Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip

The state's principal museum reopened in 2020 in a redeveloped complex in the Perth Cultural Centre in Northbridge, wrapping new galleries around heritage buildings including an old gaol. Its name, given in the Noongar language, means many stories, reflecting a focus on the state's diverse peoples and environments. Galleries span natural history, Aboriginal culture, the ocean, and the mineral wealth that shaped Western Australia, alongside a suspended blue whale skeleton.