Story: Best of Boola Bardip
Episode: 6
Presenter: Nikki Parkinson
Air Date: 17th March 2024

Nikki gets a special tour of Perth Cultural Centre’s WA Museum Boola Bardip.

• WA Museum Boola Bardip, located in Perth's arts and culture hub, showcases Western Australia's rich history and culture through cutting-edge technology and interactive exhibits, with a focus on diverse stories, landscapes, and global impact.
• The museum, led by CEO Alec Coles, collaborates with world-leading researchers to provide up-to-date information on its exhibits, such as the Megalodon shark, revealing new insights into its body shape.
• The Gogo fish, a highlight of the museum’s Wildlife section, attracts attention especially considering David Attenborough's interest in this unique species.
• The Night Parrot exhibit, a recent addition, features the critically endangered bird once thought to be extinct, with the WA Museum holding the best-preserved specimen collected in Western Australia since the 1800s.
• The museum's iconic display is Otto the blue whale, a 24-metre-long skeleton with a fascinating history, representing over a century of the WA Museum's commitment to preserving and showcasing the state's natural and cultural heritage.