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Established in 1891 in the old Perth goal, it was known as the Geological Museum and consisted of geological collections. In 1892 ethnological and biological were added, and in 1897 the museum officially became the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery.
During 1959 the botanical collection was transferred to the new Herbarium and the Museum and the Art Gallery became separate institutions. The museum focussed its collecting and research interests in the areas of natural sciences, anthropology, archaeology and in Western Australia's history. Over the 1960s and 1970s it also began to work in the then emerging areas of historic shipwrecks and Aboriginal site management.
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| Western Australian Museum locations | 2>
The Western Museum has six museum branches and four collection facilities. The Museum also offers Outreach Services to all areas of Western Australia.
Detail
Western Australian Museum – Perth
Western Australian Museum – Maritime
Western Australian Museum – Shipwreck Galleries
Western Australian Museum – Albany
Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Western Australian Museum – Geraldton
Address
Perth Cultural Centre,
James Street, Perth, Western Australia
Victoria Quay,
Fremantle, Western Australia,
Cliff Street,
Fremantle, Western Australia
Residency Road,
Albany, Western Australia
1 Museum Place,
Batavia Coast Marina, Geraldton, Western Australia
17 Hannan Street,
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Phone
(08) 9212 3700
(08) 9431 8334
(08) 9431 8444
(08) 9841 4844
(08) 9921 5080
(08) 9021 8533
Opening Hours
Open daily: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Open ANZAC Day 1.00pm – 5.00pm Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
Open daily: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Open ANZAC Day 1.00pm – 5.00pm Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
Open daily: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Open ANZAC Day 1.00pm – 5.00pm Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
Open daily: 10.00am – 4.30pm
Open ANZAC Day 1.00pm – 5.00pm Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
Open daily: 10.00am – 4.30pm
Open ANZAC Day 1.00pm – 5.00pm Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
Open daily: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Open ANZAC Day 1.00pm – 5.00pm Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday.
[edit] | Tags: Western Australian Museum — Perth | 3>
Wednesday 9 September 1891 the Geological Museum was opened at the site of the Old Gaol and housed the state's first collection of geological samples. The Old Gaol still forms a significant part of the Western Australian Museum — Perth and represents one of the oldest standing buildings in Western Australia.
Shortly after the Geological Museum was opened collections were expanded to include geological, ethnological and biological specimens and in 1897 the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery was declared. From 1971 to 2003, a greater part of the research and display collections were housed in the large and currently vacant building on Francis Street that was closed due to concerns with asbestos.[1]
Throughout the Western Australian Museum's history the prominent James Street location has remained central to the Museum's identity and where many large permanent and touring exhibitions have been housed. Most recently the international blockbuster exhibition A Day in Pompeii was displayed from 25 May - 12 September which attracted more than 110,000 people.
Permanent exhibitions on display at the Western Australian Museum - Perth include:
WA Land and People: This exhibition tells the story of Western Australia from the prehistoric times of dinosaurs, to indigenous beginnings, and through to the environmental issues of the present day.
Diamonds to Dinosaurs: An exhibition exploring 12 billion years of WA's history, featuring specimens such rocks from the Moon and Mars, pre-solar diamonds and dinosaur skeleton casts.
Katta Djinoong: This exhibition depicts the history and culture of the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia from past to present.
Dampier Marine Gallery: This exhibition explores the biodiversity of the waters around the Dampier Archipelago.
Mammal, Bird and Butterfly Galleries: These galleries contain extensive collections of various animals.
The Western Australian Museum — Perth also features the Discovery Centre, designed to help children and adults interact and learn about the Museum's collections and research.
[edit] | Tags: Western Australian Museum — Maritime and Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Galleries | 3>
The WA Maritime Museum building on Victoria Quay, Fremantle
HMAS Ovens at the WA Maritime Museum
The Western Australian Museum has two branches in Fremantle: Maritime and Shipwreck Galleries. The Western Australian Museum - Maritime is located on Victoria Quay (32°3′17″S 115°44′20″E / 32.05472°S 115.73889°E / -32.05472; 115.73889), and contains galleries with themes such as the Indian Ocean, the Swan River, fishing, maritime trade and naval defence. One of the museum's highlights is the yacht Australia II, which won the America's Cup in 1983.
Situated adjacent to the Western Australian Museum - Maritime is HMAS Ovens, an Oberon class submarine that is open for guided tours.
Nearby in Cliff Street, Fremantle, the Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Galleries is recognised as the foremost maritime archaeology and shipwreck conservation museum in the southern hemisphere. The museum is housed in 1850s-era Commissariat building and contains a reconstructed hull from the Batavia, which was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629. It also houses the horizontal trunk engine recovered from the iron steamer SS Xantho which sank in 1872. This unit, the only known example of the first mass produced, high speed and high pressure marine engines, can now be turned over by hand. With its CEO also responsible for the historic wrecks off the coast of Western Australia, many shipwrecks appear in the Museum's exhibits. In 1980 the Museum also commenced the development of a 'Museum-Without-Walls' program via its 'wreck trail', or 'wreck access' programs at Rottnest Island. These 'trails' now appear at many places along the coast.
[edit] | Tags: Western Australian Museum — Albany | 3>
Recently refurbished in July 2010 the Western Australian Museum — Albany is situated at the site of the first European settlement in Western Australia. This Museum explores the region's biodiversity, the stories of the indigenous Noongar people and ancient natural environment. The Albany Museum was the original residence of Major Edmund Lockyer as the commanding officer of the settlement group that landed in Princess Royal Harbour on 26 December 1826, and formally proclaimed sovereignty on 21 January 1827 for King George IV of Great Britain, naming the place King George's Sound settlement (later renamed Frederickstown and then renamed again Albany). Together with the Old Gaol, and the buildings of the Amity heritage precinct (Breaksea Museum) and the Brig Amity (Replica non-navigable), they were the subject of investigation by the Commonwealth of Australia and UNESCO as a convict colonial settlement (not included in the formal nomination).
