Red and pink toned roses with leaves flourish on a green textured background
WA Maritime Museum

Location

WA Maritime Museum
Victoria Quay Road, Fremantle / Walyalup

Dates

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Dates

Saturday 31 August 2024 – Sunday 11 May 2025

Tickets

Free all summer until 31 March 

 

Session times

Pre book your tickets early to secure your preferred session time and avoid disappointment.

 

Please note, this event has a strict lockout. Arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your session commencing to ensure entry.

 

Unable to attend?

If you can no longer attend your pre booked session, contact us to discuss your options.

 

Access Information

View Visual Story for this exhibition here. 

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Be enchanted by a world of colour, curiosity and culture when you find yourself in Empress Joséphine’s Garden. 

Making its global debut, Empress Joséphine's Garden is a modern, immersive large screen digital experience exploring the little-known story of Empress Joséphine Bonaparte’s garden in Paris. Discover how it was filled with flora and fauna from around the globe, including black swans, kangaroos, emus and hundreds of exotic plants from Western Australia. 

Knitting together a shared history between France and Australia, explore themes of power, wealth, and the excitement of new scientific discoveries in the 19th century, all through the eyes of socialite, amateur botanist, and Empress of France – Joséphine Bonaparte.

Your immersive adventure into Empress Joséphine's Garden awaits!

AGB Creative logo and WA Maritime Museum logo

 

Contributing partner Jotterbook Flowers.

Sugar Blue Burlesque dancer Lotta L'Amour performing at Le Bar opening event in 2024 at WA Maritime Museum.
Luke Riley Creative

Joséphine’s Garden: Le Bar

Fridays | 6pm – 8.30pm
Friday 14 February - Friday 11 April 2025

Get a taste of France every Friday night with a unique twist each week! Embrace a season of Friday night soirées where the allure of French culture meets the magic of gardens after dark. Bring your friends or a special someone for a vibrant Friday night soirée! 

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a high tea setup with someone using a phone camera and taking a picture
Luke Riley Creative

Joséphine’s Garden High Tea

Saturdays and Sundays  | 2.15pm - 4pm
Saturday 8 February – Sunday 11 May 2025
Not available during April school holidays 

Take a seat and enjoy an afternoon with friends for a high-tea with a difference. Immerse yourself in the floral French artistry of the Glasshouse and enjoy all things sweet and savoury.
 

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A colourful projection of an English style brick manor house and vivid green garden behind a blue and gold ornate fence on a long wall interspersed with the silhouettes of Museum visitors who stand watching the scene
A projection of five historic pages with historic illustrations of roses on a long wall interspersed with the silhouettes of Museum visitors who stand watching the scene
Two people, one in a striped shirt and tied up brown hair, and the other in a black shirt with their long brown hair worn down stare with expressions of excitement at something off-camera. A vividly colourful projection of an English garden and manor house behind a blue fence is projected over the people and onto the wall behind them.
A colourful projection of a painting of Express Josephine who wears a white dress which red and blue details and a crown among images of a yellow flowering plant is projected on a long wall interspersed with the silhouettes of Museum visitors who sit on a bench watching the scene
An adult and a young child stand in front of a large colourful projection of roses and leaves. The young person reaches out their hand to point at the projection

Important information

Before you book

Empress Joséphine's Garden is a modern, immersive large screen timed digital 360-degree experience where audiences move between three rooms. 

Session times

9.45am, 10.30am, 11.15am, 12pm, 12.45pm, 1.30pm, 2.15pm, 3pm, 3.45pm

Each screening runs for 45 minutes.

To ensure we are running on time, please make sure you arrive 15 minutes before your session time.

Unable to attend your session?

If you can no longer attend your pre booked session, please contact us to discuss your options.

Access information

WA Maritime Museum is fully accessible. 
View the Visual Story for this exhibition. 

Special exhibition events

a high tea setup with someone using a phone camera and taking a picture
Public Program

Joséphine’s Garden High Tea 2025

Enjoy a delightful high tea and visit to the Empress Joséphine's Garden experience.

WA Maritime Museum

Saturdays | 2.15pm – 4pm
Sundays | 2.15pm – 4pm

Sunday 9 February – Sunday 11 May 2025
Not available during April school holidays 

Exhibition: 2.15pm – 3pm  
High Tea: 3pm – 4pm

Note: Mother's Day session 8.45am – 9.45am and 2.15pm – 4pm

two female musicians perform. one is holding a microphone and one is holding an accordion
Public Program

Joséphine’s Garden: Le Bar 2025

Le Bar returns for 2025 with a program of jazzy, sexy and sultry sights and sounds.

WA Maritime Museum

Fridays | 6pm – 8.30pm 
Friday 14 February – Friday 11 April 2025 

Coming up 

Friday 21 February
Cat & The Box | Talented female group who are masters of the accordion, piano, mandolin and acoustic gypsy guitar.