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Acclaimed Chinese actor and director Zhang Guoli has been named the Foundation for the WA Museum’s Exhibition Cultural Ambassador for Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor, arriving at WA Museum Boola Bardip on Saturday 28 June 2025.
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If you’re looking for a fabulous Christmas gift idea for friends and family, why not purchase a gift voucher for two for high tea and entry to this summer's most fashionable exhibition, Unveiled: 200 years of wedding glamour!
The annual ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition will begin its tour of Western Australia at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on December 7.
The Western Australian Museum – Albany will celebrate one of their hardest working volunteers on International Volunteers Day on Wednesday, December 5.
To celebrate the Western Australian Maritime Museum’s 10th anniversary tomorrow, December 1, the WA Museum is inviting members of the public to share their favourite maritime memories online.
The Western Australian Maritime Museum will celebrate its 10th birthday on Saturday December 1 with an open day.
Museum entry will be by gold-coin donation, with free kids activities on offer and a program of short talks by Museum curators through-out the day.
This gallery showcases some works of Laurel Nannup which are on show for the exhibition A Story to Tell, presented ART ON THE MOVE and on show from 1 November 2012 to 31 January 2013 at the Western Australian Museum – Perth.
The Western Australian Museum has developed a new DAIP to guide us in making our facilities, services and employment accessible to people with disability. After a period of consultation, the draft DAIP 2013-2017 is now available for public comment.
The 2012 Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West will conclude with an explanation of why museums are more important to us now than ever before at the Western Australian Maritime Museum on Thursday 29 November.
Celebrate the centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on November 21, 2012.
The surprising relationship between dainty neighbourhood ducks and the terrifying T-Rex will be revealed at the Western Australian Museum - Perth on November 23, 2012.
Albany audiences will receive a rare insight into the life of one of Australia’s most celebrated conservationists in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on November 15 and 16, 2012.
Joint media release:
- Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- The Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for the Arts
1 November 2012