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.
Explore the lives, traditions and rich cultural legacy of the Spinifex People through their vibrant artworks.
Our heart, Country, spirit
Creative minds, amazing ideas
Highlights from the State’s collections
Our place in the world
Special Exhibitions
WA Museum Boola Bardip’s digital public art program features new Aboriginal digital artworks for 2025 showing on the Hackett Hall and Francis Street façades at WA Museum Boola Bardip throughout the year.
Experience an extraordinary immersive experience with the Illuminate night projections at Boola Bardip.
Come face to face with one of the world’s greatest cultural treasures in this groundbreaking exhibition.
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.
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
Students from North Metropolitan TAFE’s EAL II Employment Fashion course unveil their final creations after a year of learning and making.
