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Header: Museum of Geraldton, image by Luke Riley Creative courtesy of WA Museum
FameLab 2025 collage: Images by PS Smile Production
WA Museum, Woodside and Foundation collaboration extension: image by PS Smile Production
Zhang Guoli Exhibition Cultural Ambassador: image supplied
Houtman Abrohlos Islands: Image courtesy of WA Museum
Shining a spotlight: Partnership announcement, image by Luke Riley Creative
Gold Fields team plants for the future: image by Chuck Taylor, Goldfields Audio Visual Service
2024 Strategic grant: image by Luke Riley Creative courtesy of WA Museum
Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip at Night, by Michael Haluwana, Aeroture. Image courtesy of WA Museum
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Header: Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition 2022, image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
Donate: image courtesy of WA Museum
Corporate Partnerships: Tianqi Visit to WA Museum Boola Bardip, 2022, image by John Koh
Leave a Gift in Your Will: image courtesy of WA Museum
Events: Night at the Museum Gala 2022, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Individual Giving & Patron Program
Header: JAMES CAMERON - CHALLENGING THE DEEP exhibition preview, image by Michael Goh
Donation images: Museum of Geraldton, by Ian Brodie Photo, image courtesy of WA Museum; Diprotodon Dig 2023, image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media); image courtesy of WA Museum; Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition 2022, image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesty of WA Museum
Highlight image: JAMES CAMERON - CHALLENGING THE DEEP exhibition preview, image by Michael Goh
Support the Terracotta Warriors
Terracotta Warrior images courtesy of WA Museum
Marine Sustainability Fund
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Donation images: Shell image by Bo Wong Photography, other images courtesy of WA Museum
Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Article images: courtesy of WA Museum, Xantho Gallery image by Lowana Bibby
Leave a gift in your will
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Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Corporate Partnerships
Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Gold Fields team plants for the future at Museum of the Goldfields: image by Chuck Taylor, Goldfields Audio Visual Service
Evolving Connections: Tianqi Visit to WA Museum Boola Bardip, 2022, image by John Koh
Dazzling Diprotodon Discovery: Diprotodon Dig 2023, image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
Our Partners
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Our Donors
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Evolving Connections
Header: Tianqi Visit to WA Museum Boola Bardip, 2022, image by John Koh
Foundation Events
Header: Night at the Museum Gala 2022, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab Australia 2025 Final: image by PS Smile Production
Ocean Adventures with the Shipwreck Hunters Australia team: image courtesy of VAM Media/Disney+
In Conversation: Helen Garner and Merve Emre: image supplied
Secrets of Wadjemup Kepawirn: image courtesy of WreckSploration
Shaping Tomorrow: Future-proofing WA for the Next Generation: image supplied
FameLab 2024 National Final: images supplied
Ngalang Koort Conversations with Katherine Bennell-Pegg: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Ngalang Koort Conversations with AC Grayling: image by John Koh
Supporting the WA Museum
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Scientific Impact: Image courtesy of WA Museum
Social Impact: Image courtesy of WA Museum
Cultural Impact: Museum of Geraldton, by Ian Brodie Photo, image courtesy of WA Museum
At the Heart of Our Community
Header: Museum of the Great Southern, image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
Keeping, telling and sharing the community's stories: image by Brand Aid Productions
Today's community stories are tomorrow's history: image courtesy of WA Museum
Education future generations: Museum of Geraldton, WA Museum Boola Bardip - images by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
Part of the social fabric of our community: Museum of the Goldfields, Museum of Geraldton, Museum of the Great Southern - images by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
Must-See Destinations: WA Museum Boola Bardip at Night, by Michael Haluwana, Aeroture. Image courtesy of WA Museum
Background image: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Luke Riley Creative courtesy of WA Museum
Helping to Answer the Big Questions we Face
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WA Museum Fieldwork Highlights 2022/23: image courtesy of WA Museum
Contributing to and sharing new knowledge in 2022/23: reserch and fieldwork images courtesy of WA Museum, Diprotodon Dig image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
Background images by Bo Wong Photography
Shaping WA's Future by Stories we Share Now
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Custodians are vital: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image courtesy of WA Museum
Reaching more people, sharing more knowledge: Museum of Geraldton, WA Shipwrecks Museum - images courtesy of WA Museum; JAMES CAMERON - CHALLENGING THE DEEP exhibition preview, image by Michael Goh
