News and stories

The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie Boulder is marking the 20th anniversary of its new museum building with the opening of an exhibition about iconic people who have helped make the Goldfields what it is today.

Mr Ken Colbung, MBE, JP, AM has been appointed as a Fellow of the Western Australian Museum.

Australian Minescapes features a series of compelling and tactile large scale photographs of Australian mine sites taken from the air.

On July 31, 2009, the Fremantle History Museum closed and the objects and artefacts on display moved to the WA Museum's Welshpool collections and research centre for assessment and curatorial conservation work.

As of Wednesday August 5, 2009 the Western Australian Museum will begin operating on a six-day week with all seven public sites.

The WA Museum – Maritime, the WA Museum – Shipwreck Galleries and the WA Museum - Albany are offering an exciting selection of archaeological events for budding adventurers to celebrate National Archaeology Week from the 17th – 23rd May.

The WA Museum – Albany is launching a new exhibition on 8 August, featuring themes and objects selected and created entirely by young people.

Two new species of frogs have been discovered in Western Australia and announced this week by the Western Australian Museum.

Music and fashion will collide in an explosion of contemporary design this month as international fashion label ericaamerica launches an innovative new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum – Perth.

The Western Australian Museum today launched WA’s first Marine Bioresources Library, providing assistance to biodiscovery researchers in their research into cures for cancer and other diseases.

Western Australia has proven itself a hotbed of biodiversity with scientists from the Western Australian Museum recently describing 19 newly discovered species.

A fascinating underground crustacean without eyes and a spider hunting wasp are among those named.

Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Western Australian Museum Mr Tim Ungar has welcomed the State Government’s announcement to fund a new museum.