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Western Australian Museum
Cnr Beaufort St/James St Mall, Perth, Western Australia Phone: â +61 8 9212 3700About
Western Australian Museum, Perth Cultural Centre, â +61 8 9212 3700 (reception@museum.wa.gov.au), [1]. 9:30AM-5PM daily except W. The museum has an interesting collection of social and natural history from WA and beyond. The main building has an extensive display of marine creatures, minerals, butterflies and birds, as well as the shrivelled taxidermed bodies of mammals familiar to generations of Perth residents plus the revitalised Katta Djinoong Aboriginal history display. The Old Gaol building at the rear houses colonial artefacts, displays of life from the different periods and a couple of meteorites. Make sure to look into the creepy eye of the rare Megamouth shark whose preserved body floats in a subterranean tank next to the Old Gaol. Gold coin donation.
