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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

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...more

Launch of the Common Gate Exhibition
Marking 40 years of Indigenous Citizenship...more

HOWZAT! now on show in Albany
For the first time Albany locals and visitors have the chance to...more

Online Resources

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

Insect  Logo What's On Perth
Mechanics Alive!!

15 March – 11 May 2008

How does a simple wooden mechanical sculpture capture your imagination? Open your mind and watch a kaleidoscope of stories unfold before your eyes.... more

Insect  Logo What's On Albany
National Archaeology Week

Sunday 18 – Friday 23 May 2008
Join staff as we celebrate National Archaeology Week. Participate in the archaeology fun day, see a film screening or join the museum@work lecture… more

Watch Logo What's On Fremantle History
Exhibitions

Take a trip down memory lane when you visit the Fremantle History Museum… more

Watch Logo What's On Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Exhibitions

Explore the living conditions, cultures and social lives of people living on the Goldfields in the early years... more

Astrolabe Logo Maritime What's On
FOTOFREO

5 April – 4 June
Two stunning photographic exhibitions by Edward Burtynsky and Paolo Pellegrin will be on display as part of FOTOFREO 2008....more

Shipwreck Logo Geraldton What's On
Pride of the Fleet – search for HMAS Sydney II

Open from 24 April 2008

The first exhibition in the nation to feature the work of the team aboard the SV Geosounder, it covers all major aspects of one of Australia’s most enduring maritime mysteries...more

Enter FaunaBase and FaunaList (opens a new window) Cockatoo Care Logo Alcoa Frogwatch
Shipwrecks Database link