Explore Perth
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia is the state art gallery in the Perth Cultural Centre. Its main building, a brutalist design by Charles Sierakowski, opened in 1979 and is linked to the former court house, now the Centenary Galleries. The collection includes Aboriginal art from Western Australia and the Northern Territory and Western Australian art from the 1820s onwards.
Free entryNo ticket needed
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WA Museum Boola Bardip is the state museum of Western Australia in the Perth Cultural Centre, reopened in November 2020 after a rebuild designed by Hassell and OMA. Its new wings join five heritage buildings, among them the Old Perth Gaol of 1855. Exhibitions cover the state's natural history, Aboriginal cultures and people, and Hackett Hall displays a blue whale skeleton.
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