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Attraction / Museums

Motor Museum of Western Australia

The Motor Museum sits inside Whiteman Park and brings together cars, motorcycles and road stories from very different decades. It is easy to make a longer park outing of it, but the museum has its own admission and opening hours. The park's general hours are not the museum's ticket hours.

Last fact-checked: 2026-09-25

The Motor Museum sits inside Whiteman Park and brings together cars, motorcycles and road stories from very different decades. It is easy to make a longer park outing of it, but the museum has its own admission and opening hours. The park's general hours are not the museum's ticket hours.

Motor Museum of Western Australia visitor information
Visit detail Operator information
Where Whiteman Park, Whiteman WA 6068
Museum hours Daily 10am–4pm, except Christmas Day
Admission Museum ticket required; check current prices
Park hours Separate: ordinarily 8.30am–6pm
Historic Ford Model T ambulance inside the Motor Museum of WA.
1917 Ford Model T ambulance at the Motor Museum of WA, photographed November 2019.Photo: ZidaneHartono. Wikimedia Commons file, CC BY-SA 4.0. Smaller web sizes supplied by Wikimedia.

Vehicles from different lives

The museum presents motoring history through a changing range of vehicles. The Whiteman Park listing describes more than 200 vehicles across two buildings, from everyday road travel to rare designs. Pick two or three types that interest you rather than trying to read every label. The Ford Model T ambulance pictured here was photographed in the museum in 2019, but a photograph is not a guarantee it occupies the same spot now.

Distinguish the two clocks

The operator lists the Motor Museum as 10am–4pm daily except Christmas Day. Whiteman Park's hours are longer, usually 8.30am–6pm. Being allowed into the park outside 10am–4pm does not open the museum doors. Check current ticket prices, holiday notices and any special motoring event before you drive out. Ask the museum for routes between its two buildings if stairs, distance or seating matter to you.

Other Whiteman Park museums have separate tickets and opening times. Revolutions Transport Museum explores movement and society across the state, while the Tractor Museum focuses on farm machinery and volunteer demonstrations. Decide which one fits your visit; a park map helps with distances between them.

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