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Adjunct Professor and Curator of Maritime Archaeology at the WA Museum Dr Michael (Mack) McCarthy will reveal new and exciting developments occurring behind the scenes at the Museum in an engaging lecture presented in Geraldton on Wednesday 3 September and at Carnarvon on Thursday 4 September.

The Western Australian Museum undertook a delicate operation to remove the Zeewijk cannon from Marine Terrace last Tuesday, so it can be transported to Fremantle for critical conservation treatment.

To mark the Centenary of World War I and the significant impact it had on Goldfields communities, the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder launched its very poignant Faces From the Front exhibition last Friday.

This week, communities in the Kimberley will meet members of the WA Museum’s New Museum Project team and participate in discussions about the New Museum for WA.

Smiling, reflective and proud, the faces of 84 Mid West residents have joined a Statewide project launched by the Western Australian Museum to celebrate diversity.

Research Scientist and Manager of the Molecular Systematics Unit at the Western Australian Museum, Dr Gaynor Dolman, will present Behind the scenes in Western Australian Museum’s DNA Laboratory next Wednesday at the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Visitors to the Western Australian Museum – Albany will experience a unique perspective on convict settlers, the crimes that landed them in Australia and links to their living descendants, when A convict in the family? opens this Friday, 8 August.

Renowned WA geologist, historian, and former Director of the Geological Survey of Western Australia Dr Phil Playford will present two engaging lectures at the WA Museum – Geraldton this week, as part of the WA Museum’s 2014 In the Wild West lecture series.

This weekend a stunning exhibition of treasures once thought lost to the world opens at the Western Australian Museum – Perth. 

Hop over to the Western Australian Maritime Museum next Wednesday night and dive into the fascinating frog world of the Kimberley, when Dr Paul Doughty presents Wet and Wild: Frogs of the Kimberley.

More than 130,000 people have visited the Western Australian Museum’s Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous exhibition in Perth, making it the most popular display ever held at the Museum, exceeding the previous record of over 113,000 set by A Day in Pompeii, held

More than 100,000 people have visited the Dinosaur Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous exhibition at the Western Australian Museum, with the Wallbank family from Subiaco marking this milestone when they arrived at the Museum this morning.