Foundation for the WA Museum

The difference teachers make to our young people can’t be overstated. And today, on #WorldTeachersDay2024, we acknowledge the brilliant contribution teachers make to our community. Education, learning and outreach activities are a big part of the WA Museum's work and we encourage all teachers to visit the WA Museum's education program hub to find out more about available student programs and professional learning opportunities. A big thank you to all our teachers for their incredible passion, dedication, and for all the ways in which they inspire our next generations!

On Tuesday, Dr Mikael Siversson, Western Australian Museum’s Head of Earth and Planetary Science, took us on a dive into the deep past during his lecture “The Secret Life of Fossils” at Lawson Flats. Mikael vividly described the WA Museum’s fieldtrips hunting for marine vertebrates from the mid-Cretaceous period, and their discoveries of plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and LOTS of shark teeth! Thank you to everyone who joined us for this fascinating lecture, and thanks to the team at Lawson Flats for hosting us. 📷 Kate Hulett

Are you intrigued by fossils? Then join us at Lawson Flats next Tuesday, when Western Australian Museum's Dr Mikael Siversson (Head of Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences) will chat about some of the fossil specimens held in the WA Museum’s vast fossil collection. Think 380-million-year-old Gogo fish from the Kimberley, 95-million-year-old sharks from the Southern Carnarvon Basin, and megafauna from caves on the Nullarbor Plain! Tickets are just $15.

“Not only has she committed herself to leading the charge into space, she’s educating, informing and, above all, inspiring generations.” We can’t sum up Katherine Bennell-Pegg's visit to Western Australia better than Western Australian Museum CEO Alec Coles. The Foundation for the WA Museum is proud to have worked with so many amazing partners here in WA to make Katherine’s visit possible. A big thank you in particular to the Forrest Research Foundation, the International Space Centre and of course Wesfarmers and the WA Museum Boola Bardip! 📽️ PerthVideo.com.au

Today is #WorldHabitatDay! This year's theme highlights the important role young people play in creating a better urban future. The Western Australian Museum encourages conversations about inclusive urban planning and sustainable development through events like "The Festival of Urbanism – Public (Sub) Urbanism: People, Place and Power", to be held on 9 October. Due to the importance of this topic within our community, this event is now sold out! 👏🎉 While the past and present are on display daily at the WA Museum, the future is for all of us to shape. Image: "City Views - A Changing City" in WA Museum Boola Bardip's Tianqi Lithium Gallery Connections, 📷 John Koh Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia

As part of the FameLab science communication training program, all finalists gather in Perth for two days of intensive workshop activities before the Final. It's the culmination of the training program that started in April - having been expertly delivered by Emma from our FameLab partner Comm-it : Communication and training solutions with science. Here are some photos from Day 2 of the workshop. The program included a session on entrepreneurial thinking with Toby Swingler from @ceriwesternaustralia, as well as an improv session with Aden Date from Only the Human to help the finalists calm their nerves before they got ready to hit the stage. Thank you to James Arvanitakis and Forrest Research Foundation for giving the finalists a home away from home and linking them into the Perth academic scene, and thank you to all our other FameLab partners for supporting this unique science communication training program. Western Australian Museum Cheltenham Festivals Community Broadcasting Foundation Curtin University Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation Murdoch University The University of Western Australia Wellspring Group & Foundation 📷 Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne

Did you miss the FameLab Australia Final last week? This story on the ABC Radio's PM program gives you a glimpse of the finalists' journey! #famelab #sciencecommunication Kelsey Pool Penelope Galbraith Johannes Wolfram Debler Coralie Bishop Caerwen Ellery

Johannes Debler, a molecular biologist representing Curtin University and the Centre for Crop and Disease Management, is the winner of the FameLab Australia 2024 science communication competition. The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute's biomedical engineer Auriane Drack and the University of Technology Sydney's reproductive biologist Claire Richards were named runners-up. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gfJaBjbB Thank you to all FameLab Australia partners, whose support makes this science communication and training program possible: Western Australian Museum, Cheltenham Festivals, Comm-it : Communication and training solutions with science, Community Broadcasting Foundation, Curtin University, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Forrest Research Foundation, Murdoch University, The University of Western Australia and Wellspring Group & Foundation. 📷 Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne

The FameLab 2024 finalists have arrived at WA Museum Boola Bardip! We can't wait to see them all on stage later tonight. If you aren't able to come along in person, you can still watch them during our livestream online, starting at 6pm AWST/8pm AEST! https://lnkd.in/gzSgZ9m7 📷 Emma Donnelly We couldn't have got them here without the support of our FameLab partners - thank you, Western Australian Museum, Cheltenham Festivals, Comm-it : Communication and training solutions with science, Community Broadcasting Foundation, Curtin University, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Forrest Research Foundation, Murdoch University, The University of Western Australia and Wellspring Group & Foundation!

Congratulations to all new WA Innovation Advisory Board members, including our Chair Anna Shave! 👏 👏