List of museums in Western Australia
This list of museums in Western Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
| Name | Location | Region | Type | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Convict Gaol Museum | Albany | Great Southern | Prison | Albany Historical Society[1] |
| Albany Co-operative Store | Albany | Great Southern | Local history | Albany Historical Society website[2] |
| The Brig Amity | Albany | Great Southern | Maritime | Operated by the Museum of the Great Southern, replica early 19th century two-masted brig museum ship |
| Argyle Downs Homestead Museum | Kununurra | Kimberley | Historic house | website, also known as the Duracks Museum, 1880s pioneer homestead |
| Army Museum of Western Australia | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Military | Collections housed in an historic artillery barracks |
| Art Gallery of Western Australia | Perth | Greater Perth | Art | Part of the Perth Cultural Centre |
| ArtGeo | Busselton | South West | Art | website, municipal art gallery |
| Augusta Historical Museum | Augusta | South West | Local history | information |
| Australia Inland Mission Hospital Museum | Lake Grace | Wheatbelt | Medical | information, former hospital of the Australian Inland Mission |
| Australian Sailing Museum | Mandurah | Peel | Maritime | Includes yacht models, history of Australian sailing, sailors from the 19th century, maritime art |
| Aviation Heritage Museum | Perth | Greater Perth | Aviation | Created and maintained by the RAAF Association of Western Australia, military and civilian aircraft, aircraft replicas and aircraft engines |
| Avondale Discovery Farm | Beverley | Wheatbelt | Farm | Research farm with historical buildings and a farming equipment museum, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Azelia Ley Homestead Museum | Hamilton Hill | Greater Perth | Local history | website |
| Bailup Ford Farm | Bailup | Greater Perth | Automotive | information, open by appointment |
| Bellview Shell Collection | Witchcliffe | South West | Natural history | information, shells and coral |
| Belmont Museum | Belmont | Greater Perth | Local history | website |
| Berkshire Valley Folk Museum | Moora | Wheatbelt | Open air | information |
| Berndt Museum of Anthropology | Crawley | Greater Perth | Anthropology | Aboriginal art and culture, artefacts from Melanesia, Asia and Southeast Asia, part of the University of Western Australia |
| Beverley Aeronautical Museum | Beverley | Wheatbelt | Aerospace | information, tribute to the aviators of Western Australia |
| Boyup Brook Pioneers Museum | Boyup Brook | South West | Local history | information |
| Broome Museum | Broome | Kimberley | Local history | website, operated by the Broome Historical Society |
| Bridgedale | Bridgetown | South West | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Bridgetown Old Gaol | Bridgetown | South West | Prison | website, operated by the Bridgetown Historical Society |
| Bruce Rock Museum | Bruce Rock | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Busselton Jetty Interpretive Centre | Busselton | South West | Maritime | History of the jetty |
| Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre | Bunbury | South West | Local history | website, operated by the City of Bunbury |
| Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia | Whiteman Park | Greater Perth | Local history | website, Western Australia's bus history |
| Busselton Museum | Busselton | South West | Local history | website |
| Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse | Cape Leeuwin | South West | Maritime | Lighthouse tours offered daily |
| Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse | Cape Naturaliste | South West | Maritime | Lighthouse tours and area maritime history |
| Carnamah Museum | Carnamah | Mid West | Local history | Operated by the Carnamah Historical Society |
| Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum | Carnarvon | Gascoyne | Science | History of the OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon used for communications for NASA's Apollo Moon project |
| Central Greenough Historic Settlement | Greenough | Mid West | Open air | Operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century agriculture town |
| Chapman Valley Museum | Nanson | Mid West | Local history | website, operated by the Chapman Valley Historical Society |
| Chiverton House Museum | Northampton | Mid West | Local history | information, operated by the Northampton Historical Society, includes mining, agriculture, machinery and social history |
| City of Gosnells Museum – Wilkinson Homestead | Gosnells | Greater Perth | Local history | website, early 20th century homestead with farm buildings including machinery shed, dunny and washhouse, agriculture machines |
| Claremont Museum | Claremont | Greater Perth | Local history | website |
| Coalfields Museum | Collie | South West | Local history | website |
| Cola Café and Museum | Toodyay | Wheatbelt | Beverage | website, 1950s style café with collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia |
| Connor's Mill | Toodyay | Wheatbelt | Mill | Historic flour mill |
| Corrigin Pioneer Museum | Corrigin | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Cullity Gallery | Nedlands | Greater Perth | Art | website, part of the University of Western Australia |
