The North West Shelf Visitors Centre on the Burrup Peninsula have their own micro Museum thanks to a partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside. At the North West Shelf Project Visitor Centre find out more about one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. Located on a rise, the centre provides spectacular…
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Our Early Bird Winner in the Channel 7 We Love Museums Lottery is…… (insert drum roll here). Ian Stone of Duncraig! Ian won with ticket number 2904. Ian’s ticket will also give him a chance to win the Major Prize Package worth up to $40,000. When we spoke to Ian earlier today he said…
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The Major Prize Package in the Channel 7 We Love Museums Lottery includes a 5 day adventure aboard True North to the Rowley Shoals off the North West Coast of Western Australia. True North are renowned for their high quality adventures and they’ve once again won a huge amount of awards to prove it. Here…
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The Foundation for the WA Museum are very excited to share this announcement from the WA Museum. Be the first to visit WA Museum Boola Bardip Opening on Saturday 21 November with a nine-day program of celebrations, first entry access to the WA Museum Boola Bardip will be through a free ticketed ballot. Successful ballot…
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In June renowned WA Museum scientist, 90-year-old Loisette Marsh, launched her magnum opus – a field guide to Australian seastars. Loisette created the book using field notes from her biological expeditions to the far-flung coasts of Western Australia. She is one of only two scientists in Australia who specialise in echinoderm (marine invertebrates including seastars,…
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FameLab Academy Australia “Revolutionising Science Communication in WA schools” FameLab Academy is a schools’ initiative that challenges Year 9 and Year 10 students to communicate a topic of their choice in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths (STEM). FameLab Academy is a sister competition to Cheltenham Festival’s FameLab, the world’s leading science communication competition which finds and mentors young STEM researchers to…
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COVID-19 has necessitated that we become more adept at considering varied and various new ways of fundraising, communicating to our loyal donors and supporters, and raising our profile and that of the Western Australian Museum. To that end, I am proud to introduce a brand new initiative that the Foundation team has put together -…
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FameLab Academy 2020 is finally here! The FameLab team at the Foundation for the WA Museum have been hard at work to help Year 9 and 10 students from WA schools to live their dreams with some of Australia’s top STEM talent! On Wednesday we live stream FameLab Academy from Cecil Andrews College so that…
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Bryan and Jan are two of our amazing Foundation Donors. Their level of giving extends beyond simply donating, into volunteering and also bequeathing an amount to the Foundation in each of their Wills. We were interested to know more about why Bryan and Jan have elected to support the Foundation and the Museum in these…
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Before the world knew what COVID-19 was or how it would impact our lives in such an unprecedented way, our FameLab 2019 contestants were gathered together to experience the brilliance that Dallas Campbell has to offer in the way of communication training, travelling to us from the Cheltenham Science Festival’s Team in the United Kingdom. Dallas…
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