News and stories

Join Western Australian Museum Senior Curator Dr Mark Harvey as he presents ‘New Discoveries in the World Around Us’, as part of the Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West, at the WA Museum – Perth on Tuesday 22 May at 12:30pm.

The popular ANZANG Nature Photography exhibition will return to the Western Australian Museum – Geraldton for its ninth year this May.

To mark National Archaeology Week, the WA Museum – Perth will be hosting Dig Deep!, an event celebrating the fascinating work of archaeologists.

An exhibition celebrating the work of prominent Goldfields photographer John Joseph Dwyer will open at the WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Saturday 12 May, 2012.

The Western Australian Museum in partnership with Chevron Australia is proud to announce the third year of The Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West.

• Program will feature incredibly realistic life-sized dinosaur puppets
• Visitors to get up close and personal to a variety of prehistoric creatures
• Show brings entertainment, education and science together

The Western Australian Museum in partnership with Chevron Australia is proud to announce the third year of The Harry Butler lecture series: In the Wild West will be launched at the WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle on 3 May, from 6.00pm.

• Exhibition specifically developed for Port Hedland
• Tells what is known of SS Koombana’s final hours and the search for the ship

• ‘Goldfields Soldiers of World War I’ to detail the battles Kalgoorlie soldiers were involved in including the Gallipoli landing and Western Front
• More than 4100 Kalgoorlie and Boulder men served in the Great War

• Local ‘recycle’ artists show how common items can be transformed into practical pieces of furniture and art
• Materials range from fisherman’s rope to wooden packing pallets
• Coincides with the museum’s Climate Change exhibition and eco-themed school holiday program

The imposing three thousand square metre frame of the HMAS Ovens submarine will this week undergo its final stage of external restoration.

A commemorative display to mark the 100^th anniversary of the fateful story of the disappearance of the SS Koombana in March 1912 has been developed and will be on display at the WA Maritime Museum from 24 March, 2012.