pilbara

The Western Australian Museum Terrestrial Zoology team recently ran a field trip to Karijini and Millstream-Chichester national parks in the Pilbara, to collect tissue samples for the Molecular Systematics Unit’s Conservation Genetics of the Pilbara Fauna Project, funded by the Net Conservation B

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