This list of museums in Western Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
| Name | Location | Region | Type | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prison | Albany Historical Society[1] | |||
| Albany Co-operative Store | Great Southern | Local history | Albany Historical Society website[2] | |
| Great Southern | Maritime | Operated by the Museum of the Great Southern, replica early 19th century two-masted brig museum ship | ||
| Historic house | website, also known as the Duracks Museum, 1880s pioneer homestead | |||
| Greater Perth | Military | Collections housed in an historic artillery barracks | ||
| Art | Part of the Perth Cultural Centre | |||
| ArtGeo | South West | Art | website, municipal art gallery | |
| Augusta Historical Museum | South West | Local history | information | |
| Australia Inland Mission Hospital Museum | Wheatbelt | Medical | information, former hospital of the Australian Inland Mission | |
| Peel | Maritime | Includes yacht models, history of Australian sailing, sailors from the 19th century, maritime art | ||
| Perth | Greater Perth | Aviation | Created and maintained by the RAAF Association of Western Australia, military and civilian aircraft, aircraft replicas and aircraft engines | |
| Wheatbelt | Farm | Research farm with historical buildings and a farming equipment museum, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Greater Perth | Local history | website | ||
| Bailup Ford Farm | Greater Perth | Automotive | information, open by appointment | |
| Bellview Shell Collection | South West | Natural history | information, shells and coral | |
| Belmont Museum | Greater Perth | Local history | website | |
| Berkshire Valley Folk Museum | Wheatbelt | Open air | information | |
| Greater Perth | Anthropology | Aboriginal art and culture, artefacts from Melanesia, Asia and Southeast Asia, part of the University of Western Australia | ||
| Wheatbelt | Aerospace | information, tribute to the aviators of Western Australia | ||
| Boyup Brook Pioneers Museum | South West | Local history | information | |
| Broome Museum | Kimberley | Local history | website, operated by the Broome Historical Society | |
| South West | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| South West | Prison | website, operated by the Bridgetown Historical Society | ||
| Bruce Rock Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| Busselton Jetty Interpretive Centre | South West | Maritime | History of the jetty | |
| South West | Local history | website, operated by the City of Bunbury | ||
| Bus Preservation Society of Western Australia | Greater Perth | Local history | website, Western Australia's bus history | |
| Busselton Museum | South West | Local history | website | |
| South West | Maritime | Lighthouse tours offered daily | ||
| Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse | South West | Maritime | Lighthouse tours and area maritime history | |
| Mid West | Local history | Operated by the Carnamah Historical Society | ||
| Gascoyne | Science | History of the OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon used for communications for NASA's Apollo Moon project | ||
| Mid West | Open air | Operated by the National Trust of Australia, mid 19th century agriculture town | ||
| Chapman Valley Museum | Mid West | Local history | website, operated by the Chapman Valley Historical Society | |
| Chiverton House Museum | Mid West | Local history | information, operated by the Northampton Historical Society, includes mining, agriculture, machinery and social history | |
| City of Gosnells Museum – Wilkinson Homestead | Greater Perth | Local history | website, early 20th century homestead with farm buildings including machinery shed, dunny and washhouse, agriculture machines | |
| Claremont Museum | Greater Perth | Local history | website | |
| Coalfields Museum | South West | Local history | website | |
| Wheatbelt | Beverage | website, 1950s style café with collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia | ||
| Wheatbelt | Mill | Historic flour mill | ||
| Corrigin Pioneer Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| Greater Perth | Art | website, part of the University of Western Australia | ||
| Cunderdin Municipal Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| Dardanup Heritage Park | South West | Technology | website, working agricultural and industrial machinery including a steam sawmill, engines, tractors, bulldozers, horse-drawn equipment, military memorabilia and more | |
| Dead Finish Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information, operated by the Beverley Historical Society | |
| Denmark Historical Museum | Great Southern | Local history | information | |
| Perth | Greater Perth | Firefighting | History of Western Australian fire services | |
| Dinosaur World | Great Southern | Natural history | website, dinosaur skeletons, live birds and reptiles | |
| Mining and railway | Public park with an open-air display of retired mining machinery and railway rolling stock | |||
| Dowerin District Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| Greater Perth | Natural history | website, minerals, rocks, fossils and meteorite, part of the University of Western Australia | ||
| South West | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Local history | information website | |||
| Fremantle | Greater Perth | Art | website | |
| Fremantle | Greater Perth | Prison | Mid 19th century prison including gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels and prisoner art | |
