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Welcome to the Board of the Foundation for the WA Museum, Shane McGurk!
Shane will provide invaluable education and technology knowledge as our Board continues to work closely with the Western Australian Museum team.
Education expert Shane McGurk has joined the Board of the Foundation for the WA Museum.
The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) has confirmed its support of our science communication training program and competition, FameLab Australia, until 2026.
With CBF’s support, we will be able to deliver specialised media training to finalists and create a podcast series that will be made available to community broadcasters for the next three years.
The date for the finalists' media training for 2024 is already locked in, so stay tuned for the first podcasts. Thank you, Community Broadcasting Foundation!
The Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) has confirmed its support of the science communication training program and competition, FameLab, for a 3-year period until 2026.
From 7 to 14 July, the WA Museum celebrates NAIDOC Week 2024 around this year's theme "Keep the Fire Burning. Blak, Loud and Proud!". Make sure you explore their line-up of events!
Alternatively, explore the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Western Australia year-round in WA Museum Boola Bardip’s Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn (Our heart, Country, spirit) Gallery, supported by our Founding Partner Wesfarmers.
Wesfarmers Arts
National NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate and highlight the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year's NAIDOC Week theme is, 'Keep the Fire burning! Blak, Loud and Proud'.
We can't wait to see Julia - and all the other finalists - on stage at the FameLab Final on 26 September!
Julia Haile, a PhD student from UWA’s School of Psychological Science, has been selected as a finalist in FameLab Australia 2024.
We are proud to serve wines of our partner Vasse Felix at Foundation for the WA Museum events, and are crossing our fingers for two of their staff who are finalists in the Halliday Wine Companion 2025 Awards.
Vasse Felix Chief Winemaker Virginia Willcock is a finalist in the “Winemaker of the Year” Award, and Chief Viticulturist Bart Molony is a finalist in the “Viticulturist of the Year” Award. Winners will be announced on 7 August. 🤞
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Meet our FameLab Australia 2024 finalists! Each of them will have just 3 minutes to captivate the audience at the FameLab Final with their research. Expect to hear about innovative therapies to mend broken hearts, edible shelter for lambing ewes, real-time sensors for thunderstorm asthma, and much more!
Find out more about the finalists here: https://bit.ly/FameLab24
Tickets to the FameLab National Final on 26 September are now on sale: https://bit.ly/FameLabFinalTix
Thank you to our FameLab Australia partners: the Western Australian Museum, Cheltenham Festivals, Comm-it - communication solutions, Community Broadcasting Foundation, Curtin University, Forrest Research Foundation, Murdoch University, The University of Western Australia and the Western Australian Government through the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
Around 35% of Western Australians weren’t born here. Some came by choice, and some were compelled by events beyond their control. This , we invite you to visit the Tianqi Lithium Connections Gallery at WA Museum Boola Bardip to discover the stories from around the globe of how we all came to call WA our home – our place in the world.
Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia
Jo Malone, the Foundation for the WA Museum’s Head of Philanthropy, was recognised for her achievements in arts fundraising and advocacy with a special commendation at the Creative Australia 2024 National Partnership Awards on Sydney on 18 June.
We value Jo as a passionate and committed colleague and advocate for arts philanthropy who has a huge impact on the sector in Western Australia. Congratulations, Jo, we couldn’t be more proud!
https://www.fwam.com.au/blog/foundation---s-head-of-philanthropy-recognised-at-creative-australia-2024-national-partnership-awards
📷 Creative Australia
Last night, Dr Moya Smith, WA Museum’s Curator of Anthropology & Archaeology, aka the Museum’s “Egyptian object super sleuth”, shared fascinating details of the Museum’s Egyptian collection with us. Starting with how the WA Museum came to own these items, and what they were thought to be, she then explained what new insights were gained using modern technology. The fact that the Museum’s mummified cat has been revealed to be no cat at all actually made the story of that object more, rather than less interesting!
Thank you to Moya for unravelling the many layers of Egyptian mysteries, and thank you to Lawson Flats for hosting the talk!
