There are moments that feel like history being written in real time, and for WA Museum Boola Bardip, the 2025 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards was one of those moments. Gold. Silver. Bronze. And now, the Hall of Fame.
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Tom Ferguson's appointment to Fortescue Marsh Biodiversity Project.
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More than 175,000 visitors have now experienced Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor at WA Museum Boola Bardip – making it the most successful exhibition in the Museum’s history!
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There are moments that feel like history being written in real time, and for WA Museum Boola Bardip, the 2025 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards was one of those moments. Gold. Silver. Bronze. And now, the Hall of Fame.
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A delicate shelled necklace arrived at the Western Australian Museum in 2013 as part of the Cook Collection, but it brought more questions than answers.
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From Japan to the Pilbara, a kimono and its accessories tell a tale of friendship and cultural exchange in WA’s far north in the 1930s.
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A poignant photographic exhibition focusing on the effects of climate change as seen through the eyes of Abrolhos fishers has won a prestigious award for the Western Australian Museum and its partners.
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One hundred years ago the 1911 - 1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), famously led by Sir Douglas Mawson, spent many cold months exploring the enigmatic and deadly continent of Antarctica.
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Ever wondered how the WA Museum discovers and preserves Western Australia's most precious objects? Find out in a series of free behind-the-scenes tours at the WA Museum Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle from Tuesday May 21.
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- Ancient Egyptian exhibition opens at the WA Museum - Perth tomorrow
- Artefacts include mummies, intricately decorated coffins and ancient spells
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A bevy of trailblazing tourists and locals turned up to the Western Australian Museum – Albany on Tuesday May 14 for the inaugural Albany Cryptic Heritage Art Trail.
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The hidden world of some of the Kimberley’s tiniest creatures will come to life in a captivating collection of macro photography at the Western Australian Museum – Albany from May 3.
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A group of Geraldton expeditioners have added a local perspective to the popular Traversing Antarctica: The Australian Experience exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton.
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The surprising link between Kalgoorlie, a famous photographer, and an English Regency gunsmith will be revealed at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie Boulder on Wednesday, May 8, from 5:30pm.
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The Western Australian Museum’s Development Service team will head to the Kimberley region on Friday April 26 to meet with local organisations and community groups.
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The Western Australian Museum has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil ® for a fun-filled Bug Wonders Workshop to be held at the WA Museum – Perth on Wednesday, May 1.
Cirque du Soleil is currently in Perth with OVO™, a show which takes audiences into the colourful world of insects.
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Western Australian Museum public programs officer and Albany Heritage Festival convener, Malcolm Traill, has partnered with Great Southern Institute of Technology (GSIT) students Perri Pires and Soshana Botting to create the first Albany Cryptic Heritage and Art Trail (A-CHAT) to highlight Albany
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The first performances marking the three-year partnership between Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company and the Western Australian Museum will take place today at the WA Museum – Perth.
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