What's on at our Museums?

Discover the fascinating maritime history of the State’s midwest.

This heritage-listed hotel is believed to be the narrowest pub in the Southern Hemisphere, and houses three display galleries upstairs.

Throughout the year the Discovery Centre hosts a range of interactive, engaging and hands-on programs for all ages that are always changing, and always fun!

An array of stunning galleries with stories from Minang Noongar Boodja (Country), a place rich in culture, Aboriginal and Wadjella (non-Aboriginal) histories and information about amazing regional biodiversity.

In this display, the opulent Kalgoorlie and Perth office and boardrooms of Claude De Bernales have been recreated in all their grandeur.

Creative minds, amazing ideas

Discover inspiring stories of individuals who have dared to challenge both nature and themselves as they ventured across the world’s oceans.

Step into the Cargoes Gallery on the second level of the WA Maritime Museum and discover a fascinating array of goods that have passed through Western Australia’s ports over centuries.

See how naval warfare evolved in the 20th century at the WA Maritime Museum’s Naval Defence gallery, where tales of courage, resilience, and sacrifice unfold above and below the waves.

Run by volunteers, this space houses historic engines from Western Australia's maritime past, and demonstrates restored engines in action and full movement.

The Welcome Walls projects pay tribute to those migrants who arrived by sea, landing at Fremantle or Albany, and to the many benefits they gave to their new home.

Witness the wrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and HSK Kormoran as they currently lie, 2,500m deep on the ocean floor, through a sequence of extraordinary high quality 2D and 3D images.