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    Creatures of the night: WA’s frogs and geckos
    Public Lecture
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    A Day in Pompeii
    Temporary Exhibition
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    Mammal Gallery
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    Bird Gallery
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    WA Land and People
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    Butterfly Gallery
    Long Term Exhibition
  •  Divers of Scott Reef Image copyright of the Western Australian Museum Photo by Clay Bryce
    Dampier Marine Gallery
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    The Blue Eyed Aborigine
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  •  Victoria Quay Image copyright of WA Museum Photo by Clay Bryce
    Maritime Day: 18 September
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    Darwin's animals: Barnacles
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  •  Geometery by Alister Yiap Image copyright of the Western Australian Museum Photo by Penny Lane, Model: Sarah Pauley from Viviens Models
    Beyond Garment
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    Tin Canoe to Australia II
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Indian Ocean
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  •  Valdura Steam Boat Image copyright of the Western Australian Museum Photo by Andrew Rowe
    Swan River
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Fremantle
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Naval Defence
    Long Term Exhibition
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    HMAS Ovens
    Long Term Exhibition
  •  Robert Steele Steam Machinery Image copyright of the Western Australian Museum Photo from WA Museum
    Robert Steele Steam Machinery Exhibition
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Woodblock Gallery
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    Batavia Gallery
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Dutch Wrecks Gallery
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Xantho Gallery
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    Mini Muses: Renae the Chuditch
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    Tales of Horny Beetles, Truffles and Gigantic Eggs
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    Tales of Horny Beetles, Truffles and Gigantic Eggs
    Public Lecture
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    Abstract Earth
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    Eclipse building
    Long Term Exhibition
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    Residency building
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    Old One Teacher School Room
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    Bush Tucker, Frog and Lizard Gardens
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    Darwin's animals: Barnacles
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    Darwin's animals: Barnacles
    Public Lecture
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    Shell Shocked
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    Highlights Tour - Geraldton
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    Mid West Gallery
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    Shipwrecks Gallery
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    HMAS Sydney (II) - Pride of the Fleet
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    Femme Fatale: the female criminal
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    Miner’s Cottage
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    De Bernales Building
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    British Arms Hotel
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    Kalgoorlie-Boulder: Main Exhibitions
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Videos

  1. [National Science Week – meet the scientist day]

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Blogs

  1. ACDC: Australia’s Family Jewels exhibition design

    The Exhibition Design team use some very expensive state-of-the-art software to design exhibitions on the OS X platform. One application called...

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  2. K-3 teachers - do you dig dinosaurs?

    We Dig Dinosaurs is a hands-on, interactive experience where students can uncover a large buried fossil, use tools to excavate a fossil...

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  3. Calappa japonica Image copyright of WA Museum Photo by Andrew Hosie
    Creature Feature: The Japanese Shame-Faced Crab

    The Japanese Shame-Faced Crab, Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892.

    The Japanese shame-faced crab was originally...

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  4. Museum vodcasts are streaming in (bad pun I know)

    One thing we didn’t quite expect when we published this website, was the volume of vodcasts and videos that we would be accommodating; a very...

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  5. Nick Cave - the exhibition set-up

    This video shows the WA Museum's exhibition and design installation team setting-up Nick Cave - the exhibition which showed at the...

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Photos

  1. Albany redevelopment

    Through 2010, the Western Australian Museum - Albany underwent a major refurbishment of its long term exhibitions. The refurbished gallery went...

    Albany redevelopment Image copyright of WA Museum Photo by Sahrum Safuan

  2. Marine History Artworks - an introduction

    The following gallery features artworks held in Marine History's Artwork collection, including pieces by George Forsyth, Frank Norton and EJ...

    Artwork of the HMS Success Image copyright of WA Museum Photo from WA Museum

  3. Ian Crawford – West Kimberley images 1961–1993

    Former staff member Ian Crawford was the Western Australian Museum’s first Curator of Anthropology & Archaeology, appointed in 1961. Between...

    Dugout canoe on the strand line, Jacob’s Beach, Kimberley Image copyright of WA Museum Photo by Ian Crawford

Interactives

  1. HMAS Sydney (II)

    The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II) is Australia’s greatest naval tragedy. Its disappearance in 1941 without a trace left a legacy of uncertainty for decades...

  2. Marine Life of North Western Australia

    The Marine Life of North Western Australia Project is a three-year marine biodiversity research program...

  3. Marine Life of the Dampier Archipelago

    The Dampier Archipelago lies off the north-western coast of Australia, approximately 1550 km north of Perth...

  4. Alcoa Frog Watch

    Alcoa Frog Watch is dedicated to providing information on all aspects of Western Australian frogs...

  5. The 1967 Referendum - Right wrongs, write yes

    On 27 May 1967, 90.77% of Australian voters recorded the largest ever 'Yes' vote in a referendum to alter the Australian constitution...

  6. Cockatoo Care

    Cockatoo Care was introduced in September 2001 as a joint initiative of the Water Corporation and the Western Australian Museum....

Dangerous Snakes of WACreature Feature: The Japanese Shame-Faced Crab

The Japanese shame-faced crab was originally discovered in Tokyo Bay, Japan but has since been found as far away as Africa and can be found in depths up to ~250 m... read more

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