Hands touching a flat smoothed rock
WA Museum Boola Bardip

Exhibitions

Discover our State’s rich cultural and natural heritage through three major themes.

Being Western Australian:
Celebrating the diversity of our people.

Discovering Western Australia:
Providing a gateway to our incredible State.

Exploring the World:
Defining Western Australia’s place in the world.

 

Permanent exhibitions

Each of the Museum’s exhibitions explores these themes through collections, research and the perspectives of communities from across Western Australia.

Woven throughout are the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, recognising the primary rights of Australia’s first peoples in practising and expressing their cultural heritage.

Special Exhibitions

Stylised birds, animal skeletons and wind turbines against a yellow floral background

Illuminate

Experience an extraordinary immersive experience with the Illuminate night projections at Boola Bardip.

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Sunset over Australian outback
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Rangelands SOTA Photography

Rangelands School of Air | 2024 Photo Competition

See through the lens of the children from our WA regional communities, as we showcase the winners from the 2024 Rangelands NRM/School of the Air photo competition.

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Two people look through a large folio standing in an outback area
Elder Maxine Dimer and Catrina Luz Aniere: Sharing story, writing poetry together.

WAKE UP THE SNAKE

WAKE UP THE SNAKE is an exhibition to wake up the consciousness of all people to the significance that water has to sustain all life and the protection of water sources such as the Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) in the West Kimberley, as well as the gnamma (water holes) in the Great Western Woodlands

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Hands exchanging fresh produce at a market stall filled with colourful fruits and vegetables.

Fair Food WA Community Showcase

‘Full Futures: Everyone at the table’, a Community Showcase presented by Fair Food WA, explores the urgent issue of food security in Western Australia. Through images and objects, visitors are invited to reflect on what it takes to build a resilient and accessible food system for all.

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Silhouette of a person looking up at a large screen displaying an artist video of a whale underwater.

Biomass

Unfolding within Jubilee Hall, Biomass transforms the space into a living, breathing gallery of virtual reality, interactive installations, and extended reality artworks. This is your opportunity to experience ground-breaking works from artists across the globe.

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A black swan graphic is layered upon a stripy yellow background on the left, and a white V graphic is layered upon a stripy blue background to the right
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AFL Origin: The Beginning

AAMI AFL Origin returns in 2026, and to mark the occasion we are looking back to the opening bounce.

The inaugural State of Origin game was played in 1977 at Subiaco Oval, when Western Australia took on Victoria in a game designed to even interstate football.

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