News Articles2009
Equilibrium, WA Museum and Nick Cave website dominate the Australian Web AwardsTuesday, November 10, 2009Equilibrium, in partnership with the Western Australian Museum scooped the pool at the Australian Web Awards winning four major awards for ‘Nick Cave – the exhibition’, including Most Outstanding website..... more 
Australian museums collaborate to uncover the mysteries of Kimberley coast marine lifeMonday, October 12, 2009A new project led by the Western Australian Museum and partnered by Woodside Energy, is set to extensively add to our understanding of the marine biodiversity of Australia’s remote north-west.... more 
The original Boxing Kangaroo flag heads homeMonday, October 5, 2009After 26 years on American soil the original Boxing Kangaroo flag, made famous by Australia II when it won the historic 1983 America’s Cup, today returned home to Fremantle... more 
Duncan Merrilees 1922 to 2009Friday, September 25, 2009Duncan Merrilees, Curator of Palaeontology 1960-1979, passed away peacefully on Thursday September 10... more 
Desert cameras detect space fireballFriday, September 18, 2009Researchers from the Western Australian Museum, the Imperial College in London and Ondrejov Observatory in the Czech Republic have identified a unique meteorite and its orbit in the Solar System... more 
Children launch their own exhibition at the WA Museum – AlbanyWednesday, August 5, 2009The WA Museum – Albany is launching a new exhibition on 8 August, featuring themes and objects selected and created entirely by young people... more 
Museum exhibition to celebrate people who shaped KalgoorlieTuesday, August 4, 2009The Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie Boulder is marking the 20th anniversary of its new museum building with the opening of an exhibition about iconic people who have helped make the Goldfields what it is today... more 
Mr Ken Colbung, Fellow of the Western Australian MuseumTuesday, July 28, 2009Mr Ken Colbung, MBE, JP, AM has been appointed as a Fellow of the Western Australian Museum... more 
Edward Burtynsky's Minescapes available nowFriday, July 24, 2009Australian Minescapes features a series of compelling and tactile large scale photographs of Australian mine sites taken from the air... more Image: Jubilee operation #1 Photograph © Edward Burtynsky
Closure of the Fremantle History MuseumTuesday, July 21, 2009As of Friday 31 July 2009, the Fremantle History Museum will close... more
Changes to opening hours at the Western Australian MuseumTuesday, July 14, 2009As of Wednesday August 5, 2009 the Western Australian Museum will begin operating on a six-day week with all seven public sites... more 
National Archaeology WeekTuesday, May 12, 2009The Western Australian Museum is offering an exciting selection of archaeological events for budding adventurers to celebrate National Archaeology Week from the 17th – 23rd May... more Image: Wreckage of Sydney's life rafts. David Mearns © Finding Sydney Foundation.
ericaamerica styles up to Nick Cave at the WA MuseumThursday, May 7, 2009Music 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 WAThursday, April 23, 2009Two 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 researchWednesday, March 4, 2009The 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 AustraliaWednesday, March 4, 2009Western Australia has proven itself a hotbed of biodiversity with scientists from the Western Australian Museum recently describing 19 newly discovered species... more 
New Museum.Monday, February 2, 2009Chair 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.Wednesday, January 7, 2009Will be hosted by the Western Australian Museum – Perth from May - July 2009... more 2008
Dr Ian Godfrey to lead expedition to Antarctica.Monday, December 8, 2008The Western Australian Museum’s head of conservation Dr Ian Godfrey will next week lead an eight person team of conservators, carpenters and expedition staff to Antarctica to continue work to conserve Mawson’s Huts at Cape Denison...more 
Geckos in the spotlight – two new species discovered.Friday, October 31, 2008Western Australian and South Australian scientists have identified two new species of gecko...more 
Journeys of Enlightenment: French Exploration of Terres Australes.Friday, October 17, 2008A new exhibition opening at the Maritime Museum...more 
WA Museum scientist Dr Bill Humphreys wins prestigious Eureka awardWednesday, August 20, 2008Senior curator of terrestrial vertebrates at the Western Australian Museum Dr Bill Humphreys has been awarded the prestigious Eureka award at the “Oscars” of science in Sydney last night...more |