Maritime archaeology science at work
Dates
Monday 14 August – Friday 18 August | 10am – 1pm
excluding Wednesday 16 August
Free
Drop in session - No bookings required
Site access information
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Join us during National Science Week we focus on the 'science-at-work' for WA Museum’s conservation scientists and maritime archaeologists.
Students will be able to see real historical artefacts up close, some hundreds of years old. We will talk about the innovative techniques our scientists use to discover and preserve these items.
To locate and document shipwrecks and maritime artefacts, Museum archaeologists use remote sensing technology such as side-scanning sonar and magnetometers. Once are discovered, they need to be preserved and WA Museum conservators have been innovators in preserving historic shipwrecks such as SS Xantho.
Join our Museum educators and explore the technology, physics and chemistry used by our renowned scientists and researchers.
