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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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Albany Then & Now: Historical Panoramas of Menang Noongar Boodja is an invitation to journey through time and place.
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Dr Mark Harvey milestone of naming more than 1,000 species - rare achievement. One of few living scientists to have achieved this.
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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...
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The 2025–26 Emerging Curators Program has officially begun.
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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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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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The Western Australian Museum – Geraldton will celebrate Seaweek with a range of activities including a special Small Fry session and fish feeding from March 3 to 9.
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Just ten days remain to see the awe-inspiring Traversing Antarctica: The Australian Experience exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle before it closes on Sunday, February 24.
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- 22 video clips featuring unique marine life of the Kimberley
- Videos are a day-by-day account of scientists working in the field
- Eight-year project has so far discovered 79 new species and genera
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The Western Australian Museum – Geraldton will welcome new regional manager Leigh O’Brien this week as Catherine Belcher takes maternity leave from Friday, 1 February.
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The iconic images of one of Australia's most renowned photographers, Max Dupain, will be exhibited at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder from January 18.
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The Western Australian Museum sites are open through-out the Christmas period, excluding Christmas and Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day.
From all us at the Western Australian Museum we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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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!
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The annual ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition will begin its tour of Western Australia at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on December 7.
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The Western Australian Museum – Albany will celebrate one of their hardest working volunteers on International Volunteers Day on Wednesday, December 5.
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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.
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