Western Australian Medical Museum — Attraction in Subiaco

The Western Australian Medical Museum is located in Harvey House at King Edward Memorial Hospital on the corner of Barker and Railway roads in the Perth suburb of Subiaco.

The museum occupies the heritage-listed Harvey House, which became Perth's first maternity hospital in 1916. The different exhibitions include: An operating theatre Dental workshop and surgery Iron lung and polio display Early hospital artefacts and equipment Aboriginal medicine Hands-on electronic equipment King Edward Memorial Hospital's original X-ray Department Pathology and physiotherapy The Royal Flying Doctor Nursing During Wartime General Practitioner's Surgery Ophthalmology Display Early pharmaceuticals Chloe, our...

Interesting little museum with a wide variety of equipment and artifacts, and good descriptions or labels for those without a medical background. Some of the old treatments and tools are fascinating. A few of the exhibits are looking a bit tired but the place is run by volunteers and it's only $4 entry. Although it's not big allow an hour at least to see everything. Only open on Wednesday and every...

Went there today with my family visiting from overseas only to discover locked doors. 2 stars as it is a good museum and we've been before and wanted to introduce it to our family but alas, it wasn't even open. There were no signs whatsoever to indicate that the museum was shut....