Long Term Exhibition | Updated 1 years ago
Claude De Bernales was a successful mining entrepreneur who made his fortunes on the Kalgoorlie-Boulder goldfields. In this display, the opulent Kalgoorlie and Perth office and boardrooms have been recreated in all their grandeur. Note the difference between the typical miner’s cottage – found nearby in the Museum grounds – and these elegant quarters.
Long Term Exhibition | Updated 11 months ago
This heritage-listed hotel is believed to be the narrowest pub in the Southern Hemisphere, and houses three display galleries upstairs. There is Dr Rout’s dental surgery, the display of historic Trade Union banners, and a recreation of an Edwardian parlour on the Goldfields.
Dr Rout’s dental surgery is a reconstruction of a dental surgery typical from the period.
The Union Banner display showcases a collection of local historic union banners that date back to the initial union actions of this mining town.
Long Term Exhibition | Updated 11 months ago
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder main gallery building explores the heritage and history of the Eastern Goldfields explaining the influence of the gold rush in transforming the region into an economic powerhouse.
In the mezzanine gallery there are displays telling the story of Our Place, featuring objects and stories from the Goldfields from aboriginal history to the tales of early miners, the bringing of water and the development of the Superpit. Many early photographs in the displays are from the studio of pioneer Goldfields photographers JJ Dwyer and TF Mackay.
Long Term Exhibition | Updated 11 months ago
This building is an authentic miner's cottage relocated Piccadilly St, Kalgoorlie in 1998. The building illustrates the living conditions and social lives of early goldfields settlers.
Visitors are invited to stroll through the Museum grounds, including the ethnobotanic garden at the front of the museum, and the scenic courtyard at the rear, to view the miner’s cottage, the Woodline Office, the Police Wagon and a replica West Australian Bank building (closed to the public)
