Fremantle History Museum is housed in a majestic stone building on Ord Street in Fremantle. With a focus on the social history of Western Australia, the museum offers visitors exhibits such as Foundations of Fremantle, which showcases convict artifacts, costumes and other objects from pre-European settlement through the 1930s. The A New Australia: Post War Immigration to Western Australia Exhibit documents the flood of immigrants into Australia after World War II, while Within These Walls details the amazing history of the museum building itself, which transformed numerous times, from a convict-built "lunatic" asylum to a women's home to a midwifery training school to an American supply base during World War II.
The Fremantle History Museum is open daily from 10 AM to 4 PM. It is closed Christmas and Good Friday. Guided tours are complimentary. For more information: +61 8 9430 7966
