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Regional WA has stories to share.

Welcome, traveller. You’ve stepped inside a home of hidden treasures and tales.

From the cultured to the kitsch and everything in between, we’ve opened up a doorway to our State’s regional collections. There’s a world of colour and curiosity waiting for you at the other end of WA’s roads – hidden in towns you’ve never seen and collected by folk you’ll love to meet. And getting there is half the fun.

We invite you to fossick around here for your favourites. Delight in the unexpected. Hatch a plan for your next adventure.

Welcome to WAnderland.

If you would like to dive deeper and find out more details about Western Australian collections being shared online, you can also visit Collections WA.

Find your own WAnderland

Wherever you choose to wander out yonder, make sure to uncover the full story of the region with a culture stop brought to you by the Western Australian Museum.

So, go on. Step right in.
WAnderland is waiting.

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Featured Collections

Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

Carnarvon may not be the most likely place you’d expect to encounter world-changing space technology but it once played a key role in the global race to land man on the moon. The Carnarvon Space and...

Monsignor Hawes Heritage Centre

This modern and beautifully interpreted display showcases the life and architecture of priest and prolific architect Monsignor John Hawes, who arrived in the Mid West in 1915. Excerpts from Hawes’...

Warlayirti Artists

So says the first of many painted car-bonnet signs as you turn off the Great Northern Highway to travel the 350 kms along the Tanami track to the Warlayirti Artists Art and Culture Centre at Balgo...

Yu Family Historical Display

A hidden treasure in the heart of Broome's Chinatown, the Yu Family Historical Display can be found housed in the upstairs rooms that sit over their Sung Ming restaurant in what Broome locals used to...

Bilya Koort Boodja

Bilya Koort Boodja is a bold and beautifully displayed showcase of the region’s Ballardong Nyoongar culture. In a region still bearing the emotional scars of the Stolen Generations, Bilya Koort Boodja...

Kulin Branch - Wildflower Society of WA

Discover the unique Kulin wattle, Acacia kulinensis and the intriguing Black Toothbrush and Grevillea hookeriana amongst files of over 2000 wheatbelt flora species, which have been pressed and...

Bunbury Regional Art Gallery

Look out for the pink building! Now a ‘must visit’ destination for any art lover, this heritage-listed building was once a Sisters of Mercy Convent and Chapel, dating from 1897. You can find some of...

Albany's Historic Whaling Station

Looking out from the well-worn flensing deck, the view of King George Sound and its islands is breathtaking. The quiet tranquillity is in sharp contrast to the noisy, steamy, and very odorous scene...