Public Program

Ever wondered how the WA Museum discovers and preserves Western Australia's most precious objects? Find out in a series of free behind-the-scenes tours at the WA Museum Shipwreck Galleries in Fremantle from Tuesday May 21.

The Western Australian Museum has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil ® for a fun-filled Bug Wonders Workshop to be held at the WA Museum – Perth on Wednesday, May 1.

Cirque du Soleil is currently in Perth with OVO™, a show which takes audiences into the colourful world of insects.

Western Australian Museum public programs officer and Albany Heritage Festival convener, Malcolm Traill, has partnered with Great Southern Institute of Technology (GSIT) students Perri Pires and Soshana Botting to create the first Albany Cryptic Heritage and Art Trail (A-CHAT) to highlight Albany

Celebrate the centenary of the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition in the next In the Wild West lecture at the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder on November 21, 2012.

The surprising relationship between dainty neighbourhood ducks and the terrifying T-Rex will be revealed at the Western Australian Museum - Perth on November 23, 2012.

A unique contemporary art exhibition depicting stories of war “through the eyes of children” is on display at the Western Australian Museum – Albany.