The best museums in Western Australia in June 2023

These are the top 50 best museums in Western Australia, ranked by their rating and popularity in 2023. Click a museum for more information about the museum, including visitor information, exhibitions and reviews.

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Looking for the best museums in Western Australia? These are the best ones:

  1. Fremantle Prison1

    Fremantle Prison

    Fremantle
    Fremantle Prison , sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail , is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle , Western Australia. The six-hectare (15-acre) site includes the prison cellblocks, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, and tunnels. It was initially us
  2. National Anzac Centre2

    National Anzac Centre

    Albany
  3. Carnarvon Space & Technology Museum3

    Carnarvon Space & Technology Museum

    Brown Range
  4. WA Museum Boola Bardip4

    WA Museum Boola Bardip

    Perth
    The Western Australian Museum is a statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the Museum Act 1969 . The museum has six main sites. The state museum, now known as WA Museum Boola Bardip , officially re-opened on 21 November 2020 in the Perth Cultural Centre . The
  5. Perth Zoo5

    Perth Zoo

    Perth
    Perth Zoo is a 17-hectare (41-acre) zoological park in South Perth , Western Australia . The zoo first opened in 1898 and by 2011 housed 1258 animals of 164 species and an extensive botanical collection. It is a full institutional member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA) and the World Assoc
  6. AQWA The Aquarium Of Western Australia6

    AQWA The Aquarium Of Western Australia

    Perth
    The Aquarium of Western Australia ( AQWA ) is a privately owned aquarium in Hillarys, Western Australia . AQWA was Australia's largest aquarium when it opened and still possesses Australia's largest single aquarium and walk-through underwater tunnel .
  7. Caversham Wildlife Park7

    Caversham Wildlife Park

    Perth
  8. WA Maritime Museum8

    WA Maritime Museum

    Fremantle
  9. Scitech9

    Scitech

    West Perth
    Scitech is a not-for-profit company operating as the Scitech Science Centre, a permanent, interactive science museum which includes a planetarium in West Perth, Western Australia . The organisation's published mission is "to increase awareness, interest, capability and participation by all Western
  10. The Art Gallery of Western Australia | AGWA10

    The Art Gallery of Western Australia | AGWA

    Perth
    Modern and spacious building housing intriguing exhibitions for hours of browsing through. Easily accessible from train station, runs on donations only!
  11. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts11

    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

    Perth
    Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts ( PICA ) is a contemporary visual and performance arts venue located in a heritage-listed building in Perth , Western Australia.
  12. Aviation Heritage Museum12

    Aviation Heritage Museum

    Perth
    The Aviation Heritage Museum is a museum created and maintained by the RAAF Association of Western Australia. It houses many military and civilian aircraft, aircraft replicas and aircraft engines, of types that have served in the Royal Australian Air Force or have relevance to aviation in Western A
  13. Albany’s Historic Whaling Station13

    Albany’s Historic Whaling Station

    Albany
  14. Princess Royal Fortress14

    Princess Royal Fortress

    Albany
  15. Ocean Park Aquarium15

    Ocean Park Aquarium

    Shark bay
  16. Ranger Red's Zoo & Conservation Park16

    Ranger Red's Zoo & Conservation Park

    Pinjarra
  17. Carnamah Museum17

    Carnamah Museum

    Carnamah
    The Carnamah Historical Society collects, records, preserves and promotes the history of Carnamah , a town and farming community in the Mid West region of Western Australia . The society was formed in 1983, began a museum in 1992, and established itself online in 2003. It was subsequently profiled
  18. Museum & Fire Safety Education Centre18

    Museum & Fire Safety Education Centre

    Perth
    Little firemen will surely be interested in the history of firefighting. Maybe even you! Learn about the occupation you considered as a kid!
  19. Museum of Perth19

    Museum of Perth

    Perth
  20. 20

    Greenough Wildlife Park

    Greenough
  21. York Courthouse Complex21

    York Courthouse Complex

    York
  22. The Rockingham Museum22

    The Rockingham Museum

    Rockingham
  23. 23

    Yongergnow Australian Malleefowl Centre

    Ongerup
  24. 24

    WA Wildlife

    Perth
  25. Albany Convict Gaol & Museum25

    Albany Convict Gaol & Museum

    Albany
  26. 26

    WA Shipwrecks Museum

    Fremantle
  27. Strawberry Hill at Barmup27

    Strawberry Hill at Barmup

    Albany
  28. York Residency Museum28

    York Residency Museum

    York
  29. 29

    Central Greenough

    Greenough
  30. 30

    Broome Historical Museum

    Broome
  31. 31

    Revolutions Transport Museum

    Perth
  32. Connor's Mill Museum32

    Connor's Mill Museum

    Toodyay
  33. Newcastle Gaol Museum33

    Newcastle Gaol Museum

    Toodyay
  34. Kalamunda History Village34

    Kalamunda History Village

    Kalamunda
  35. Wireless Hill Museum35

    Wireless Hill Museum

    Perth
  36. Woodloes Museum36

    Woodloes Museum

    Perth
  37. Wubin Wheatbin Museum37

    Wubin Wheatbin Museum

    Wubin
  38. Azelia Ley Museum38

    Azelia Ley Museum

    Perth
  39. The Busselton Museum39

    The Busselton Museum

    Busselton
  40. 40

    Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

    Boulder
  41. 41

    Loopline Railway Museum

    Boulder
  42. 42

    Museum of Geraldton

    Geraldton
  43. 43

    The Ford Farm Museum

    Gidgegannup
  44. 44

    Balladonia Museum

    Balladonia
  45. 45

    Claremont Museum

    Perth
  46. 46

    Museum of the Great Southern

    Albany
  47. 47

    Brig Amity

    Albany
  48. 48

    Tractor Musem

    Perth
  49. 49

    Motor Museum of Western Australia

    Perth
  50. 50

    Old Post Office Museum

    Jarrahdale

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