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Bunbury Museum & Heritage Centre

Google rating 4.5 (170 Google reviews)
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1 Arthur St, Bunbury WA 6230, Australia
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Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM Google Maps
Phone 08 9792 7284
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The Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre is the most exciting and innovative heritage project in the South West of Western Australia. It’s the first museum to be developed in the area for many decades. Located on Wardandi Noongar Boodja, Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre is housed within a state heritage listed building with a long established history as a community space for education and storytelling. New, contemporary exhibitions reveal all Bunbury’s key stories and objects, many never seen before in the South West.
The Museum’s permanent exhibition tells the unique stories of the South West's regional centre and the colourful characters who helped to make Bunbury the vibrant city that it is today. From the oldest continuous living culture of the Wardandi Noongar Aboriginal Australians, to the shipwrecks and struggles of early migrants, convicts and wartime stories, daily life and local industry - the people of the region have all contributed to this city’s rich history.

The museum delivers a changing program of travelling and locally developed exhibitions and displays highlighting Bunbury stories with objects, interactive displays and events designed for all ages and imaginations.

Also part of the museum team is the Local Studies Collection department, established about 30 years ago to safeguard Bunbury’s documentary history, with an emphasis on council records. The new Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre meet the needs and interests of the Bunbury community, visitors to the city, and school students through its education programs, developed in line with the Western Australian Curriculum.

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Star 4.5 (170 reviews) Google Maps
Scott Dagui 26 October 2026

Heike Albrecht 25 October 2026

Small and cute with activities for the kids. Informative for the adults.

Jodes 24 October 2026

Informative museum and heritage centre (free entry). I enjoyed the historical information, photos and displays. Special mention to the cultural recordings on the interactive tv - story telling is so important to the history of this country.

Tia Raj 05 October 2026

This is a small interesting museum to understand some of Bunbury’s history. The collections section of the museum was interesting especially for kids to fidget with the rubic’s cube. Great staff and they greet you with a big smile.

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