Phew... it had been quite a long time since I had been to this museum in Perth! In fact, probably the last time... I was a kid, and I seem to remember that there was a different one across the road that I preferred because it had the skeleton of a HUGE blue whale there... either that, or my memory is playing tricks on me.
Anyway, this was quite a surprise for us... we did come to visit to take the kids out, but to also stay under some cover from the harsh Perth summer sun... which had already given my wife a pretty bad and painful sunburn!
The whole museum was a potpurri of really crazily different things... which made it quite interesting, but also really quite tricky to pin down exactly what it was about. But perhaps that is the best thing... a museum that is a bit of everything for everyone? And if you want something more specific, you can go and visit something that is more specialised?
Near the foyer, there were some indigenous art and stories that were quite interesting... weirdly enough, I knew most of the stories as I am from this area... but my wife, who grew up on the east coast of Australia didn't know them. I often forget how different the two sides of Australia can be!
... it can't be a museum without dinosaurs... somewhere!
... or strange art!
The was a hands-on science section that was funded by the mining companies. Not very big, and tucked away in the corner out of the main drag... you would have to be quite adventurous to stumble across this. But there is a better specialist science museum elsewhere in Perth if you want that sort of thing.
There was a special exhibition when we visited and all the following photos are from this indigenous storytelling exhibition... mostly more modern stories through the medium of film and TV.
... and then it was time to head back out into the light for a short break, overlooking part of the city that I don't normally see. Most of the time, you are looking towards the more scenic river or park side!
... and then onwards to more strange little displays of art and science. A touch of musical history... and then we finished up in the animals section, where there were live snakes and reptiles... and as the last photo, a life size replica of HUGE HUGE spider! EEEEP...
... and that was where our journey through the museum finished up. We had spent a good few hours in the museum and the kids really enjoyed it... so, definitely a recommended spot if you have kids and want to spend some time out of the sun!
Ahh so many familiar looking things XD I love the museum and while it's better in a lot of ways I'm still not sure about the build (eldest's description is that it looks like a dodgy Minecraft build and I'm inclined to agree with him). The aesthetics of the older building were a lot nicer (heavy bias as I really like old architecture).
The blue whale skeleton is across the bridge from the hands on area, I'm guessing from the lack of photo that you didn't find it :<
the reveal for it is pretty great but I'm also grouchy that they cut the building
Did you see the ancient grapevine?
I should check for more special exhibitions at the museum and see if I'm able to drag my two remaining homeschoolies to something. The year has just kind of flown past with them doing their own thing at their own pace, but I don't have a lot of documentation aaaaaahhhhhhh.
LOL, dodgy Minecraft!
No, I didn't find the blue whale... I did remember it vaguely as being across the street, but I didn't see any bridge connection.
I also missed the ancient grapevine!
Oh, you have to do documentation for homeschooling?? Sounds tedious...
It was just past the hands on area! You had to go out the upstairs and turn left and there's a corridor that you go down and then it's RIGHT THERE.
I think, I know it's around there somewhere.
I have two shots from a homeschool miscellany post from 2021.
And here's the grapevine from a very slightly earlier visit:
That one was pretty easy to miss as it's closer to the minor entrance/exit where I think there's a cafe and on the outside. I probably have a shot of the original wooden frame (that was kind of attached to/part of the building behind it) that it used to climb on but that's more searching than I feel like doing while caffeinating ^_^;
The documentation is kind of tedious but it's not too hard in the grand scheme. My blogs are pretty much it, I just have to collate them into a pdf to send off and the moderator (who has since retired, I'm really hoping I get another great one for the next two years, 17yo will finish end of this year and then it's just 15yo to go I'm so oooooooooooollllllllld aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh) goes through it and does the actual report from that.
I am really very extremely behind this year aaaaahhhhhh
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Smart idea hitting a place like this when it is so hot out! It looks like they had a lot of really great exhibits!
Yeah, my wife didn't want to be outside again... she was in quite a bit of sore pain... her shoulders were really really burnt!
Yikes! That is no fun!