Save the date for the next talk at Lawson Flats: maritime archaeologist Corioli Souter will take us on a journey to the “Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties”.
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Event alert! Join us next Tuesday at Lawson Flats for an informal lecture by Dr Moya Smith, the WA Museum's Curator of Anthropology and Archaeology, on "Egypt: The Facts, and the Fiction".
Find our more and book your seat at: https://community.lawsonflats.com/event/WAM_LECTURE_2
📷 Tori Lill, courtesy of WA Museum
Today is World Ocean Day - and we want to make every day World Ocean Day!
That’s why we’ve created the Marine Sustainability Fund - to help ensure the WA Museum’s work in WA's oceans is funded day after day, year after year in perpetuity. From marine archaeology to aquatic biodiversity, the Fund will support the WA Museum in its research and discoveries to of understanding for future generations.
Join in and donate on our website: https://www.fwam.com.au/about-us/marine-sustainability-fund
📷 Bo Wong
WA Maritime Museum WA Museum Collections and Research World Ocean Day
Olivia Carroll, our 2023 FameLab Australia winner, has touched down at the Cheltenham Science Festival! The trip is her winner's prize, and we're excited to see her in front of an international audience and making new connections. She is pictured on stage at the science festival, with Aysel Ahadova, the 2023 FameLab International winner from Germany, and Khazana McLaughlin from Cheltenham Festivals.
Thank you to all FameLab partners for making FameLab Australia (and the amazing winner's prize) possible!
Comm-it - communication solutions Curtin University Community Broadcasting Foundation, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Forrest Research Foundation, the McCusker Charitable Foundation, Murdoch University The University of Western Australia and WA Museum Boola Bardip
We have so many natural treasures to value in WA. That’s why we strive to ensure the WA Museum can research and preserve our land and its future, and showcase its stories. On World Environment Day, we celebrate and all the efforts the WA Museum team goes to help ensure our land is nurtured for future generations. 🎉🫶
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The WA Museum is heavily involved in research projects investigating the rich human history, biodiversity and geodiversity of Western Australia. Here are just a few of the projects that were directly supported by the Foundation for the WA Museum.
A WA Museum team is back in the Pilbara to continue excavating Diprotodon skeletons – the largest marsupial to ever live. The two-week dig is a partnership between the , CITIC Pacific Mining and the Foundation for the WA Museum, with the support of the Traditional Owners, the Mardudhunera People.
On Friday, our lucky competition winner, Jared, his sister Lauren, and community members including some lucky local school students, joined the fossil experts to help dig up some of the fascinating megafauna fossils. Check out what happened during their once-in-a-lifetime day trip!
A mega thank you to everyone involved in this project and making the day so special for Jared and Lauren!
We know Volunteer Week is drawing to a close today – but we, too, want all the amazing WA Museum volunteers to know that we are thankful for you every day of the year! 🙏
Our competition winner Jared and his sister Lauren had a fantastic day! Big thanks to the WA Museum team and to CITIC Pacific Mining for giving them the chance to experience this very special site.
WA Museum Collections and Research WA Museum Boola Bardip
And they’re off! Our Diprotodon Dig Day Trip competition winner Jared and his sister Lauren are on their way to Mardudhunera Country to get their hands dirty and help dig up Diprotodon fossils.
They are joining the two-week dig near the Sino Iron magnetite project, which is a partnership between the WA Museum Boola Bardip, CITIC Pacific Mining, and the Foundation for the WA Museum. We can’t wait to see what they’ll find.
Congratulations to the lucky winner of our competition to win a day trip to the WA Museum's Diprotodon dig!
Jared G. from Success and his guest will travel to the Pilbara this Friday, 24 May. Keep following our social media channels to get a glimpse of their trip.
WA Museum Collections and Research WA Museum Boola Bardip CITIC Pacific Mining
18 May is International Museum Day, and this year, the theme is “Museums for Education and Research”.
What better day to share the story of one of the recent contributions to research by the WA Museum – the discovery of a new Pilbara land snail species, named Bothriembryon rocketi after Rocket, the beloved pet dog of two of our donors.
