News and stories

As part of our public consultation for developing a new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, the WA Museum is running a survey to obtain community feedback into the Plan.

• New species of spider named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
• Presentation made to Sir David Attenborough at the WA Museum
• Prethopalpus attenboroughi is only found on one island in Queensland

Discover which new species of creepy crawlies have been found lurking around the State’s South Coast in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Albany on 16 and 17 August.

Following an outstanding array of entries from local primary school children, the Western Australian Museum - Geraldton awarded the winners of the 23^rd Annual Clem Burns Heritage Awards on Friday, 27 July 2012.

A new species of scorpion discovered on Western Australia’s Barrow Island has been named in honour of renowned conservationist Dr Harry Butler.

Exploring energy will be the focus of the many activities taking place at the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton for National Science Week this August.

The popular annual ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition will return to the Western Australian Museum – Perth on 27 July.

The WA Museum is developing a new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan to guide how we welcome people with disabilities, their carers, friends and families to our venues, services and employment.

The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder will host a group of local primary school teachers for an Association of Independent Schools WA professional development event on 23 July.

The people of the Pilbara will receive a rare insight into the life of one of Australia’s most celebrated conservationists as part of the Western Australian Museum’s Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West.

A new species of pseudoscorpion found in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region has been named Synsphyronus christopherdarwini in honour of the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.