Museum exhibitions
Visitors to Subiaco Museum will enjoy the permanent and changing exhibitions mounted in the museum’s galleries, featuring the City’s art and heritage collections.
50 Objects, 50 Years
Infinite stories to tell
A journey through half a century of stories, from the tiniest treasures to the largest legacies.
With more than 15,000 items, including over 3,000 objects and 3D pieces, the museum holds a wealth of Subiaco stories.
This exhibition explores the many ways objects can be viewed, interpreted, and used in this storytelling. The selected 50 objects include intriguing pairs that highlight the contrasts within our collection — from the largest Park Street façade to the smallest 10mm button, from the most delicate feather fan to our durable 21 flat irons.
50 Objects, 50 Years also reflects on the people who have shaped the museum over the past five decades. Key donors such as Adelaide Chugg and Edith Daglish, who were instrumental in opening the museum in 1975, are represented alongside the many women of Subiaco who generously contributed personal and domestic collections that continue to enrich the museum today.
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CollectionsWA to view the objects online.
Permanent exhibitions
Step back in time and imagine domestic life in Subiaco during the first half of the 20th century, view objects that relate to European settlement in Subiaco, and recognise the Indigenous people who are the traditional owners of the land on which the City is built.