What's On
Western Australian Museum – PERTH
Opening hours:
Open: daily from 9.30am - 5.00pm,
To allow visitors to enjoy the exhibition Dinosaurs Alive! the WA Museum – Perth will be open on Wednesdays until 7 March 2010. The WA Museum – Perth will be open on Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Australia Day.
Closed: Christmas Day
DINOSAURS ALIVE!
Western Australian Museum – Perth5 December 2009 – 7 March 2010
Admission fees apply
After 65 million years…they’re back!
DINOSAURS ALIVE! is an educative and fun-filled exhibition featuring robotic dinosaurs. It takes visitors along the 165-million-year journey of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Visitors can marvel and learn about the seven dinosaurs on display as they walk through the exhibition. They will see Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor, Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, Iguanodon and Triceratops in motion. By seeing the life-like dinosaurs move in front of them, visitors can imagine how the magnificent creatures once roamed the Earth. The exhibition presents more wonderful learning opportunities with informative panels on climate change, flora and fauna, fossils, extinction theories, endangered species and Australian dinosaurs placed throughout the space. There's also a shop with books, toys and a range of useful and educative dinosaur related products.
It takes about an hour to experience the whole exhibition but there is no time limit.
For more information go to www.dinosaursalive.tv
Ticket prices:
Child $11
Concession $15
Adult $17
Family $48
Booking fee is included if applicable.
Transaction fees may apply
Child: Over 4 and under 15 years old. Children under 4 years are free.
Concession: Unwaged, seniors, health care card, full time students over 15 years old.
Family: 2 Adults and 2 Children or 1 Adult and 4 Children
Exhibition Projects wishes to acknowledge the Western Australian Museum for its support in hosting this event.
DARWIN & AUSTRALIA
Western Australian Museum – Perth24 November 2009 – June 2010
Darwin & Australia is an exhibition developed by the National Museum of Australia and is on display at the WA Museum – Albany. Darwin & Australia celebrates the 200 year anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species. The exhibition examines Darwin's experiences and encounters during his visit to Australia. Darwin & Australia includes artworks and graphics by Australian artists which reflect the landscapes that Darwin encountered as well as specimens of plants and animals that he observed and described in his diary. It explores Darwin's travels in Australia and his associations with prominent Australians.
Darwin & Australia is based on an exhibition developed by the National Museum of Australia. The Western Australian Museum would like to acknowledge the kind assistance of the NMA.
Image: Portrait of Charles Darwin in 1849
Thomas Herbert Maguire
