Foundation for the WA Museum

The Foundation for the WA Museum supports the enhancement of the WA Museum’s cultural, scientific, and social impact by securing long-term philanthropic and corporate support to help fund vital initiatives and special projects that help enrich lives for generations to come. 

With the generous support from donors and partners, the Foundation has played an important role in the WA Museum securing major international exhibitions which supports storytelling initiatives from across the globe; funding ground-breaking scientific research; and enabling education, learning and outreach programs in metropolitan and regional Western Australia. 
 

Exhibitions and Storytelling 
The WA Museum’s public galleries and special exhibitions reflect the stories of our State and county, from the earliest times to the most recent social histories. The Foundation helps support the Museum to make a real difference by connection people to stories and places around the globe.  

• Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor is an Australian exclusive exhibition (2025)
• Worlds collide in the depth of our ocean with James Cameron – Challenging the Deep (2024)
• Dinosaurs of Patagonia came to Perth with the support of the Foundations International Exhibition Fund donors (2022)  

Collections and Acquisitions  
The WA Museum has over 8 million objects and artefacts in its collections.  The Collections and Research Centre is heavily involved in research projects investigating the rich biodiversity and geodiversity of Western Australia.  

• Foundation grant goes towards acquisition of Red Rock Art Collection and Archive (2023)  

Research and Fieldwork  
The WA Museum is heavily involved in research projects investigating the rich human history, biodiversity and geodiversity of Western Australia. Learn more about some of the projects that were directly supported by the Foundation for the WA Museum 

• New discoveries in the Houtman Abrolhos (2025) 
• Youngest ichthyosaur fossil found from the Southern Hemisphere identified (2022-2024)
• Diprotodon discovery in the Pilbara (2023)

Education, Learning and Outreach  
The WA Museum offers a wide range of education, learning and outreach activities. With your help, the Foundation for the WA Museum provides support to offer more programs and reach more people.  

Learn more about the impact the Foundation has on education, learning and outreach

State-wide Activities  
The WA Museum is here for all people across the entire state of Western Australia, and its research activities cover the State from North to South, East to West, and even extend to the marine environments and shipwrecks along the coast.  

• Planting of over 70 new native plants in the expanded Aboriginal Bush Food & Medicine Garden at the Museum of the Goldfields (2024)