Databases

The Western Australian Museum have developed a number of collection databases for the benefit of the public.

Databases that have been published online focus on shipwrecks, numismatics and pseudoscorpions.

Use the links below to begin exploring these resources.

• ANCODS

  The ANCODS (Agreement between Australia and the Netherlands Concerning Old Dutch Shipwrecks) database provides a fully searchable index of all shipwrecks artefacts pertaining to consolidated ANCODS colection.

  

• Shipwreck artefacts

  The shipwreck artefact database is a searchable index for artefacts that have been recorded by the Maritime Archaeology department.

  

• Numismatics

  The numismatic database allows for specialised searches for coin and coin details that the Western Australian Museum has found during Maritime Archaeology expeditions.

  

• Shipwrecks

  The Maritime Archaeology shipwreck database contains information and details on Western Australian shipwrecks recorded by the Western Australian Museum

  

• Nature Map

  NatureMap represents the most comprehensive window currently available on the distribution of Western Australia's flora and fauna. It contains information from the State's two premier collections at the WA Herbarium and the WA Museum.

  

• OZCAM

  Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

  From this site you can search, map and down load species records from many of Australia’s fauna collections.

  

• Pseudoscorpions

  This website is designed to provide some information on the wonderful world of pseudoscorpions and, in particular, provide lists of valid names, taxonomy browsers, fossil fauna and a comprehensive list of the scientific literature that deal with pseudoscorpions.
  NOTE - the old version (v1.2) is still available, but will be turned off shortly.

  

• Whale research - Aerial Survey off Shark Bay, 2008

  The following datasets and papers have been provided to share aerial survey data of whale sightings off Shark Bay during 2008.

  

• WAM Sandbox - including collection APIs

  The WA Museum Sandbox is where we publish our collection APIs (currently our Maritime Archaeology Collections) and invite researchers and the public to create new products and mashups.