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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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A collaborative research project between scientists from the WA Museum and University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) into marine bivalves is taking centre stage this World Ocean Day.
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Diving up to 100m into the Indian Ocean west of Perth, a team of elite technical divers are uncovering and identifying shipwrecks in conjunction with the Western Australian Museum. Some of these shipwrecks have been at the bottom of the sea for more than 100 years.
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WA Day unites all people young and old, from all ethnicities and cultures, who have made Western Australia such an incredible and unique place to live. It’s a day where we acknowledge the histories, diverse cultures and contributions made by all people who proudly call Western Australia hom
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National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate volunteers across the country, but at the WA Museum we are grateful for our volunteers every day of the year!
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May 18 marks the annual International Museum Day, and this year's theme is 'Museums for Education and Research,'
For the Western Australian Museum, these could barely be more appropriate themes, with both at the heart of our work.
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We were thrilled to bring James Cameron to Western Australia for a public event on Sunday 24 March 2024, to celebrate the launch of JAMES CAMERON – CHALLENGING THE DEEP at the WA Maritime Museum.
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A captivating new twelve-part documentary series, Such Was Life, delves into the fascinating and often overlooked stories across Western Australia, spotlighting the people and narratives defining our state's unique character.
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Coral reefs in the Kimberley region of northwest Western Australia are home to substantially greater coral diversity than first thought a new Western Australian Museum study finds.
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Scientists at the Western Australian Museum have uncovered a new species of fossil snail in Western Australia's Nullarbor region, estimated to be around three million years old.
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The 2024 Lester Prize for Portraiture Youth Awards will once again present exceptional talent and fascinating insights from young creatives across Australia.
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Long before Pokémon GO or Footy Cards existed, the biggest collecting mania was bird eggs!
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A group of Uunguu Rangers from Wunambal Gaambera Country in the North Kimberley have taken part in an Emerging Curators Workshop at Western Australian Museum’s Collection and Research Centre to exchange cultural and scientific knowledge.
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