Journeys of Enlightenment – French exploration of Terres Australes

Temporary Exhibition | Updated 2 decades ago

Journeys of Enlightenment – French exploration of Terres Australes is a new exhibition developed by the Western Australian Museum that celebrates the dramatic and often tragic journeys of the 18th and 19th century explorers who ventured to the relatively unknown region to study the flora and fauna of Terres Australes.

It follows the stories of French explorers such as Baudin, de Bougainville, Saint Aloüarn, de Freycinet and de Lapérouse as well as the first women explorers; Jeanne Barèt and Rose de Freycinet and their discoveries in Western Australia.

This exhibition brings together rare drawings, paintings, objects and specimens from the WA Museum collection as well as the private collections of Kerry Stokes, Peter Woods, Jock Clough and Marie Louise Wordsworth.

http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/journeys/