Alec Coles

The Western Australian Museum is calling for members of the public to share their thoughts about the literary works they think best reflect the spirit and place of Western Australia.

Western Australian Museum CEO Alec Coles today announced Museum of Geraldton Senior Project Officer Leigh O’Brien is the Museum’s new Regional Manager.

Ms O’Brien takes over from Catherine Belcher who has moved to a new role with the WA Museum based in Perth.

The Western Australian Museum will be displaying, playing and talking all things spiders – alongside a 50-tonne fire breathing spider at Elizabeth Quay this week.

The Museum’s spider encounter will take place inside the WA Museum’s inflatable museum for Arcadia Australia.

Visitors to the Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder now have the opportunity to view the Australian War Memorial’s extraordinary travelling exhibition Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt.

Western Australian Museum CEO Alec Coles today announced that due to strong demand the Museum’s The Last Gentlemen of War exhibition will remain open for a further two weeks, now extended until Sunday, 10 May.

The 2012 Harry Butler Lecture Series: In the Wild West will conclude with an explanation of why museums are more important to us now than ever before at the Western Australian Maritime Museum on Thursday 29 November.

Western Australian Museum chief executive officer Alec Coles has been presented with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

The Western Australian Museum’s new chief executive officer Alec Coles has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List.