Royal PerthHospital Museum

Tucked into the 1894 Administration Building of the Royal Perth Hospital heritage precinct, alongside the original 1855 Colonial Hospital, this small museum traces the institution's path from an underfunded colonial infirmary for the poor to WA's principal trauma and teaching hospital. The collection leans toward the technical and the personal: a set of Cold Cathode Tubes imported in 1896 by William Hancock — WA's first radiologist, who lost his fingers and eventually his life to early X-ray work — sits among late-nineteenth-century anaesthetic equipment, surgical instruments, an iron lung used by polio patient Paul Berry, and original nurses' uniforms. A standing display follows the history of epidemics in WA from the 1800s to COVID-19. Open Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am–2pm. Entry is free; group visits by appointment.