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Share your love of motoring history with the whole family!
Motor Museum of Western Australia welcomes people of all ages to enjoy everything that motoring history in Western Australia has to offer!
Need more convincing – view some recent family visits for their top tips to make the most of your visit.
Activity Booklet
When you first arrive at Motor Museum of Western Australia, ask our friendly volunteers about our free activity booklet and pencil, perfect for children as they make their way around the museum.
Activities include (but subject to change):
- Eye-spy
- Museum quiz
- Spot the difference
- Colouring-in
The activity booklet is designed to help keep your little ones engaged as they make their way through the museum.
For a limited time, when children complete the quiz or eye-spy, they can receive a free lollipop.
Play Car & Scooter
Our 1973 Leyland Marina is perfect for your little ones to get behind the wheel of!
Kids can take to the wheel or be a backseat driver in this vehicle and bring their imagination to life!
In addition, we have a Honda Scooter that children are welcome to play on. Both vehicles are a great place to take some action shots of your kids playing.
Gold Rush Display
Our gold rush display, found on within Brockwell Hall, depicts several eras of road travel that may have taken place within the Goldfields and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.
Not only will children have an opportunity to find an assortment of Australian animals, they will be able to see what life would have been like living out the back of a 1923 Rugby 4 Roaster Utility which was used by gold prospector Joseph Johnston.
In addition, volunteers can demonstrate starting two of our vehicles in this display; a 1929 Buick Tourer and a 1971 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40.
Scalextric
A highlight for our younger visitors is the Scalextric display. This interactive display allows children to immerse themselves in the excitement of slot car racing – and it makes it difficult for them to want to leave!
The Scalextric display showcases two unique racetracks and 6 lanes of exhilarating racing fun, 4 minutes at a time.
See How an Engine Operates
We have several examples of engines where children (and adults) can see how the mechanic’s work.
Our T-Ford Engine can be hand crank and is the same model as that installed in the T-Ford Roadster. It has been cut away for demonstrations and colour coded to help you identify the main control pedals, levers and linkages, fuel-air intake passages, exhaust passages and oil circulation.
In addition, we have a 1930 Essex Super Six Cutaway Chassis which can be operated by one of our volunteer to show how a car in motion works.
The cutaway display was created in 1929 by the factory for the launch of the 1930 model range at the Hudson display room.
The chassis was then shipped to Australia for the 1930 Melbourne Motor Show. It shows the internal workings of the engine, transmission, differential and drive-line.
Car Library
Inspired by the free library and Hot Wheels exchange movement, our Car Library is a fun way for children and visitors of all ages to swap and share miniature cars.
The Car Library is a small, colourful cabinet located right by our front counter.
Inside, you’ll find an ever-changing collection of toy cars ready to zoom into a new adventure.
Visitors are invited to select a car, take it home, and in its place, leave another scale model car for someone else to enjoy. Don’t have a car to swap – no worries, but if you do have one to swap, it helps to keep our collection fresh and exciting for every return visit.
Embark on a Garage Door Trail
Coming Soon – this December School Holidays!
Scattered throughout the bottom level of Brockwell Hall are seven uniquely designed and created garage doors by our very own talented volunteers!
Find garage doors made famous from movie and television scenes (The Italian Job, Jurassic Park, Batman, Mickey Mouse), fun play on words (Stang Stable and Tokyo Drift) as well as a miniature fire station scene sitting within our 1967 Bedford J3 Fire Engine.
When arriving at the Motor Museum of Western Australia, pick up your copy of the Garage Door Trail guide at the front counter.
