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Royal Perth Hospital Museum

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By Ms Christine Christine Harris

M Block Level 2, Murray Street, Perth
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am-2pm
Contact: 9224 3433

Museum Open Wednesday and Thursday 9am-2pm

The RPH Museum was formerly established in 1989 for the preservation and display of items associated with the hospital's historic past.  The museum houses a variety of medical instruments, equipment, historical archives including admissions registers and nurses registration details and photographs. These items are availabe for research to the public and general interest.

Colonial Hospital was Western Australia's first dedicated hospital building opened on the present RPH site in Murray Street on 14 July 1855.  The Convict build hospital was named the "Colonial Hospital" then renamed Perth Public Hospital in 1894, in 1921 to Perth Hospital then to Royal Perth Hospital in 1946. The original hospital building still exists on the corner of Murray Street and Victoria Square although later extensions built to accomodate outpatients in the 1920's now hide the Murray Street facade.

 

 

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