[edit] | Tags: Western Australian Museum — Kalgoorlie-Boulder | 3>
The Western Australian Museum — Kalgoorlie-Boulder explores the history of the Eastern Goldfields, the city’s mining heritage and the hardships faced by the early mining and pioneer families.
[edit] | Tags: Western Australian Museum — Geraldton | 3>
Geraldton Museum overlooking the Marina
Western Australian Museum - Geraldton is situated in Western Australia's rapidly growing mid-west region. This Museum explores the region's biodiversity, mining and agricultural history, the stories of the indigenous Yamaji people and the Dutch shipwrecks. The famous 17th century Dutch vessel, the Batavia sunk in the nearby Abrolhos islands. This Museum features the portico recovered from this wreck which has been reconstructed to form the centre of the Museum's shipwreck gallery.
[edit] | Tags: Western Australian Museum research departments | 2>
The Western Australian Museum has an extensive research program, with museum scientists and curators specialising in the fields of aquatic zoology, archaeology and anthropology, conservation, earth and planetary sciences, history, maritime archaeology, maritime history and terrestrial zoology. The museum also has a specialist materials conservation team.
[edit] | Tags: Aquatic Zoology department | 3>
The Aquatic Zoology department is responsible for documenting and researching the marine, estuarine and freshwater fauna of Western Australia. The department includes sections that study Malacology, Ichthyology, Crustacea, Marine Invertebrates and Worms.
[edit] | Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology department | 3>
The Anthropology and Archaeology department specialises in cultural anthropology and archaeology. The department's research, collections and public programs focus on understanding what it is to be human, cultural diversity, exploring complex relationships between society, culture, language, sociality and economy. The department specialises in the study of Ancient Egypt, Aboriginal cultures (particularly the South West, Pilbara, Desert and Kimberley regions) and indigenous cultures of the Ancient World.
[edit] | Tags: Earth and Planetary Sciences department | 3>
The Earth and Planetary Sciences department study and collect in the areas of Fossils (invertebrate, vertebrate, plant and trace fossils), Minerals, Rocks, Gems, Meteorites and Tektites. The department's collection holds taxonomic and stratigraphic (rock layers and layering) material that is representative of Western Australia’s palaeobiological (the biology of fossil animals and plants) evolution and geological history from 3.8 billion years ago, right through to just a few thousand years ago. There are over 1.5 million items in the department collections.
[edit] | Tags: History department | 3>
The History department specialises in developing collections reflecting the material life of Western Australians, and researching the story of the people and places in Western Australia in all its diversity. The department also holds the ECU Museum of Childhood Collection, a nationally significant collection of 24,000 items is reflective of Western Australian childhood.
[edit] | Tags: Maritime Archaeology department | 3>
The Maritime Archaeology department primarily researches shipwreck archaeology from the Western Australian coast, including the famous Batavia shipwreck. Its staff members are involved in developing artefact management and cataloguing strategies, outreach and wreck–access programs, site–inspection techniques, and studies of diverse maritime sites, such as iron ship archaeology, characterised by its SS Xantho program and underwater aviation archaeology.
[edit] | Tags: Maritime History department | 3>
Maritime History specialises in collections of images and artefacts representing the individuals, communities, and organisations that contribute to the maritime history and heritage of Western Australia.
[edit] | Tags: Materials Conservation department | 3>
The Materials Conservation department is responsible for ensuring the 4.5 million items in the museum's collections are permanently preserved for reference, research and exhibition through the use of preventive and remedial conservation techniques in accordance with international and national standards of best practice. The Materials Conservation department also possesses a research division in its overall structure which develop conservation techniques and methodologies.
[edit] | Tags: Terrestrial Zoology department | 3>
The Terrestrial Zoology department of the Western Australian Museum maintains large collections of a wide variety of terrestrial animals, including both terrestrial invertebrates and vertebrates, as well as marine mammals. The department includes sections that study: Subterranean Biology, Ornithology, Mammalogy, Entomology, Vertebrate Biogeography, Arachnids and Myriapods and Herpetology.
[edit] | Tags: Proposed new museum | 2>
In February 2008, the Government of Western Australia announced that it would build a new $500 million museum at the East Perth Power Station site.[2] However, following the election of a new State Liberal party government under Colin Barnett, the redevelopment plans were scrapped in early February 2009.[3] A change in economic fortunes for the state was cited as the reason to abandon the plan. A redevelopment of the museum's Francis Street building in the Perth Cultural Centre was listed as a preferred location. So far, $13 million dollars has been committed to demolish the old building, but as yet no major project has been committed to build new museum on this site.
[edit] | Tags: Publications | 2>
The Museum has produced its own publications of books over time, as well as Records of the Museum since 1910 [4] and for a short time between 1998 and 2005 produced Tracks [5]
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/22/2799154.htm?site=perth
^ Government of Western Australia, Media Release: 'New major sports stadium for Western Australia', 8 February 2008
^ Sports stadium and museum plans scrapped Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2 February 2009
^ Western Australian Museum & Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery (Western Australia) (1910). In Records of the Western Australian Museum. Western Australian Museum, Perth, W.A * v.1-2 issued by Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery, Western Australia. Suspended between v.1,no.3(1914) and v.2,no.1(1939), and between v.2,no.1 and v.3,no.1(1974)
^ Tracks : Western Australian Museum magazine / Western Australian Museum./ Tracks (Perth, W.A.) ISSN 1441-3841
[edit] | Tags: External links | 2>
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