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.
Location | 410 Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia |
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Coordinates | 31°57′15″S 115°51′39″E / 31.95417°S 115.86083°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
editIt began life as a virtual museum on the social media site Twitter in October 2012, created by Dallas Robertson, a museum studies student at Edith Cowan University.[citation needed] It was expanded into Facebook the following year.
Following an online article about the Twitter page from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Perth) in 2013,[2] Perth City councillor Reece Harley approached Robertson with the view to opening a bricks 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] which ultimately failed when a Western Australian state minister intervened to support the local government's decision.[5]
Formation
editBy 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, 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
editAlong with a permanent exhibition on the history of Perth, the museum also contains 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 (Streets of East Freo),[12] University of Notre Dame Australia (Streets of Freo),[13] and the City of Bunbury (Streets of Bunbury)[14] to produce websites about each of those places.
Events
editThe museum also had been involved in the annual Heritage Perth "Perth Heritage Days".[15]
Publications
editReferences
edit- ^ Rifici, Victoria (25 August 2015). "Museum of Perth set to open on Barrack St after raising $10,000". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Uncovering old Perth through new networks". ABC Perth. 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Museum of Perth dream to become reality". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Gone in a puff". 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Factory smoked by PCC". 31 January 2014.
- ^ "Museum of Perth to throw open doors next month". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 August 2015.
- ^ "History in making for museum - the West Australian". Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Museum of Perth opens doors to local history". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Museum of Perth Permanent Exhibition". Creative Spaces. October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Cheng, Linda (22 January 2016). "Elizabeth Quay: the Perth waterfront designs that were never built". WAtoday.
- ^ "Rare photos of proud WWI diggers - the West Australian". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Streets of East Freo | Museum of Perth » Town of East Fremantle". www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Streets of Freo. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Streets of Bunbury". Streets of Bunbury. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Perth Heritage Days - History of Barrack Street — Museum of Perth". Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Cohen-Robertson, Helena; Gibson, Belinda, (photographer); Museum of Perth, (organiser); Know Your Nation, (organiser) (2016). The Museum of Perth proudly presents Shaping Perth, Stories of Our City. Museum of Perth. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lovelady, Shannon; Dease, Denis, (photographer); Harley, Reece, (curator); Museum of Perth; State Library of Western Australia (2016). The soldiers of Barrack Street : portraits by Dease Studio 1914-1918. Museum of Perth. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Demolished Icons of Perth". Archived from the original on 29 August 2018.
- ^ Hyland, Joanne; Krantz, David; Museum of Perth (2019). Perth Apartments : The Krantz Legacy. Museum of Perth. ISBN 978-0-648-50621-8.