| Cunderdin Municipal Museum | Cunderdin | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Dardanup Heritage Park | Dardanup | South West | Technology | website, working agricultural and industrial machinery including a steam sawmill, engines, tractors, bulldozers, horse-drawn equipment, military memorabilia and more |
| Dead Finish Museum | Beverley | Wheatbelt | Local history | information, operated by the Beverley Historical Society |
| Denmark Historical Museum | Denmark | Great Southern | Local history | information |
| Department of Fire and Emergency Services Education and Heritage Centre | Perth | Greater Perth | Firefighting | History of Western Australian fire services |
| Dinosaur World | Denmark | Great Southern | Natural history | website, dinosaur skeletons, live birds and reptiles |
| Don Rhodes Mining and Transport Museum | Port Hedland | Pilbara | Mining and railway | Public park with an open-air display of retired mining machinery and railway rolling stock |
| Dowerin District Museum | Dowerin | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum | Crawley | Greater Perth | Natural history | website, minerals, rocks, fossils and meteorite, part of the University of Western Australia |
| Ellensbrook | Yebble | South West | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Esperance Museum | Esperance | Goldfields-Esperance | Local history | information website |
| Fremantle Arts Centre | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Art | website |
| Fremantle Prison | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Prison | Mid 19th century prison including gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels and prisoner art |
| Friends of Donnelly Village Museum | Donnelly River Village | SW Western Australia | Heritage listed Timber Mill Village | website, mid 20th century industrial site and adjoining workers village. Museum in Old School. |
| Goldfields War Museum | Kalgoorlie-Boulder | Goldfields-Esperance | Military | information |
| Goomalling Museum | Goomalling | Wheatbelt | Local history | website |
| Grain Discovery Centre | Narembeen | Wheatbelt | Agriculture | website, area wheat and grain industry |
| Gravity Discovery Centre | Gingin | Wheatbelt | Science | Hands-on science education centre operated by the University of Western Australia, focus on physics and astronomy |
| Gwalia Historical Museum | Gwalia | Goldfields-Esperance | Local history | website |
| Greenbushes Eco Cultural Discovery Centre | Greenbushes | South West | Multiple | website, area's natural history, environment, industry and heritage |
| Gwoonwardu Mia – Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre | Carnarvon | Gascoyne | Art | website, Aboriginal culture and art |
| Halliday House | Bayswater | Greater Perth | Local history | website, operated by the Bayswater Historical Society |
| Heathcote Museum and Gallery | Applecross | Greater Perth | Local history | website, history of the former mental health hospital, local history and culture, art |
| History House Museum | Armadale | Greater Perth | Local history | website |
| House of Buick | Bedfordale | Greater Perth | Automotive | information, open by appointment |
| Hugh Manning Tractor & Machinery Museum | Serpentine | Greater Perth | Agriculture | information |
| Hyden Pioneer Town | Hyden | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Irwin District Museum | Dongara | Mid West | Local history | website, operated by the Irwin District Historical Society |
| Jarrahdale Old Post Office Museum | Jarrahdale | Darling Range | Local history | website |
| John Curtin Gallery | Bentley | Greater Perth | Art | website, part of Curtin University |
| Kalamunda History Village | Kalamunda | Darling Range | Open air | website, operated by the Kalamunda and Districts Historical Society, features over a dozen restored heritage buildings |
| Kalgoorlie Boulder Racing Club Museum | Kalgoorlie-Boulder | Goldfields-Esperance | Sports | website, horse racing memorabilia |
| King Cottage Museum | Bunbury | South West | Local history | information, operated by the Bunbury Historical Society |
| Koorda and Districts Museum | Koorda | Wheatbelt | Medical | information, former hospital |
| Kununurra Museum | Kununurra | Kimberley | Local history | website, operated by the Kununurra Historical Society |
| Lace Place | Hyden | Wheatbelt | Textile | information, hand-made and machined lace, antique gowns |
| Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery | Crawley | Greater Perth | Art | website, part of the University of Western Australia |
| Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage | Bluff Point | Mid West | Local history | information, operated by the Geraldton-Greenough Historical Society |
| Mandurah Community Museum | Mandurah | Peel | Local history | website |
| Mangowine Homestead | Nungarin | Wheatbelt | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Manjimup Timber Park | Manjimup | South West | Forestry | website, state's timber industry |
| Melville Discovery Centre | Booragoon | Greater Perth | Local history | website, social history and culture |
| Merredin Military Museum | Merredin | Wheatbelt | Military | information |
