Western Australia’s most photogenic resident has found a new audience — half a world away in Shanghai, China.
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Celebrating a remarkable legacy that shaped the Museum’s archaeological and Aboriginal cultures collections and deepened its ability to share these stories widely.
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Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Awards - asking the public to nominate the WA Maritime Museum in the Tourist Attraction category.
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The Western Australian Museum is pleased to have once again worked with Disney+ and Fremantle’s VAM Media on Shipwreck Hunters Australia Season 2 which premiered on 27 August.
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It’s one of the questions we get asked the most, but there’s rarely a simple answer. Sometimes, though, an object leaves the gallery to make new history...
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A trophy in our collection holds a key place in the history of women’s sport in Australia — yet the identity of its winner remains a mystery.
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Did you know that Geraldton was nearly the capital of its own state?
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Thanks to all who voted for the WA Maritime Museum in Fremantle/ Walyalup in this year’s Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. We made it to the finals in both the Tourist Attraction and Hall of Fame categories.
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On 31 August, Museum in a Container and its latest exhibition Camels and Cameleers headed to the Chapman Valley Show, captivating visitors with stories from WA's past.
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French Empress, Joséphine Bonaparte may be little-known, but her legacy is a profound contribution to the Australian and French cultural connection is the focus of the WA Maritime Museum’s latest digitally immersive exhibition, Empress Joséphine's Garden.
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The Western Australian Museum has partnered with the Department of Justice to welcome a group of women from the Yirra Djinda Program that is run at the Boronia Pre-Release Centre for Women.
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The Foundation for the WA Museum’s second strategic annual grant to the WA Museum will go towards two multi-year projects.
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The WA Museum has confirmed that a shipwreck found in the Swan River in September 2023, is that of a barge owned by Mr Dearden, lost in 1882 whilst carrying limestone from Fremantle to Perth.
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Nominations are now open for the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, and we need your support to nominate the WA Maritime Museum for the Tourist Attraction category.
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Dust can be a nuisance on Earth, but beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, it becomes a real nightmare.
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Prepare to be amazed this National Science Week as the Museum of the Goldfields bands together with other exciting organisations in the Goldfields region to ignite your curiosity with Science After Dark on Thursday 15 August from 5pm – 7.30pm.
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Spiders are not everyone’s cup-of-tea, but this National Science Week the Western Australian Museum is celebrating the identification of 24 new species of hooded wishbone spiders from WA.
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Visitors to the Western Australian Museum’s seven museums will be familiar with our collections: massive meteorites in Boola Bardip; the America’s Cup-winning winged keel in the WA Maritime Museum; sub-sea technology that revealed the subjects for the Shipwrecks Museum; the fish drawings of Rober
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Newly commissioned digital artworks from Western Australian Aboriginal artists and content producers are front and centre at WA Museum Boola Bardip as part of the Museum’s public art program.
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