{{Short description|Museum in Perth, Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox museum | name = {{wikidata |property |P1448 }} | image = File:Atlas Building ,The Esplanade, front entrance and signage.jpg | image_size = | caption = Former entrance into Atlas Building at the Esplanade in 2018, before the museum moved{{update inline |date=March 2025}} | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | map_dot_label = | map_dot_mark = | mapframe-marker = museum | mapframe-marker-colour = #213929 | mapframe-stroke-colour = #C60C30 | mapframe-zoom = 14 | relief = | former_names = | alternate_names = | start_date = | completion_date = | location = 410 Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia | coordinates = {{coord|31|57|15|S|115|51|39|E|region:AU-WA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | website = {{official url}} }} 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 |lc=y}}, located in a former telephone exchange building on Murray Street, in Perth, Western Australia.
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.<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190403022152/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/museum-of-perth-set-to-open-on-barrack-st-after-raising-10000-ng-d11b22857a508f3bd42ffda1483c3ebe|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/museum-of-perth-set-to-open-on-barrack-st-after-raising-10000-ng-d11b22857a508f3bd42ffda1483c3ebe|title=Museum of Perth set to open on Barrack St after raising $10,000|first=Victoria|last=Rifici|work=Perth Now|archive-date=3 April 2019|date=25 August 2015|access-date=19 September 2024}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Beginnings== It began life in October 2012 as a virtual museum on the social media site Twitter, created by Dallas Robertson, a museum studies student at Edith Cowan University.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} It was expanded into Facebook the following year.{{relevance inline |date=March 2025}}
Following an online article about the Twitter page from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Perth) in 2013,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/04/08/3732116.htm#.UWJuG7yMB0c.twitter|title=Uncovering old Perth through new networks|date=8 April 2013|work=ABC Perth}}{{dead link |date=March 2025}}</ref> City of Perth councillor Reece Harley approached Robertson about opening a brick and mortar version of the museum.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-16/museum-of-perth-dream-to-become-reality/6625302|title=Museum of Perth dream to become reality|work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=16 July 2015|publisher=}}{{author missing |date=March 2025}}</ref>
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,<ref name="perthvoiceinteractive.com">{{cite web|url=https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/2014/01/23/gone-in-a-puff/|title=Gone in a puff|date=23 January 2014|publisher=}}</ref>{{full citation needed |date=March 2025}} but which ultimately failed when a Western Australian state minister intervened to support the local government's decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/2014/01/31/factory-smoked-by-pcc/|title=Factory smoked by PCC|date=31 January 2014|publisher=}}</ref>{{full citation needed |date=March 2025}}
==Formation== By 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-10/museum-of-perth-to-throw-open-doors-next-month/6686988 |title=Museum of Perth to throw open doors next month |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=10 August 2015 }}{{author missing |date=March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/28719716/history-in-making-for-museum/ |title=History in making for museum - the West Australian |access-date=7 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406220324/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/28719716/history-in-making-for-museum/ |archive-date=6 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{author missing |date=March 2025}}{{date missing |date=March 2025}}{{publisher missing |date=March 2025}}</ref> In October 2015 the Museum of Perth became a reality,{{non sequitur |date=March 2025}} 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-21/museum-of-perth-moves-to-city-laneway-gallery-and-cafe/6873186|title=Museum of Perth opens doors to local history|work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=21 October 2015|publisher=}}{{author missing |date=March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170215114010/http://creativespaces.com.au/projects/museum-of-perth-permanent-exhibition/|url=http://creativespaces.com.au/projects/museum-of-perth-permanent-exhibition/|title=Museum of Perth Permanent Exhibition|publisher=Creative Spaces|date=October 2015|archive-date=15 February 2017|access-date=19 September 2024}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Exhibits== Along with a permanent exhibition on the history of Perth, the museum also has a micro-cinema and hosts rotating exhibitions on Perth's social history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/elizabeth-quay-the-perth-waterfront-designs-that-were-never-built-20160121-gmanzs.html|title=Elizabeth Quay: the Perth waterfront designs that were never built|first=Linda|last=Cheng|date=22 January 2016|website=WAtoday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/30755896/rare-photos-of-proud-wwi-diggers/ |title=Rare photos of proud WWI diggers - the West Australian |access-date=7 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208081906/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/30755896/rare-photos-of-proud-wwi-diggers/ |archive-date=8 February 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The Museum of Perth has also had collaborations with the Town of East Fremantle (called ''Streets of East Freo''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Streets of East Freo {{!}} Museum of Perth » Town of East Fremantle |url=https://www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au/listings/community/305/streets-of-east-freo-museum-of-perth |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au}}</ref> University of Notre Dame Australia (called ''Streets of Freo''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.streetsoffreo.com.au/about-us |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Streets of Freo |language=en-US}}</ref> and the City of Bunbury (called ''Streets of Bunbury'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Streets of Bunbury |url=https://www.streetsofbunbury.com/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Streets of Bunbury |language=en-US}}</ref> to produce websites about each of those places.
==Events== The museum also had been involved in the annual Heritage Perth ''Perth Heritage Days''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museumofperth.com.au/events/2015/10/17/perth-heritage-days-history-of-barrack-street |title=Perth Heritage Days - History of Barrack Street — Museum of Perth |access-date=1 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524103019/http://www.museumofperth.com.au/events/2015/10/17/perth-heritage-days-history-of-barrack-street |archive-date=24 May 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Publications== * ''Shaping Perth''<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Cohen-Robertson, Helena | author2=Gibson, Belinda, (photographer) | author3=Museum of Perth, (organiser) | author4=Know Your Nation, (organiser) | title=The Museum of Perth proudly presents Shaping Perth, Stories of Our City | publication-date=2016 | publisher=Museum of Perth | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/245756690 | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> * ''Soldiers of Barrack Street''<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Lovelady, Shannon | author2=Dease, Denis, (photographer) | author3=Harley, Reece, (curator) | author4=Museum of Perth | author5=State Library of Western Australia | title=The soldiers of Barrack Street : portraits by Dease Studio 1914-1918 | publication-date=2016 | publisher=Museum of Perth | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/246107123 | access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> * ''Demolished Icons of Perth''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Demolished Icons of Perth |url=https://www.demolishedicons.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829083510/https://www.demolishedicons.com/ |archive-date=2018-08-29}}</ref>{{full citation needed |date=March 2025}} * ''Perth Apartments: The Krantz Legacy''<ref>{{Cite book | author1=Hyland, Joanne | author2=Krantz, David | author3=Museum of Perth | title=Perth Apartments : The Krantz Legacy | publication-date=2019 | publisher=Museum of Perth | isbn=978-0-648-50621-8}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist |30em}}
==External links== * {{official website}}
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