| Merredin Railway Museum | Merredin | Wheatbelt | Railway | information, information, operated by the Meredin Historical Society |
| Miller Bakehouse Museum | Melville | Greater Perth | Industry | website, operated by the Melville Historical Society, 19th century wood-fired bakehouse |
| Motor Museum of Western Australia | Whiteman Park | Greater Perth | Automotive | website, cars, motorcycles, memorabilia |
| Mount Flora Regional Museum | Watermans Bay | Greater Perth | Local history | website |
| Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre | Derby | Kimberley | Art | website, Mowanjum Community art and culture |
| Mundaring Travelling Museum | Mundaring | Darling Range | Local history | Operated by Lost Mundaring & Surroundings Local History Museum. Features temporary and permanent exhibitions telling the story of people, place and events in the Shire of Mundaring. |
| Mundaring District Museum | Mundaring | Darling Range | Local history | Operated by the Mundaring and Hills Historical Society |
| Museum of Fishing & The Sea - The Packout Room | Port Denison | Midwest Region | Crayfishing and Natural History of the Irwin Coast | website 2 McIntyre Cove, Port Denison. Operated by Irwin Districts Historical Society. |
| Museum of Performing Arts | Perth | Greater Perth | Performing arts | Located in His Majesty's Theatre, memorabilia including costumes, photographs, press clippings, scripts, scores and other historic pieces |
| Museum of Natural History, Academy of Taxidermy | Guildford | Greater Perth | Natural history | website, stuffed animal mounts |
| Museum of Perth | Perth | Greater Perth | Local history | website, operated by Perth History Association Inc |
| Narembeen Museums | Narembeen | Wheatbelt | Local history | information, includes the St Paul's Museum, History Museum and History and Machinery Museum |
| New Norcia Museum | New Norcia | Wheatbelt | Religious | website, history of the Aboriginal mission and an art gallery |
| Newcastle Gaol Museum | Toodyay | Wheatbelt | Prison | Also known as Newcastle Gaol Museum, includes courtroom, prison cells and police stables |
| No 1 Pump Station | Mundaring | Darling Range | Technology | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, steam pump station for water for the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme |
| Northampton Motors & Machinery Shed | Northampton | Mid West | Technology | information, motors, trucks and tractors |
| Northcliffe Pioneer Museum | Northcliffe | South West | Local history | website, local industry, domestic life and work on the dairy farms, aboriginal tools, fossils, rocks, minerals, machinery |
| The Nostalgia Box | Perth | Greater Perth | Technology | website, video game consoles |
| Nungarin Heritage Machinery and Army Museum | Nungarin | Wheatbelt | Multiple | website, area pioneer and army heritage including Army vehicles, uniforms and equipment, agricultural machinery, memorabilia, dolls, toys |
| Old Blythewood | Pinjarra | Peel | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Old Court House Law Museum | Perth | Greater Perth | Law | Operated by the Law Society of Western Australia, history of the law, legal issues and the legal profession in Western Australia |
| Old Farm, Strawberry Hill | Albany | Great Southern | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Old Mill, Perth | Perth | Greater Perth | Mill | Restored tower windmill |
| Old Railway Station Museum | Northam | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Old Roebourne Gaol | Roebourne | Pilbara | Local history | information |
| HMAS Ovens | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Maritime | Part of the Western Australian Museum, Oberon class submarine museum ship |
| Patrick Taylor Cottage Museum | Albany | Great Southern | Historic house | website, operated by the Albany Historical Society, 1830s wattle and daub home, oldest surviving dwelling in Western Australia |
| Peninsula Farm | Maylands | Greater Perth | Historic house | Mid-19th-century farmer's cottage, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Perth Gaol | Perth | Greater Perth | Prison | Part of the Western Australian Museum |
| Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts | Perth | Greater Perth | Art | Contemporary art |
| Perth Mint | Perth | Greater Perth | Numismatic | Tours of the mint, coins |
| Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre | Booragoon | Greater Perth | Environment | website, the environment, sustainable living |
| Pinnacles Desert Discovery Centre | Cervantes | Wheatbelt | Natural history | Geology, plants, animals, cultural heritage of the Pinnacles Desert |
| Princess Royal Fortress | Albany | Great Southern | Military | website, historic fort with restored shore batteries, armouries, barracks, the 10th Light Horse display, collection of naval guns and torpedoes |
| Residency Museum (York) | York | Wheatbelt | Local history | website, operated by the Shire of York |
| Revolutions Transport Museum | Whiteman Park | Greater Perth | Transportation | information, land transportation including horse-drawn vehicles |
| Ridley's Motor Museum | Bertram | Greater Perth | Automotive | information |
| Rockingham Historical Society Museum | Rockingham | Greater Perth | Local history | information |