| Donnelly River Village | SW Western Australia | Heritage listed Timber Mill Village | website, mid 20th century industrial site and adjoining workers village. Museum in Old School. | |
| Goldfields-Esperance | Military | information | ||
| Goomalling Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | website | |
| Grain Discovery Centre | Wheatbelt | Agriculture | website, area wheat and grain industry | |
| Wheatbelt | Science | Hands-on science education centre operated by the University of Western Australia, focus on physics and astronomy | ||
| Gwalia Historical Museum | Goldfields-Esperance | Local history | website | |
| Greenbushes Eco Cultural Discovery Centre | South West | Multiple | website, area's natural history, environment, industry and heritage | |
| Gwoonwardu Mia – Gascoyne Aboriginal Heritage and Cultural Centre | Gascoyne | Art | website, Aboriginal culture and art | |
| Halliday House | Greater Perth | Local history | website, operated by the Bayswater Historical Society | |
| Greater Perth | Local history | website, history of the former mental health hospital, local history and culture, art | ||
| Greater Perth | Local history | website | ||
| House of Buick | Greater Perth | Automotive | information, open by appointment | |
| Greater Perth | Agriculture | information | ||
| Hyden Pioneer Town | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| Irwin District Museum | Mid West | Local history | website, operated by the Irwin District Historical Society | |
| Jarrahdale Old Post Office Museum | Darling Range | Local history | website | |
| Greater Perth | Art | website, part of Curtin University | ||
| Kalamunda History Village | Darling Range | Open air | website, operated by the Kalamunda and Districts Historical Society, features over a dozen restored heritage buildings | |
| Goldfields-Esperance | Sports | website, horse racing memorabilia | ||
| King Cottage Museum | Local history | information, operated by the Bunbury Historical Society | ||
| Koorda and Districts Museum | Wheatbelt | Medical | information, former hospital | |
| Kimberley | Local history | website, operated by the Kununurra Historical Society | ||
| Lace Place | Wheatbelt | Textile | information, hand-made and machined lace, antique gowns | |
| Greater Perth | Art | website, part of the University of Western Australia | ||
| Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage | Local history | information, operated by the Geraldton-Greenough Historical Society | ||
| Peel | Local history | website | ||
| Wheatbelt | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| South West | Forestry | website, state's timber industry | ||
| Greater Perth | Local history | website, social history and culture | ||
| Merredin Military Museum | Wheatbelt | Military | information | |
| Merredin Railway Museum | Wheatbelt | Railway | information, information, operated by the Meredin Historical Society | |
| Miller Bakehouse Museum | Greater Perth | Industry | website, operated by the Melville Historical Society, 19th century wood-fired bakehouse | |
| Greater Perth | Automotive | website, cars, motorcycles, memorabilia | ||
| Greater Perth | Local history | website | ||
| Kimberley | Art | website, Mowanjum Community art and culture | ||
| Local history | Operated by Lost Mundaring & Surroundings Local History Museum. Features temporary and permanent exhibitions telling the story of people, place and events in the Shire of Mundaring. | |||
| Local history | Operated by the Mundaring and Hills Historical Society | |||
| Museum of Fishing & The Sea - The Packout Room | Port Denison | Midwest Region | Crayfishing and Natural History of the Irwin Coast | website 2 McIntyre Cove, Port Denison. Operated by Irwin Districts Historical Society. |
| Perth | Greater Perth | Performing arts | Located in His Majesty's Theatre, memorabilia including costumes, photographs, press clippings, scripts, scores and other historic pieces | |
| Museum of Natural History, Academy of Taxidermy | Greater Perth | Natural history | website, stuffed animal mounts | |
| Museum of Perth | Perth | Greater Perth | Local history | website, operated by Perth History Association Inc |
| Narembeen Museums | Wheatbelt | Local history | information, includes the St Paul's Museum, History Museum and History and Machinery Museum | |
| Wheatbelt | Religious | website, history of the Aboriginal mission and an art gallery | ||
| Newcastle Gaol Museum | Toodyay | Wheatbelt | Prison | Also known as Newcastle Gaol Museum, includes courtroom, prison cells and police stables |
| Darling Range | Technology | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, steam pump station for water for the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme | ||
| Northampton Motors & Machinery Shed | Mid West | Technology | information, motors, trucks and tractors | |
| South West | Local history | website, local industry, domestic life and work on the dairy farms, aboriginal tools, fossils, rocks, minerals, machinery | ||
| The Nostalgia Box | Perth | Greater Perth | Technology | website, video game consoles |
| Wheatbelt | Multiple | website, area pioneer and army heritage including Army vehicles, uniforms and equipment, agricultural machinery, memorabilia, dolls, toys | ||
| Peel | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Perth | Greater Perth | Law | Operated by the Law Society of Western Australia, history of the law, legal issues and the legal profession in Western Australia | |
