Western Australian Museum

Welcome to the Western Australian Museum

Collections and research at the WA Museum are centered on systematics, ecology, biogeography and evolution of living and fossil organisms, palaeontology, mineralogy, meteoritics, anthropology and archaeology, history, maritime history, maritime archaeology and conservation.

Explore the collections and exhibitions from one of our six branches including Perth, Maritime, Fremantle History, Albany, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

News & Events

ericaamerica styles up to Nick Cave at the WA Museum
Music and fashion will collide in an explosion of contemporary design this month as international fashion label ericaamerica launches an innovative new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum... more

Two New Frogs Discovered in WA
Two new species of frogs have been discovered in Western Australia and announced this week by the Western Australian Museum... more

Marine Bioresources Library launches at WA Museum to aid medical research
The Western Australian Museum today launched WA’s first Marine Bioresources Library, providing assistance to biodiscovery researchers in their research into cures for cancer and other diseases... more

Abundance of new species discovered and named in Western Australia
Western Australia has proven itself a hotbed of biodiversity with scientists from the Western Australian Museum recently describing 19 newly discovered species... more

New Museum
Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Western Australian Museum Mr Tim Ungar welcomed the State Government’s announcement to fund a new museum... more

Nick Cave — the exhibition
Will be hosted by the Western Australian Museum – Perth from May - July 2009... more

Online Resources

HMAS Sydney
Listen to the lectures and interviews from the HMAS Sydney anniversary...more


	ERICAAMERICA STYLES UP TO NICK CAVE
23 May — 19 July 2009 Music and fashion will collide in an explosion of contemporary design this month as international fashion label ericaamerica launches an innovative new exhibition at the Western Australian Museum…more

NAVIGATING ROSE & VIVE LA FRANCE

5 — 19 July 2009

Relive the remarkable tale of young adventurer Rose de Freycinet’s circumnavigation of the world. After the Navigating Rose performance catch French fever and make your own naval tricorn or bonnet…more


	ONCE UPON A RHYME & GALILEO’S GREAT EXPERIMENTS
6 — 17 July 2009 Discover the magical world of fairy tales and nursery rhymes with some hands-on adventures then make a Galilean telescope with real lenses to take home…more

ASTRONOMIC ADVENTURES!

6 — 19 July 2009

The WA Museum — Albany presents a range of fun space-themed activities over the July school holidays. A highlight of the school holiday program is the performance Astronomic! Where on Earth?…more

NAIDOC: WRITERS TALK OUT

7.00pm, Wednesday 8 July 2009

The WA Museum – Geraldton in conjunction with Mara Arts Aboriginal Corporation presents a wine and cheese event with local Aboriginal writers, poets and musicians celebrating the spirit of NAIDOC…more


	THE GREAT MUSEUM TRAIL
4 — 20 July 2009 Explore the WA Museum — Kalgoorlie-Boulder during the July school holidays with The Great Museum Trail. When you have finished the trail you can make a cool library bag to take to school…more

News & Events

Online Resources

ERICAAMERICA STYLES UP TO NICK CAVE

NAVIGATING ROSE & VIVE LA FRANCE

ONCE UPON A RHYME & GALILEO’S GREAT EXPERIMENTS

ASTRONOMIC ADVENTURES!

NAIDOC: WRITERS TALK OUT

THE GREAT MUSEUM TRAIL