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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

WA Museum scientist Dr Bill Humphreys wins prestigious Eureka award... more

A new Museum for Western Australia
A new world-class museum for Western Australia will be built on the site of the former East Perth Power Station...

Online Resources

FOTOFREO: Edward Burtynksy
Floor talk: 8 April 2008 ....more

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NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK | SCINEMA:

Festival of Science Film
18 – 22 August 2008
Come and explore the best and brightest science films during National Science Week as the WA Museum’s Discovery Centre hosts screenings for SCINEMA, Australia’s premier festival of science film.….more


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NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK | SCINEMA

Festival of Science Film
16– 23 August

Celebrate National Science Week in the Discovery Centre with SCINEMA, showing the best in science film...more

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LIGHT & SOUND DISCOVERY CENTRE

Science in Comic Books
16 August – 31 October
An exhibition illustrating the science concepts used in comic books of the 1950s and 1960s …more

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TOYS: SCIENCE AT PLAY

4 July– 19 October

Discover the science that makes toys work … you’ll be amazed at what they can reveal about our world! Come tinker with a spinning top, mess around with magnets and indulge your imagination...more

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BATAVIA LECTURE

6.00pm, 22 August
Shane Burke’s lecture will look at some of the maritime related artefacts uncovered from the 1830 dated Peel town at Henderson, Western Australia...more

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GALLIPOLI: A TURKISH VIEW

24 July - 7 September

Through photographs and a selection of Turkish relics, the events of Gallipoli are shown through the perspective of the Turkish people ...more

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