New Museum for WA - Image Gallery

Images and videos of the building design and WA Museum collections are are available for download with permission.  All videos and images are the copyright of the Government of Western Australia.

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Artist Impressions

An illuminated building with large white rectangular gallery sitting above a heritage building from the 1900s. The building is in the Perth Cultural Centre A view of the New Museum from Francis Street, near the TAFE. The contemporary architecture includes a large, civic space where visitors can congregate A view of the New Museum from the eastern end of Francis Street. There is a heritage building to the left of the image with square, contemporary architecture to the right. People are crossing the road to get to the Museum. A view of the Museum from teh ground level. People are standing in the foreground looking at the large entrance space which is covered. On the other side of the entrance space there is an historic gaol which is outside. This is a view of the Museum from the Perth Cultural Centre looking from the Art Gallery. The large luminescent white box of the contemporary architecture frames the heritage building of Hackett Hall. A man is walking towards the camera, people around A view into the main entrance and foyer of the New Museum. The large contemporary building takes up most of the picture. An historic gaol is in the background of the main civic space. Two large white boxes sit above and next to the heritage buildings of the Museum, forming integrated architecture. People are milling about. One person is on a bike


Building Progress

Heritage buildings in the background, dirt that has been levelled in the foreground Flat ground with sand on it, heritage buildings in the background, cloudy sky A large drill lays horizontally on the ground, a crane in the background and heritage buildings A drill going into the ground, a pile of earth in front, heritage buildings in the background Two men in high vis vests hold shovels ready to ceremonially dig up earth (turning the first sod) Four men in high ves vests and hard hats pose for a photo in front of the foyer of the WA Museum. A small construction machine with a crane arm is behind them ready to smash the glass foyer. An orange construction machine with a crane arm taps the glass of the foyer which is smashing. A leafy tree hangs over the photo, two heritage buildings are behind. There is blue sky and a gap between the buildings where a glass foyer used to be A truck with a crane is to the left of the photo. Concrete pilings are in the foreground with earth behind. The State Library is in the background. It's a sunny day with vivid blue skies Concrete cylinders with reinforced steel stick up out of the earth. A yellow construction machine is in the background, in front of the State Library building. Concrete foundations in a square formation with yellow barriers around them. The cab of a crane is being lifted into the air A yellow crane sites above a heritage building. Big white clouds are behind in a blue sky. Five workers in high vi vests and hard hats bend over and attach reinforced steel together A concrete wall stands at the background of the photo. A pole is in the foreground. Scaffold is holding up the structure. A square concrete box with fencing on the top. This will be the lift that takes visitors up the Museum. A square concrete box with fencing sits in front of a heritage building. A concrete slab with reinforced steel. Workers pour concrete onto the slab A fishbowl look at the upper level gallery slab a yellow construction truck sits in the middle of the picture. On either side orange cranes are situated next to lift cores (concrete structures) Six workers in high vis and hard hats stand waiting for concrete to pour. Two workers holder a hose and pour the concrete into position on the ground. Four workers smooth our concrete for a slab. One man is bending over and drawing a tool over the concrete to smooth it. The other three workers are waiting to assist. Looking down from above. Heritage buildings are the left of the photo, a crane in the middle and construction and scaffolding materials to the right. The heritage Jubilee building sits in the foregound, a big crane is in the middle of the site. Hackett Hall heritage building sits to the left Aerial view of the construction site with the buildings of the city in the background An aerial view shows the two lift cores on either side of the site Aerial view of the site. The Beaufort Street heritage building is to the left, crane in the middle and construction of the lifts and galleries is under way. Aerial view of two concrete structures, one to the north, one to the south. Steel beams connect between the structures. Steel structures connecting with the heritage buildings A yellow crane lifts a large section of steel over a heritage building. A tree is next to the crane, the sky is blue The steel truss hovers above the steel frame of the cantilever A crane lowers the last section of steel onto a steel frame of the building A construction site with steel beams between two concrete towers. A crane lifts materials to the upper level of the new museum the pink sky of a sunset behind the heritage buildings of the new museum site Clouds streak high in the sky above a crane tower on the site of the New Museum A heritage building in the foreground, yellow crane in the centre. A new contemporary building is to the left Steel work of the new building sits above the heritage buildings The steel super structure is complete and creates a large boxed space. A large set of steps in the foreground with a large building covered in scaffolding in background. Heritage building surrounded by scaffolding and to the left a new white box building. Behind a heritage building sits a white box style new building, a large crane is overhead. A large building with scaffolding around it and a white finish to the very top floor. A large building covered in scaffolding glows with golden lights at night. Large scale construction equipment sits on a dirt floor surrounded by glass walls and an uncovered steel roof. A dirt floor in the foreground gives way to the concrete interior of a building in construction. Man on a cherry picker guides a large sheet of glass held by a crane in to place. A red cherry picker sits in front of a patterned steel wall. A large square on a top of a building with mirrored square finishing reflects the landscape around it. A large square on a top of a building with mirrored square finishing reflects the Perth city skyline. The interior of a heritage building with ornate roof and light green walls. A very large room with concrete flooring and a ceiling height of about two floors. Man on scissor lift works on the ceiling of a large room with industrial roof. Two scissor lifts fully expanded have men atop working on the ceiling of a large room. A large set of concrete stairs lead up to half completed ceiling above. The sky can be seen from a concrete room divided by steel trusses. A large building of glass and metal sits against a clouded sky. The lights shine through the windows of a large glass building at night. A large building sits on the horizon line of a public square where people sit.