❓ Ms. Evangel inquires about a new exhibit at the Western Australian Museum. The Minister for Culture and the Arts confirms the arrival of a dinosaur exhibition and highlights its educational and economic benefits.
AnsweredQoN 278Legislative Assembly
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM — DINOSAUR
EXHIBITION
278. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for
Culture and the Arts:
I noticed a very large new resident
in my electorate this week. Can the minister please advise the house who has
moved into the Western Australian Museum?
EXHIBITION
278. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for
Culture and the Arts:
I noticed a very large new resident
in my electorate this week. Can the minister please advise the house who has
moved into the Western Australian Museum?
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I can inform the member for Perth
that a 16-metre-long and 10-metre-high brachiosaurus has moved into residence
at the Western Australian Museum. Indeed, there is a long history of dinosaurs
in Western Australia.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members! I do not want to hear about who has more dinosaurs on
which side.
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : A new population is resident at the Western Australian Museum.
I am delighted that the Museum has created a new exhibition especially for the people
of Western Australia, although it is expected to tour to other locations
outside the state ultimately.
Mr
B.J. Grylls : Is Joe Bullock in the exhibition?
The
SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : There is some levity about this, but it is a serious issue. It
is an important example of the role of the Western Australian Museum and what a
modern museum can do to engage with younger and older people through using new
technology, new scientific research and so on. It sets the standard for what
will be provided in the $428 million new Western Australian Museum project,
which is under development and on track to be open to the public in 2020.
From tomorrow, Western Australians
and visitors will be able to visit the Dinosaur
Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous exhibition at the Western
Australian Museum. It brings back to life some of the extraordinary dinosaurs
that roamed the earth 145 million to 65 million years ago.
Mr B.S. Wyatt :
Give us a lashing!
The SPEAKER :
Member for Victoria Park!
Mr J.H.D. DAY :
Members have had it. I am more interested in mercy.
This exhibition includes the brachiosaurus, a new
tyrannosaurus rex and a section dedicated to Australian dinosaurs, including
species that have rarely been seen before in Western Australia. I hope that
members take the opportunity to visit the exhibition between tomorrow and early
August. I also take this opportunity to commend the Western Australian Museum
Foundation for its new project in establishing a substantial philanthropic fund
worth tens of millions of dollars that will provide support for the Museum and
will assist in ensuring high-standard exhibitions such as this can be provided
for Western Australian children and adults in the future. I congratulate the
staff of the Museum who have prepared this exhibition and I wish them well for
its duration.
that a 16-metre-long and 10-metre-high brachiosaurus has moved into residence
at the Western Australian Museum. Indeed, there is a long history of dinosaurs
in Western Australia.
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Members! I do not want to hear about who has more dinosaurs on
which side.
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : A new population is resident at the Western Australian Museum.
I am delighted that the Museum has created a new exhibition especially for the people
of Western Australia, although it is expected to tour to other locations
outside the state ultimately.
Mr
B.J. Grylls : Is Joe Bullock in the exhibition?
The
SPEAKER : Member for Pilbara, I call you to order for the second time.
Mr
J.H.D. DAY : There is some levity about this, but it is a serious issue. It
is an important example of the role of the Western Australian Museum and what a
modern museum can do to engage with younger and older people through using new
technology, new scientific research and so on. It sets the standard for what
will be provided in the $428 million new Western Australian Museum project,
which is under development and on track to be open to the public in 2020.
From tomorrow, Western Australians
and visitors will be able to visit the Dinosaur
Discovery: Lost Creatures of the Cretaceous exhibition at the Western
Australian Museum. It brings back to life some of the extraordinary dinosaurs
that roamed the earth 145 million to 65 million years ago.
Mr B.S. Wyatt :
Give us a lashing!
The SPEAKER :
Member for Victoria Park!
Mr J.H.D. DAY :
Members have had it. I am more interested in mercy.
This exhibition includes the brachiosaurus, a new
tyrannosaurus rex and a section dedicated to Australian dinosaurs, including
species that have rarely been seen before in Western Australia. I hope that
members take the opportunity to visit the exhibition between tomorrow and early
August. I also take this opportunity to commend the Western Australian Museum
Foundation for its new project in establishing a substantial philanthropic fund
worth tens of millions of dollars that will provide support for the Museum and
will assist in ensuring high-standard exhibitions such as this can be provided
for Western Australian children and adults in the future. I congratulate the
staff of the Museum who have prepared this exhibition and I wish them well for
its duration.
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