| Rottnest Island Museum | Rottnest Island | Greater Perth | Local history | information |
| Round House | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Prison | Oldest building still standing in Western Australia |
| Royal Western Australian Historical Society Museum | Nedlands, Western Australia | Perth | Statewide | website, large collection of photographs and memorabilia of Perth and Western Australia. |
| Russ Cottage | Dongara | Mid West | Historic house | website, operated by the Irwin District Historical Society |
| Scitech | Perth | Greater Perth | Science | Interactive exhibits about science, technology, engineering and maths |
| Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery Centre | Denham | Gascoyne | Multiple | Natural history, maritime and cultural heritage of Shark Bay, a World Heritage Site |
| Slater Homestead | Goomalling | Wheatbelt | Historic house | website |
| Southern Cross & Yilgarn Districts Historical Museum | Southern Cross | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| South West Rail and Heritage Centre | Boyanup | South West | Railway | website, operated by Rail Heritage WA |
| Sisters of St John of God Heritage Center | Broome | Kimberley | Religious | website, social history related to the Sisters of St John of God and Aboriginal people of the Kimberley |
| Subiaco Museum | Subiaco | Greater Perth | Local history | [1] |
| Swan Guildford Historical Society | Guildford | Greater Perth | History Museum | website, Colonial Gaol, Taylor's Cottage, social history of Guildford and the Swan Valley |
| Tractor Museum of Western Australia | Whiteman Park | Greater Perth | Transportation | website, vintage tractors, trucks and stationary engines, replica settlers cottage |
| Vickers Holden Museum | Furnissdale | Peel | Automotive | information, Holden cars, open by appointment |
| WACA Museum | Perth | Greater Perth | Sports | Operated by the Western Australian Cricket Association, history of cricket and other sports played at WACA Ground |
| Wagin Historical Village | Wagin | Great Southern | Open air | website |
| Wanneroo Museum | Wanneroo | Greater Perth | Local history | website |
| Warden Finnerty's Residence | Coolgardie | Goldfields-Esperance | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Warmun Art Centre | Kununurra | Kimberley | Art | website |
| West Coast Motor Museum | Mandurah | Peel | Automotive | website, over 50 vehicles from 1915 on |
| Western Australia Medical Museum | Subiaco | Greater Perth | Medical | information |
| Museum of the Great Southern | Albany | Great Southern | Local history | website, Natural and social history of the region |
| Museum of Geraldton | Geraldton | Mid West | Local history | website, Heritage of the land, sea and people of the Mid West region |
| Museum of the Goldfields | Kalgoorlie-Boulder | Goldfields-Esperance | Mining | website, History of the Eastern Goldfields and the city's mining heritage |
| Western Australian Museum | Perth | Greater Perth | Natural history | website, Culture of the local Aboriginal people, State's natural history, geology – Closed until 2020 |
| WA Shipwrecks Museum | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Maritime | website, Features relics from ships wrecked along Western Australia's coastline |
| WA Maritime Museum | Fremantle | Greater Perth | Maritime | website, Includes HMAS Ovens submarine, boats, fishing, cargoes, naval defence, steam machines |
| Western Australian Rail Transport Museum | Bassendean | Greater Perth | Railway | Heritage steam locomotives and rolling stock |
| Whale World | Albany | Great Southern | Natural history | website, whales and whale industry history, located in a former whaling station |
| Wireless Hill Museum | Ardross | Greater Perth | Telecommunications | Historic radio station |
| Wongan Hills and District Museum | Wongan Hills | Wheatbelt | Local history | information |
| Wonnerup House | Wonnerup | South West | Historic house | Mid-19th-century house, includes historic school and teacher's house, operated by the National Trust of Australia |
| Woodbridge House | Woodbridge | Greater Perth | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, late 19th-century mansion |
| Woodloes Homestead | Cannington | Greater Perth | Historic house | Mid-19th-century house, designed and build by Francis Bird, operated by Canning Districts Historical Society |
| Wubin Wheatbin Museum | Wubin | Wheatbelt | Agriculture | information, wheat farming |
| Wyalkatchem CBH Agricultural Museum | Wyalkatchem | Wheatbelt | Agriculture | information, agricultural, transport exhibits |
| Yarloop Workshops | Yarloop | Wheatbelt | Railway | Historic railway workshops with working steam engines, used for forestry industry trains |
| York Courthouse Complex | York | Wheatbelt | Prison | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, includes courthouse, cell block and police station |
| York Motor Museum | York | Wheatbelt | Automotive | website, vintage and classic motor vehicles |
Defunct museums
- Museum of Western Australia Sports[3]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.historicalbany.com.au/ Albany Historical Society website
- ^ Albany Historical Website
- ^ http://www.historycouncilwa.org.au/advocacy/cultural-infrastructure/sports-museum Sports Museum, History Council of Western Australia