The new snail has been selected to go on display in WA Museum Boola Bardip’s Wild Life Gallery, so visitors will be able to get up close to “rugged rocketi’s” story very soon.
WA Museum Collections and Research
A beloved pet dog lives on in name of newly described Pilbara land snail species, Bothriembryon rocketi
If you want to win a day trip for two to visit the WA Museum's Diprotodon dig site, you'll need to hurry - entries close this Friday, 17 May at 10am AWST! Enter here: https://www.fwam.com.au/event/win-a-trip-to-the-diprotodon-fossil-dig/home
This is your chance be a fossil hunter for a day, see what happens at a fossil excavation site and get your hands dirty digging up fossils yourself.
Thanks to the WA Museum and CITIC Pacific Mining, the prize includes a day trip on Friday 24 May for two people to the Diprotodon dig site in the Pilbara. Terms and conditions apply - view the entry page for full information.
WA Museum Boola Bardip WA Museum Collections and Research
Over the past two nights, we’ve delved deep into the stories held by the WA Museum.
Hosted by Lawson Flats, Dr Mark Harvey gave us a fascinating glimpse into the evolution, (love) life and habitat of trapdoor spiders and other eight-legged species on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Annie Carson peeled back the many layers of building activity on the WA Museum Boola Bardip site and took a closer look at a few of the more unusual archaeological finds, like the cow’s head in the Old Goal’s latrines, the discarded rifle barrels and the cluster of mineral samples and crucibles.
Guests hung on Mark’s and Annie’s every word and lapped up their knowledge!
Thank you to both curators for their fantastic talks and to Lawson Flats and the WA Museum for helping us create two memorable evenings.
Save the date for the next talk at Lawson Flats – Dr Moya Smith will talk about “Egypt – The Facts, and the Fiction” on 18 June.
Win a day trip for two to visit the WA Museum's Diprotodon dig site!
If you always wanted to be a fossil hunter, this is your chance to see what happens at a fossil excavation site and get your hands dirty digging up fossils yourself.
Thanks to the WA Museum and CITIC Pacific Mining, the prize includes a day trip on Friday 24 May for two people to the Diprotodon dig site in the Pilbara.
Enter now! Terms and conditions apply - view the entry page for full information.
WA Museum Collections and Research WA Museum Boola Bardip
Enter for your chance to win a day trip to a fossil excavation site, join the WA Museum scientists and help them excavate Diprotodon fossils for a day!
FameLab 2024 kicked off last week with a packed first science communication training session for all participants. Welcome back to the amazing Emma Donnelly and -it - communication solutions, our National Training Partner for 2024!
https://www.fwam.com.au/blog/comm-it-announced-as-national-training-partner-for-famelab-2024
The University of Western Australia has entered into a three-year partnership with the Foundation for the WA Museum to support the science communication competition and training program, FameLab Australia.
The Foundation for the WA Museum is extremely proud to host this national competition here in Western Australia and to count UWA, Western Australia’s oldest university, amongst its supporters.
Applications for FameLab Australia 2024 close this Sunday!
The University of Western Australia has entered into a three-year partnership with the Foundation for the WA Museum to support the science communication competition and training program, FameLab Australia.
Get up close to a giant 7-meter replica of the moon created from detailed NASA imagery, understand more about First Nations peoples’ relationship with the moon through curated artwork, and relive the first lunar landing and Australia’s role on that historic day.
"To the Moon", a brilliant new exhibition packed with these and many more fascinating stories, is now showing at the WA Museum Boola Bardip
https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/tothemoon
"James Cameron: In Conversation" was a once-in-a-lifetime event and provided the perfect platform to launch the Foundation's new Marine Sustainability Fund.
You, too, can join the quest to support the marine and ocean research, exploration, education and engagement initiatives of the WA Museum, for the future of our unique marine environment.
