Western Australian Museum - the heart of Perth's Cultural Centre, it holds about 4, 5 million items! The museum was founded in 1891 and today its exhibition introduces visitors to the history of Western Australia, its nature, aboriginal culture and, oddly enough, the cosmos - are stored meteorite weighing 11 tons! Another interesting exhibit of the museum - the skeleton of a blue whale. Archeological collection of the museum is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition to the two buildings in Perth, the museum complex includes offices in Geraldton, Albany and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and the Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Gallery in Fremantle.

Almost a hundred years - until 1971 - a museum located in an old prison in Perth, and was known as the Geological Museum. In 1892, the collections were added to the geological and biological, ethnological, and in 1897 the museum was officially renamed the Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. In the second half of the 20th century botanical collection was moved to a new herbarium, a museum and an art gallery divided. The museum has focused its efforts on collecting objects of anthropology, archeology, history and natural sciences. In 1960-70 there began to appear exhibits related to the history and culture of Aboriginal people, as well as the remains of ships sunk off the coast of the state. The building of the old prison in Perth today is also part of the museum complex as one of the oldest surviving buildings in Western Australia.

Among the permanent exhibitions of the museum - the exhibition "Land and People of Western Australia", which traces the history of this land from the time of the dinosaurs and the first Aboriginal to present day environmental problems. More information about the history of dinosaurs can be found on a thematic exhibition, which shows the skeleton of the prehistoric reptiles, as well as rocks from the Moon and Mars. On the history and culture of the Aborigines of Western Australia says the exhibition "Katta Dzhinung." A Maritime Gallery Dampier can get information about the biodiversity of the archipelago waters of the dump. Finally, in the galleries of mammals, birds and butterflies are placed exhibits surprising nature of the state. For children and adults in the museum is a center "Discovery", introduces the collections of the museum in an interactive way.

A little about the museum's branches in other cities in the state. Unit in Albany is located on the site of the first European settlement in Western Australia. The museum tells about the biological diversity of these areas, the culture of Aboriginal tribe Nungar and ancient ecosystems of these places. Exhibit Museum Kalgoorlie-Boulder to acquaint with the history of the Gold Rush and the development of the mining industry. And in Geraldton can learn about the development of agriculture in the region, about the life of Aboriginal tribe Yamaji crashes and Dutch ships. Not far from these places in the 17th century Dutch ship sank famous "Batavia", a portico which is now kept in the museum.

Western Australian Museum also conducts a number of research programs in the fields of archeology, anthropology, marine zoology, history, nature conservation, etc.