Museum of Perth
Museum in Perth, Western Australia
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The Museum of Perth is a private, non-profit museum involved with chronicling the social, cultural, political and architectural history of Perth. The museum is currently, as of 2024[update], located in a former telephone exchange building on Murray Street, in Perth, Western Australia.
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| Location | 410 Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia |
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| Coordinates | 31°57′15″S 115°51′39″E |
| Website | www |
In 2016 the museum was housed in the Atlas Building, on the Esplanade. In 2024 it moved to the Bon Marché Arcade building, in Barrack Street.[1]
Beginnings
It began life in October 2012 as a virtual museum on the social media site Twitter, created by Dallas Robertson, a museum studies student at Edith Cowan University.[citation needed] It was expanded into Facebook the following year.[relevant?]
Following an online article about the Twitter page from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Perth) in 2013,[2] City of Perth councillor Reece Harley approached Robertson about opening a brick and mortar version of the museum.[3]
In 2014 the still-virtual museum gained local attention when it led a campaign against the City of Perth to save an art deco factory from demolition,[4][full citation needed] but which ultimately failed when a Western Australian state minister intervened to support the local government's decision.[5][full citation needed]
Formation
By July 2015 the Perth History Association was established comprising members Dallas Robertson, Reece Harley, Ryan Zaknich, Ryan Mossny, Richard Offen and Diana Warnock. The not-for-profit organisation subsequently founded the Museum of Perth with Reece Harley as executive director.[6][7] In October 2015 the Museum of Perth became a reality,[non sequitur] with project manager Alysha Worth employed to oversee its establishment. The museum originally operated out of a shared space with cafe Henry Saw on Grand Lane, Perth.[8][9]
Exhibits
Along with a permanent exhibition on the history of Perth, the museum also has a micro-cinema and hosts rotating exhibitions on Perth's social history.[10][11]
The Museum of Perth has also had collaborations with the Town of East Fremantle (called Streets of East Freo),[12] University of Notre Dame Australia (called Streets of Freo),[13] and the City of Bunbury (called Streets of Bunbury)[14] to produce websites about each of those places.
Events
The museum also had been involved in the annual Heritage Perth Perth Heritage Days.[15]
Publications
- Shaping Perth[16]
- Soldiers of Barrack Street[17]
- Demolished Icons of Perth[18][full citation needed]
- Perth Apartments: The Krantz Legacy[19]
