Museum of Perth
 Atlas Building entrance on the Esplanade frontage with Museum of Perth sign (June 2018) | |
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| 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 |
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.
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
[edit]It 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
[edit]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.[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
[edit]Along 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
[edit]The museum also had been involved in the annual Heritage Perth "Perth Heritage Days".[15]
Publications
[edit]- Shaping Perth[16]
- Soldiers of Barrack Street[17]
- Demolished Icons of Perth[18]
- Perth Apartments: The Krantz Legacy [19]
References
[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.
{{cite book}}: 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.
{{cite book}}: 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.
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