Background image: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Recent projects: Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition 2022, image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum; Xantho Gallery image by Lowana Bibby, courtesy of WA Museum; Burrowing Bee loan box image courtesy of Burringurrah Remote Community School; Diprotodon Dig image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
The Foundation's Impact
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Research and Fieldwork: Diprotodon Dig 2023, image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
Collections and Acquisitions: Image courtesy of WA Museum
Exhibitions and Storytelling: Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition 2022: image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
Education, Learning and Outreach: Image courtesy of WA Museum
State-wide programs: Museum of Geraldton, by Ian Brodie Photo, image courtesy of WA Museum
Education, Learning and Outreach
Header: Image courtesy of WA Museum
FameLab 2025 collage: images by PS Smile Production
A loan box full of buzz: Video courtesy of WA Museum
Ngalang Koort Conversations with AC Grayling: image by John Koh
FameLab at Forrest Research Foundation: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Ngalang Koort Conversations
Header: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Ngalang Koort Conversations video by Perth Video
AC Grayling: image by John Koh
FameLab
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FameLab 2025 collage: images by PS Smile Production
FameLab 2025 video by Perth Video
Background: FameLab 2024, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab Australia 2024 winner: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab Australia 2023 winner: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
What is FameLab Really like?: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab Australia 2025
Header: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab 2025 collage: images by PS Smile Production
FameLab 2024: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Background image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab 2025 video by Perth video
What FameLab is really like
Header, all 2023 intensive workshop and Final images: images by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Setting young minds abuzz with knowledge
Header and all images courtesy of Burringurrah Remote Community School. Video courtesy of WA Museum
Collections and Acquisitions
Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
World-leading Women's Sport Collection: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Luke Riley Creative courtesy of WA Museum
Red Rock Art Collection: Jack Britten, Purnululu, 2001 (detail). Image courtesy of WA Museum
Sea Abrolhos: image courtesy of WA Museum
Nothing but Memories: Joshua Kalmund, Sue Bumbak (Red Cross), Carole Teakle (President, Northampton Historical Society). Photo courtesy of WA Museum
Inside the next phase of the Foundation's journey
Header: Image by Miles Noel Photography
Hat and Paintings: Image by Miles Noel Photography
Research and Fieldwork
Header: Houtman Abrolhos Islands field trip, image courtesy of WA Museum
Houtman Abrolhos Islands field trip: image courtesy of WA Museum
Ichthyosaur fossil: image courtesy of WA Museum
Pet Dog lives on in name of newly described Pilbara land snail species: Image courtesy of Robert Ranalli and Mel Watts, images courtesy of WA Museum
New Sea Star species named after Loisette Marsh AM: Images supplied by WA Museum & Dr Chris Mah
Dazzling Diprotodon discovery in the Pilbara's red dirt: Diprotodon Dig 2023, video by CITIC Pacific Mining with footage and images by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
Large image: Diprotodon Dig 2023, image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
Dazzling Diprotodon discovery in the Pilbara’s red dirt
Header & video: Diprotodon Dig 2023, image/footage by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
New Sea Star species named after Loisette Marsh AM
Header and main images: Images supplied by WA Museum & Dr Chris Mah
Exhibitions and Storytelling
Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Terracotta Warriors exhibition: image by Luke Riley Creative
Aboriginal Bush Food & Medicine Garden: image by Chuck Taylor, Goldfields Audio Visual Service
Worlds collide in the depths of our oceans: image by Michael Goh
SS Xantho Gallery carousel: images by Lowana Bibby, courtesy of WA Museum
Illuminate: Image by VJZoo, courtesy of WA Museum
Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition 2022: image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
Worlds collide in the depths of our oceans
Header and exhibition preview event images: images by Michael Goh
State-Wide Activities
Header: Museum of Geraldton, by Ian Brodie Photo, image courtesy of WA Museum
Gold Fields team plants for the future: image by Chuck Taylor, Goldfields Audio Visual Service
Dawson's Burrowing Bee Education Project - Gwoonwardu Mia: video courtesy of WA Museum
Nullarbor Plain Fossil Collection: image courtesy of WA Museum
About Us
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Our History
Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne, 7 to 1 Photography
Our People
Header: Image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Board and staff images: Miles Noel Photography; supplied
Anna Shave: Sustainability is a strategic driver
Header and portrait: Miles Noel Photography
The Discovery Endowment Fund and Annual Grant Program
Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Discovery Endowment Fund Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Annual Grant Program Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Marine Sustainability Fund
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Donation images: shell image by Bo Wong Photography, Houtman Abrolhos Islands and echinoderm images courtesy of WA Museum
Background: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Identifying new sea star species: image courtesy of Dr Chris Mah; Houtman Abrolhos Islands field trip: image courtesy of WA Museum; WA's first coastal steamship: image by Lowana Bibby, courtesy of WA Museum; searching for missing shipwrecks: image courtesy of WA Museum
Reports
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Contact Us
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Purpose and Mission
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News
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News articles:
- UWA Embryologist Tammy Lee Wins FameLab Australia 2025: image by PS Smile Production
- Legacy and Luxury: image courtesy of Crown Perth
- The 12 best young voices in Australian science are headed to Perth: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
- WA Museum, Woodside Energy and Foundation for the WA Museum extend collaboration: image courtesy of WA Museum; PS Smile Production
- Deborah Leavitt joins Foundation for the WA Museum Board: image supplied
- Acclaimed actor, Zhang Guoli to be Exhibition Cultural Ambassador: image supplied
- Dirty hands and precious bush food knowledge for Kambalda West District High School students: image by Chuck Taylor, Goldfields Audio Visual Service
- Fortescue, the WA Museum and the Foundation for the WA Museum shine a spotlight on biodiversity in the Pilbara: image by Luke Riley Creative
- Gold Fields team plants for the future at Museum of the Goldfields: image by Chuck Taylor, Goldfields Audio Visual Service
- Tim Ungar joins Foundation for the WA Museum Board: image supplied
- And the winner of FameLab Australia 2024 is ...: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
- 2024 Foundation grant for WA Museum will have lasting local and global impact: Museum of the Great Southern, image by Luke Riley Creative courtesy of WA Museum
- New major partnership with Gold Fields supports WA Museum in the regions: image by PS Smile Production
Foundation for the WA Museum presents Katherine Bennell-Pegg as 2024 Ngalang Koort Conversations speaker: image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography), supplied - Shane McGurk appointed to Foundation Board: image supplied
- Foundation's Head of Philanthropy Recognised at Creative Australia 2024 National Partnership Awards: images courtesy of Creative Australia
- Beloved pet dog lives on in name of newly described Pilbrara land snail species, Bothriembryon rocketi: Images courtesy of WA Museum, Robert Ranalli & Mel Watts
- Comm-it announced as national training partner for FameLab 2024: portrait image supplied by Emma Donnelly
- Anna Shave announced as the new Chair of the Foundation for the WA Museum: images by Miles Noel Photography.
- Foundation for the WA Museum makes biggest ever grant to WA Museum: Image courtesy of WA Museum
- Diprotodon Dig unearths skeletons of giant wombat-like marsupials: Image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
- Leading Sea Star Expert Explores WA Museum Collection: Images supplied; courtesy of WA Museum
- Chris Bingemann and Dr Marcus Tan join Foundation Board: Images supplied
- 2023 Impact Circle Grant Awarded to Houtman Abrolhos Islands Field Trip: Image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
- Scotch College student Obi Rogers wins FameLab Academy 2023 science communication competition: Image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
- Foundation for the WA Museum launches Ngalang Koort Conversations: Images supplied
- Olivia Carroll Wins FameLab Australia 2023: Image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Image Galleries
Header: JAMES CAMERON - CHALLENGING THE DEEP Preview Night, image by Michael Goh
Terracotta Warriors - Preview Evening: images by Luke Riley Creative
FameLab Australia 2024 National Final: images by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Object Donor Cocktail Reception: images by Brand Aid Productions
Ngalang Koort Conversations: images by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Katherine Bennell-Pegg under the Moon: images by PS Smile Production
JAMES CAMERON - CHALLENGING THE DEEP Preview Night: images by Michael Goh
Ngalang Koort Conversations – AC Grayling: Images by John Koh
Red Rock Art Collection and Archive: Images by John Koh and Miles Noel Photography
Diprotodon Dig 2023: Images by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media)
FameLab Australia 2023: Images by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
FameLab Academy 2023: Images by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
Impact Circle Voting Event 2023: Images by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
General Donation
Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, by Michael Haluwana, Aeroture. Image courtesy of WA Museum
Donation images: image courtesy of WA Museum; Diprotodon Dig 2023, image by Dan Fowler (Fuzz Digital Media); image courtesy of WA Museum; Dinosaurs of Patagonia exhibition 2022, image by Luke Riley Creative, courtesy of WA Museum
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Header: WA Museum Boola Bardip, image by Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne (7 to 1 Photography)
