• Western Australian Museum
  Western Australia's largest and most comprehensive museum. Visitors can view the State's unique animals, birds and marine life in the larger galleries, enjoy the intimacy of the colourful butterfly gallery or look back into the ancient past in the Aboriginal gallery. A dinosaur gallery completes the experience. The complex is home to some of Perth's oldest buildings including the original Old Gaol and an early settler's cottage. A museum shop and coffee shop are on site. Admission is free. Open: 10.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, Sun 1pm-5pm Sat & public holidays, Francis Street, Perth
• Francis Burt Law Education Centre
  The Law Centre comprises the Old Courthouse, the oldest building in the city erected in 1836, and extensions at the rear which were added in 1905 when the Courthouse was used as an Arbitration Court. These rooms are set up as a solicitor's office, video room and activity room. Visitors can participate in guided tours. Arrangements may also be made for groups to take part in mock trials and visit the Supreme Court to view court proceedings - phone for bookings.
  Open: I0am-2pm Tue - Thu Stirling Gardens. Comer Barrack Street & St George's Terrace, Perth
• Fire Safety Education Centre & Museum
  This rusticated limestone building completed in 1900 became the headquarters of the Perth City Fire Brigade after it moved from the Perth Town Hall in 1901. In the early years Of the station, turnouts to fires by horse-drawn steamers were assisted by automatic apparatus designed by the firemen themselves which made the station the most advanced in Australia at that time. Restored in 1983-5, the building is now a museum featuring many displays on fire safety and fire brigade history. Open: 10am-3pm weekdays. Corner Murray & Irwin Streets, Perth
• Mineral Museum of Western Australia
  Aside from rocks and minerals, there are special displays mounted to reflect current topics in mining, geology and related fields. Open: 8.30am-5pm weekdays 100 Plain Street, East Perth
• Army Museum of Western Australia
  A restored Colonial home housing military memorabilia, uniforms, badges and medals which trace the story of the Australian Army from the early days to the present.
  Open: 1pm-4.30pm Sun,  2 Bulwer Street, Perth
• Western Australian Maritime Museum
  See an internationally important collection of shipwreck relics from the many boats which have fallen prey to Western Australia's coastline since the Dutch sailors of the early 17th century, plus a myriad of other displays reflecting the State's maritime history.
  Open: 10.30am-5pm daily. Cliff Street, Fremantle
• Historic Boats Museum
  Australia's largest collection of watercraft, including the pilot boat Lady Forrest, John Sanders' yachts, and Indonesian fishing boat, Aboriginal and islander craft, as well as canoes, service and leisure boats. Marine engines operate Thursday to Sunday afternoons.
  Open: 10am-3pm weekdays 10am-4pm weekends & Public holidays
  B Shed, Victoria Quay, Fremantle
• The Energy Museum
  A fascinating, eye catching and educational display for all ages. Everything you've always wanted to know about energy past, present and future with static and hands on working displays, dioramas and hundreds of objects and photographs.
  Open: 10,30am-4.30pm weekdays 1am-4.30pm weekends & public holidays 9.30am-4.30pm school holidays. 12 Parry Street, Fremantle
• Fremantle History Museum
  This museum is housed along with the Fremantle Arts Centre in the colony's first lunatic asylum, built by convicts in the 1860s. It includes exhibitions about the history of the building and its inmates, the history of Fremantle and Fremantle's culturally diverse community. The museum also hosts a constantly changing program of community exhibitions and travelling exhibitions from other parts of Australia. Open: 11am-4pm weekdays 1pm-5pm weekends. 1 Finnerty Street, Fremantle
• Shell Museum
  Features many fine displays of Australian shells, fossils and gemstones, as well as locally made jewellery. Open - 9am-5pm weekdays 10am-4.30pm weekends & public holidays
  Nature's Gem House, 5 Beach Street, Fremantle
• Granary Museum
  The Granary Museum holds a wealth of authentic artifacts and materials that bring the history of the grain industry to life. Tours by appointment. Kwinana Beach Road, Kwinana
• Rockingham Museum Flinders Lane, Rockingham
  Documents Rockingham's development from a seafront village to the thriving community of today. The museum has a magnificent stained glass window which honours the district's pioneer women and is home to one of the two "sleeping beauties" - one-man submarines used by Z-Force during World War II. Open: 1pm-4.30pm Tue-Thu & Sat 10am-4.30pm Sun
• Telecommunications Museum
  Wireless Hill Park comprises 40 hectares of natural bushland. The panoramas from the viewing towers are breathtaking. Open: 2pm-5pm weekends. Almondbury Road, Ardross
• Aviation Museum
  The history of aviation told through aircraft, engines, models, photos and memorabilia. The museum houses 23 aircraft including such legendary flying machines as the Lancaster and the Spitfire. It also includes a research library and a shop filled with memorabilia and books for armchair flying aces. Special times, lunches and dinners arranged for groups on request.
  Open: 10am-4pm weekdays, 11am-4am weekends. Bull Creek Drive, Bullcreek

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