A new visitor experience at the WA Shipwrecks Museum will open this Saturday 2 December with SS Xantho: unlocking hidden stories of our State which explores the amazing story of Western Australia’s first coastal steamship.
Because of your support, the WA Maritime Museum and WA Shipwrecks Museum are finalists in this year’s Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards!
We are delighted to share that reviews from millions of Tripadvisor travellers have placed the WA Maritime Museum and WA Shipwrecks Museum in the top 10% of attractions worldwide in the 2023 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice!
Did you know the ocean is home to a huge population of creatures that can’t be shown in a display case but are very important to life?
For more than 66 years the wrecks of two ships destroyed in what is still Australia’s worst ever naval disaster sat silently on the ocean floor, their location a mystery.