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WA Museum Boola Bardip, meaning 'many stories' in the local Nyoongar language, is an award-winning cultural destination that shares the stories of Western Australia.

🔬 Meet some of the researchers heading to the FameLab National Final.They are each tackling some seriously big ideas. No...
01/09/2026

🔬 Meet some of the researchers heading to the FameLab National Final.

They are each tackling some seriously big ideas. Now the challenge is explaining their research to the rest of us... In just three minutes!

No slides. No Powerpoints. No jargon. Just one stage, a microphone and maybe a few props as they try to win over the judges and audience with Content, Clarity and Charisma.

On Thursday 24 September, all 13 finalists will compete for the title of FameLab Australia 2026 champion. But who will win?

On Thursday 24 September, all 13 finalists will compete for the title of FameLab Australia 2026 champion. But who will win?

🎟️ Join us and find out: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/famelab-australia-2026-national-final

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🔬 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Biggest Science Lab Ever!Almost 2,000 of you spent the day sorting fossils...
28/08/2026

🔬 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Biggest Science Lab Ever!

Almost 2,000 of you spent the day sorting fossils, meeting palaeontologists, cracking Mars rover code, designing mini F1 cars, controlling hydraulic arms and exploring everything from native animals to medical research and biomimicry.

We loved watching everyone discover just how many different ways there are to be involved with science while meeting the real people in WA who are doing these jobs every day!

A huge thank you to our WA Museum scientists, Curtin STEM Outreach, Edith Cowan University (ECU), The Kids Research Institute Australia, Engineers Australia, and UWA girls+ in engineering for joining us all day and helping inspire our next generation of scientists!

How do you know Ben Elton? As a comedian, a writer, a novelist, a playwright? As the man behind the Young Ones and Black...
27/08/2026

How do you know Ben Elton?

As a comedian, a writer, a novelist, a playwright? As the man behind the Young Ones and Blackadder, maybe We Will Rock you? Or... all of the above?

Ben's career began in the thick of Britain's alternative comedy revolution in the 1980s, becoming the BBCs youngest scriptwriter and contributing to some incredibly quotable cult classics. ("It's a video nasty!")

Along the way, he somehow also found time for stand-up, acting roles, books, theatre and film. But there's another part of his story that brings him much closer to home.

After marrying musician Sophie Gare, he became an Australian citizen and adopted Fremantle as his home. WA even found its way into his work, including his film Three Summers inspired by Fairbridge Festival.

Now Perth Symphony Orchestra is bringing his story to the stage, presented through the music that helped shape Ben's world – Elvis, The Beatles, The Proclaimers, The Specials and Noël Coward – and guided by acclaimed comedian Sam Longley.

There's still time to grab your ticket for these performances in Hackett Hall on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 September! Learn more: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/ben-elton

Has Book Week inspired a love for reading?We've been doing a little shelf research of our own and have pulled together s...
24/08/2026

Has Book Week inspired a love for reading?

We've been doing a little shelf research of our own and have pulled together some of our favourite kids' books in the Museum Store right now!

If these catch your eye, come have a proper browser and see what else is hiding! 👀

And remember, if you have a little reader aged 2 – 5 there's still time to come down for Book Week Storytime each day until Friday 28 August, from 10.30am.

We'll be sharing some of the CBCA Book of the Year shortlisted picture books, with real and replica Museum objects for little hands to explore as we read.

PSA for parents with kids aged 5 – 15 👀Round 2 of the Kids Access All Areas Pass opens this Thursday 27 August, with $50...
24/08/2026

PSA for parents with kids aged 5 – 15 👀

Round 2 of the Kids Access All Areas Pass opens this Thursday 27 August, with $50 vouchers available to help kids get out and about, experiencing arts and culture right across WA.

If you didn’t reserve one during round one, you will be able to reserve up to four through the ServiceWA app.

And while you’re deciding what to spend it on… Might we suggest a certain deep sea adventure?

You can use your voucher towards tickets to OceanXperience, open until Sunday 11 October. Book your tickets now: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/oceanxperience

🌊 What do you see when you look out to sea?For Torres Strait Islander artist Brian Robinson, the ocean holds memory, sto...
23/08/2026

🌊 What do you see when you look out to sea?

For Torres Strait Islander artist Brian Robinson, the ocean holds memory, story, navigation and ancestral knowledge.

In Malu: Where Tides Leave Their Mark, those ideas move through intricate patterns, celestial pathways, reefs and currents, reflecting the deep relationship between Islanders and Sea Country.

Join Brian for an artist talk exploring the stories, cosmological connections and cultural knowledge that shape his practice, and hear how they've found their way into his work.

🗓️ Friday 28 August
🕜 6pm - 7.30pm
🎟️ Book now: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/artist-talk-brian-robinson

🏎️ Think you could engineer a faster F1 car?Engineers Australia are joining us for Biggest Science Lab Ever! with two ch...
21/08/2026

🏎️ Think you could engineer a faster F1 car?

Engineers Australia are joining us for Biggest Science Lab Ever! with two challenges putting your design skills to work.

Build and modify your own mini F1 car, experimenting with nose shapes, spoilers and weights before sending it down the ramp. Then take control of a hydraulic arm, made from waste materials, and see what happens!

Join us for this, and more, on Sunday 23 August as we celebrate National Science Week.

🔬 See what else you can try your hands at: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/biggest-science-lab-ever-1

Does National Science Week's WA character look a little familiar?National Science Week is sometimes known affectionately...
20/08/2026

Does National Science Week's WA character look a little familiar?

National Science Week is sometimes known affectionately as 'Science Christmas', so naturally WA's character needed a science Christmas tree!

Their tree of choice was one of SKA-Low's distinctive antennas, part of the international Square Kilometre Array Observatory being built on Wajarri Yamaji Country.

WA’s radio-quiet landscape makes it the perfect place to detect faint signals from space, giving Australia an important role within global scientific efforts to study the history of the Universe!

And you don't have to travel to see one up close! You can spot a festive-looking SKA-Low antenna in our Origins Gallery!

🧁 This morning, our staff put their baking skills to the test!To celebrate National Science Week we held a Brain Break M...
18/08/2026

🧁 This morning, our staff put their baking skills to the test!

To celebrate National Science Week we held a Brain Break Morning Tea, filling the table with dino digs, petri dishes, garden soil cakes and other edible experiments.

After some very enthusiastic peer review we can confirm the results were delicious... and that very few specimens survived.

👉 Find out how you can celebrate National with us: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/national-science-week

One unusual fossil skull from Margaret River helped confirm WA's first new koala species!Found in Moondyne Cave, and don...
17/08/2026

One unusual fossil skull from Margaret River helped confirm WA's first new koala species!

Found in Moondyne Cave, and donated to the WA Museum, the skull displayed features not seen in modern koalas. This prompted researchers to re-examine fossil material that had long been classified as the modern east-coast species Phascolarctos cinereus.

After studying bones from the WA Museum collection and comparing them with skeletons from east coast collections, the team confirmed they belonged to an entirely different species: Phascolarctos sulcomaxilliaris!

This National Science Week, research team member Helen Ryan joins us for Meet the Museum to explore how the species was identified, what sets it apart and what its disappearance around 28,000 years ago reveals about Australia's changing environment.

🐨 Thursday 20 August, 5–6pm
🗨️ Reserve your seat: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/meet-museum-lost-koala-western-australia

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