Western Australian Museum
Western Australian Museum Established 1891 Location Perth, Fremantle, Albany, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Collection size Approx 4.7 million items in fields of Zoology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Anthropology, Archaeology and History. Website Museum.wa.gov.au Western Australian Museum front entrance, Perth The Western Australian Museum is the state museum for Western Australia. It has six main sites: in Perth within the Perth Cultural Centre, two in Fremantle (Maritime and Shipwreck Galleries), and one each in Albany, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The Western Australian Museum is a statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the Museum Act 1969. Contents 1 History 2 Locations 2.1 Perth 2.2 Maritime and Shipwreck Galleries 2.3 Albany 2.4 Kalgoorlie-Boulder 2.5 Geraldton 3 Research departments 4 Perth museum redevelopments 5 Publications 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History Established in 1891 in the Old Perth Gaol,...