Five years ago today, the world-class WA Museum Bool Bardip officially opened to the public after a $400 million rebuild.
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A newly discovered 17th-century shipwreck survivor camp is now protected under Western Australia’s heritage laws.
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Five years ago today, the world-class WA Museum Bool Bardip officially opened to the public after a $400 million rebuild.
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Tom Ferguson's appointment to Fortescue Marsh Biodiversity Project.
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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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From Japan to the Pilbara, a kimono and its accessories tell a tale of friendship and cultural exchange in WA’s far north in the 1930s.
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Planning your visit doesn’t have to be as complicated as preparing an army for the afterlife. Here are our top insider tips to make the most of your time at this world-exclusive exhibition.
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The Museum of Geraldton is thrilled to announce its latest exhibition, Pila Nguru: Art and Song from the Spinifex People, on display until 10 November.
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We are delighted to welcome Leanne Woods as our new Senior Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisor.
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The Western Australian Museum is celebrating three 2024 Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice Awards for museums in Fremantle and Kalgoorlie.
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For your adventure to the Moon, we recommend familiarising yourself with (the) space before liftoff. Please see a Visual Story and Sensory Map for your exploration.
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Every now and again palaeontologists come across a fossil so weird it takes decades of detective work to finally understand its relationship to other organisms. The 275-million-year-old Helicoprion is one of these enigmas.
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When late-night eatery Bernies opened in 1939, it quickly became a popular Perth nightspot. Owner Bernard Hardwick began by serving ‘finger meals’, including crayfish rolls, from caravans parked along Mounts Bay Road.
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The Museum of the Great Southern welcomes Western Australian interdisciplinary artist Tineke Van der Eeckens and her Tributaries exhibition.
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As our Australian Olympians prepare to head to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, we are celebrating our own gold medal!
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Blue skies, big crowds, smiling faces and people from diverse places thronged together at the WA Day 2024 celebrations on the June 3 2024 at the Museum of Geraldton, Museum of the Great Southern, Museum of the Goldfields and Gwoonwardu Mia.
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A brand-new free exhibition that explores Australia’s role in the space race is set to touch down at the Museum of the Great Southern this Saturday 8 June 2024.
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Derived from the language groups of the five artists featured, the word ‘Lurrtjurni’ shared across all, evokes a sense of togetherness and connection to the present.
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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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