To be part of the Marine Sustainability Fund, make a donation online or get in touch with us to find out more about the impact of your gift. Every dollar you give will directly support the WA Museum's vital marine projects.
Find out more at https://www.fwam.com.au/about-us/marine-sustainability-fund
Application deadline extended! It's not too late to apply for the science communication competition and training program FameLab Australia this year. Applications now close on Sun 14 April, 11.59pm AWST!
https://www.fwam.com.au/the-foundation-s-impact/education-learning-and-outreach/famelab-apply
Forrest Research Foundation Murdoch University WA Museum Boola Bardip Curtin University Cheltenham Festivals The University of Western Australia Stephen Dawson MLC
“I believe that the Foundation plays a key role in supporting the Museum’s work in research and education, and acting as the custodian for our natural, scientific and cultural heritage.”
Read more about our new Chair Anna Shave's vision for the Foundation for the WA Museum in Business News.
A Board Chair’s job description generally includes responsibilities like ensuring proper information flow to the Board, facilitating strategy discussions and subsequent Board decision making, and deve
On Friday evening, WA Museum “Friend” Members and supporters of the Foundation for the WA Museum came together for an exclusive preview of the WA Maritime Museum's new exhibition JAMES CAMERON – CHALLENGING THE DEEP.
As WA Museum CEO Alec Coles said in his remarks, James Cameron is a modern Renaissance Man - an award-winning filmmaker, deep-sea explorer, innovator, engineer and conservationist.
With the WA Museum’s huge amount of marine research and marine conservation science work and extensive marine collections, it’s fitting that the exhibition tracing James' lifelong pursuit of and achievements in deep ocean science will be on show at the WA Maritime Museum until 28 July.
📷 Michael Goh
WA is home to people from 221 different birthplaces, and over 55% of us have one or both parents born overseas. This Harmony Week, celebrate our amazing diversity with us!
Come and view some of our diverse people through "Portrait of Diversity" at WA Museum Boola Bardip. 53 stunning portraits, embellished with designs by Aboriginal artists.
An exhibition connecting the peoples of the Commonwealth.
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A WA Museum team is back in the Pilbara to continue excavating Diprotodon skeletons – the largest marsupial to ever live. The two-week dig is a partnership between the WA Museum, CITIC Pacific Mining and the Foundation for the WA Museum, with the support of the Traditional Owners, the Mardudhunera People. On Friday, our lucky competition winner, Jared, his sister Lauren, and community members including some lucky local school students, joined the fossil experts to help dig up some of the fascinating megafauna fossils. Check out what happened during their once-in-a-lifetime day trip! A mega thank you to everyone involved in this project and making the day so special for Jared and Lauren! #MegafaunaDiscovery #diprotodon #diprotodondig2024 #WAMuseum #foundationforthewamuseum #CITICPacificmining #australianfossils #palaeontology #WAHistory
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Olivia Carroll, the FameLab Australia winner, will be competing against eight other international finalists this Friday! Watch the international final live on Cheltenham Festivals' YouTube Channel this Friday, 24 November at 6pm AWST. https://www.youtube.com/famelab
Yes, we may be posting about the FameLab science communication competition a lot at the moment, but just look at the impressive line-up of finalists. Tickets for the Final on 21 September are on sale now! https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/famelab-2023-national-final
Make your lab famous! Enter the largest public-facing #sciencecommunication competition and training program for #earlycareerresearchers in the world. #famelab Australia 2023 is now accepting applications. https://bit.ly/3YTpZeB #scicomms #scicomm #ECR #researchcommunity Cheltenham Festivals WA Museum Collections and Research Community Broadcasting Foundation Murdoch University Curtin University Forrest Research Foundation Comm-it
Do you regret missing out on this year's Night at the Museum Gala? Here is the next best thing: You still have a few Friday evenings to share a tipple with Patgotitan and explore the dinosaurs at your own pace with music, performance and talks before the exhibition leaves Perth on 23 October! https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/bar-time
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