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There are moments that feel like history being written in real time, and for WA Museum Boola Bardip, the 2025 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards was one of those moments. Gold. Silver. Bronze. And now, the Hall of Fame. 

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More than 175,000 visitors have now experienced Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor at WA Museum Boola Bardip – making it the most successful exhibition in the Museum’s history!
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There are moments that feel like history being written in real time, and for WA Museum Boola Bardip, the 2025 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards was one of those moments. Gold. Silver. Bronze. And now, the Hall of Fame. 
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A delicate shelled necklace arrived at the Western Australian Museum in 2013 as part of the Cook Collection, but it brought more questions than answers.
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Duncan Merrilees was born in 1922 and spent his childhood years in Sydney. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1942 with a degree in chemistry.

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Researchers from the Western Australian Museum, the Imperial College in London and Ondrejov Observatory in the Czech Republic have identified a unique meteorite and its orbit in the Solar System.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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