WA Maritime Museum, Western Australia, Australia
4.5 (1.248 reviews) Sunday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #9 in Greater Perth Speciality Museums
Don't Miss the Ovens Submarine Tour
Perched on the Indian Ocean's shore, the WA Maritime Museum is symbolic of Fremantle’s past, present and future as a coastal city and port. The Museum houses several unique galleries that explore WA's maritime relationship. From leisure boats and handcrafted sailing boats to commercial pearl luggers, the Museum inspires visitors to discover WA’s affinity with the ocean. The Museum is home to the winning America's Cup yacht, Australia II, an Oberon class submarine — HMAS Ovens, Jon Sanders’ Parry Endeavour and many other iconic vessels from WA's maritime history.
Address
Victoria Quay Peter Hughes Drive, Fremantle, Western Australia 6160 Australia
Mobile
Website
http://museum.wa.gov.au/museums/maritime
Working hours
Monday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 0:15
User Ratings
4.5 based on (1.248 reviews)
Reviews
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5fionarob2016 5:00 PM Mar 21, 2022
A great way to spend a day in Fremantle
We actually specifically went to the Maritime Museum to book the Submarine tour. Absolutely blown away, our wonderful volunteer guide John was a wealth of information. Very very informative. We did buy admission tkts as there was a exhibition ( Walking with Colour by Michael Haluwana. ) very well presented loved it.
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5Peter_B_Simons 5:00 PM Nov 9, 2022
Great place to understand some of our Maritime history.
What a great place to visit and enjoy local maritime history. The Oberon class Submarine HMAS Ovens tour is well worth the effort. Unfortunately I did remember our tour guides name but his knowledge and explanation was amazing. His background is electronics and fire control system and explained the firing solution aspects of how to make every weapon count. Was well versed on how the parts and systems of the submarine worked, how they maintained trim even when firing a torpedo etc, a very balanced boat. Australia II has a great home. Last time we saw it was in Sydney in the Museum. Well worth the time to visit and enjoy. Would come back again. Other amazing things we learnt was Freo was the largest submarine base in southern hemisphere during WW II.