| Great Southern | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Perth | Greater Perth | Mill | Restored tower windmill | |
| Old Railway Station Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| Old Roebourne Gaol | Local history | information | ||
| Fremantle | Greater Perth | Maritime | Part of the Western Australian Museum, Oberon class submarine museum ship | |
| Great Southern | Historic house | website, operated by the Albany Historical Society, 1830s wattle and daub home, oldest surviving dwelling in Western Australia | ||
| Greater Perth | Historic house | Mid-19th-century farmer's cottage, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Perth | Greater Perth | Prison | Part of the Western Australian Museum | |
| Perth | Greater Perth | Art | Contemporary art | |
| Perth | Greater Perth | Numismatic | Tours of the mint, coins | |
| Greater Perth | Environment | website, the environment, sustainable living | ||
| Natural history | Geology, plants, animals, cultural heritage of the Pinnacles Desert | |||
| Great Southern | Military | website, historic fort with restored shore batteries, armouries, barracks, the 10th Light Horse display, collection of naval guns and torpedoes | ||
| Wheatbelt | Local history | website, operated by the Shire of York | ||
| Greater Perth | Transportation | information, land transportation including horse-drawn vehicles | ||
| Ridley's Motor Museum | Greater Perth | Automotive | information | |
| Rockingham Historical Society Museum | Greater Perth | Local history | information | |
| Rottnest Island Museum | Greater Perth | Local history | information | |
| Fremantle | Greater Perth | Prison | Oldest building still standing in Western Australia | |
| Perth | Statewide | website, large collection of photographs and memorabilia of Perth and Western Australia. | ||
| Russ Cottage | Mid West | Historic house | website, operated by the Irwin District Historical Society | |
| Perth | Greater Perth | Science | Interactive exhibits about science, technology, engineering and maths | |
| Gascoyne | Multiple | Natural history, maritime and cultural heritage of Shark Bay, a World Heritage Site | ||
| Slater Homestead | Wheatbelt | Historic house | website | |
| Southern Cross & Yilgarn Districts Historical Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| South West | Railway | website, operated by Rail Heritage WA | ||
| Sisters of St John of God Heritage Center | Kimberley | Religious | website, social history related to the Sisters of St John of God and Aboriginal people of the Kimberley | |
| Greater Perth | Local history | website | ||
| Greater Perth | History Museum | website, Colonial Gaol, Taylor's Cottage, social history of Guildford and the Swan Valley | ||
| Greater Perth | Transportation | website, vintage tractors, trucks and stationary engines, replica settlers cottage | ||
| Vickers Holden Museum | Peel | Automotive | information, Holden cars, open by appointment | |
| Perth | Greater Perth | Sports | Operated by the Western Australian Cricket Association, history of cricket and other sports played at WACA Ground | |
| Wagin Historical Village | Great Southern | Open air | website | |
| Greater Perth | Local history | website | ||
| Goldfields-Esperance | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Kimberley | Art | website | ||
| West Coast Motor Museum | Peel | Automotive | website, over 50 vehicles from 1915 on | |
| Greater Perth | Medical | information | ||
| Great Southern | Local history | website, Natural and social history of the region | ||
| Mid West | Local history | website, Heritage of the land, sea and people of the Mid West region | ||
| Goldfields-Esperance | Mining | website, History of the Eastern Goldfields and the city's mining heritage | ||
| Perth | Greater Perth | Natural history | website, Culture of the local Aboriginal people, State's natural history, geology – Closed until 2020 | |
| Fremantle | Greater Perth | Maritime | website, Features relics from ships wrecked along Western Australia's coastline | |
| Fremantle | Greater Perth | Maritime | website, Includes HMAS Ovens submarine, boats, fishing, cargoes, naval defence, steam machines | |
| Greater Perth | Railway | Heritage steam locomotives and rolling stock | ||
| Great Southern | Natural history | website, whales and whale industry history, located in a former whaling station | ||
| Greater Perth | Telecommunications | Historic radio station | ||
| Wongan Hills and District Museum | Wheatbelt | Local history | information | |
| South West | Historic house | Mid-19th-century house, includes historic school and teacher's house, operated by the National Trust of Australia | ||
| Greater Perth | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, late 19th-century mansion | ||
| Greater Perth | Historic house | Mid-19th-century house, designed and build by Francis Bird, operated by Canning Districts Historical Society | ||
| Wubin Wheatbin Museum | Wheatbelt | Agriculture | information, wheat farming | |
| Wyalkatchem CBH Agricultural Museum | Wheatbelt | Agriculture | information, agricultural, transport exhibits | |
| Wheatbelt | Railway | Historic railway workshops with working steam engines, used for forestry industry trains | ||
| Wheatbelt | Prison | website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, includes courthouse, cell block and police station | ||
| Wheatbelt | Automotive | website, vintage and classic motor vehicles | ||
