The Foundation for the WA Museum wishes to congratulate the WA State Government for its continued commitment to deliver a world-class New Museum for Western Australia. Construction of the New Museum has reached practical completion, on time and within budget, and today, Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman, unveiled the redeveloped buildings in front…
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When Christmas comes around each year, there are certain traditional elements that tend to appear. From robins and mistletoe to stockings and candy canes. All these iconic Christmas emblems share a heritage of giving and sharing. Is there another you know of? Send it through to us at foundation@fwam.com.au and we’ll add it in. The…
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Philanthropy defines a wide range of giving activities. From volunteering, events and raffle ticket purchase all the way to annual sponsorship, research support and corporate lecture series. Often, when giving to a worthy cause, it is difficult to see the benefits of your donation. Those of us who work at Foundation for the WA Museum love…
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Woodside’s social contribution strategy focuses on creating capacity through long-term, strategic investment in its communities. The Foundation for the WA Museum has developed a unique and highly successful partnership with Woodside and the WA Museum spanning an impressive 20 years. Delivering award winning education and research outcomes, the partnership has strong links to STEM (Science,…
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Tickets to our annual Christmas event are now available for purchase. Wednesday 18 December | 6:30pm – 8:30pm Bob’s Bar – Perth City The Foundation for the WA Museum along with the Artefact Circle Committee invite you to attend our annual Christmas fundraising party. Guests will be treated to the wonderful sounds of Perth’s…
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Minderoo Grant Update These are the 120 million-year-old teeth of an extinct marine reptile called Coniasaurus, found by WA Museum scientists this year in Kalbarri, north of Western Australia. There were no reports of this group of marine lizards in the Southern Hemisphere until now – it is quite an achievement of a…
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The magic of Ruth Tarvydas, a pioneering Western Australian fashion designer, will live on through the WA Museum with thirty-five of her iconic garments being gifted in perpetuity.
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The inaugural FWAM Grants were awarded in 2018, thanks to the generosity of the Minderoo Foundation. Through a donation to the Foundation for the WA Museum’s Discovery Endowment Fund, the annual grants finance valuable and significant WA Museum projects, that are beyond the remit of government funding. Over the past year the WA Museum’s scientists have been beavering away on an array of projects and research.
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Minderoo Grant Update WA Museum 3D Scanner 3D scanning and 3D printing have opened up a range of new opportunities in the museum sector. Recently the WA Museum provided a 3D scan of a 46,000-year-old bone ornament excavated from a rock shelter in the Kimberley to the Musee de I’Homme in Paris to…
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Cultural Exchange Partnering with the Foundation for the WA Museum demonstrates our commitment to build better relations between Australia and China, and importantly to bridge outdated cultural divides. Mr Jiang Weiping, Chairman, Tianqi Lithium Corporation Tianqi Lithium’s partnership with the Foundation for the WA Museum demonstrates commitment to building better relations between Australia and China,…
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