A Museum that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to get in. Worth the visit as it explains so much history. Opposite is a steam engine museum that you don't even pay to go in so you get a bonus if you venture this way.

The museum is located right next to the harbour at Freo, where it has a rich maritime and port history. We took the Submarine Tour together with my husband and 7-year old boy. The tour guide, was was an ex-submariner, gave us a wonderful tour of an actual submarine (yes, we went into a real submarine!) and we learnt lots from him as he shared about his past working experiences. He also took care to make my boy engaged during the tour which I appreciated a lot and was very patient with him. Thank you for making our visit such a memorable one!

We enjoyed wandering around looking at the interesting maritime history on display. The building itself is awe inspiring. There were a good range of goods in the giftshop especially for children. I particularly enjoyed the interactive fish display with real fish and the very informative fellow to tell me all about them. That was the best part. The worst part was the parking (or lack of).

The museum is lovely and has a great selection of exhibits. It details Freemantle/Perth’s history of its relationship with the ocean. There’s detailed exhibits on the history of the indigenous peoples, the fishing and seafood industries and their development, the boating history including the river boats and yachting. The Australia II Yacht is housed here. The upper levels detail West Australia’s boating heritage and it’s naval history. Unfortunately many of the exhibits are poorly labeled or mislabeled making it a little hard to reconcile the dialogue with the exhibits however all in all it is a great way to spend a few hours.

What a fabulous display and general admission is a voluntary donation. The museum has an excellent array of nautical exhibits covering immigration, pearl diving, submarines (including the conning tower from AE2 our WW1 sub) and an around-the-world yacht. Of course the best exhibit is the Americas Cup winning yacht ‘Australia II’. The one that the New York Yacht Club couldn’t beat by any means: fair or foul.

Have visited Mariner’s Museum many times, so I know what right looks like. You outscored them! From the friendly, knowledgeable docents, the cafe behind the counter with great view of the harbor, simply outstanding! I especially liked the oldest message in a bottle exhibit! Just wish there wqs more available regarding the submarine being repaired just outside. Well worth the visit!

We arrived early and were lucky enough to be able to book a submarine tour for later in the day. The Australia 2 exhibit was excellent, the video was interesting and the Lego model very impressive. We found the other exhibits well presented and interesting. The submarine tour was excellent, our guide Alex is an ex-submariner and talked very knowledgeably about the submarine, I feel like I learned a lot.

A sneaky group roadtrip for the day from our Sailing Club for the Australia II Exhibition - we had a great time! The main exhibit was great and we throughly enjoyed the rest of the museum too. Luckily for us they had kids activities; colour in a yacht and scan in to display in a virtual race. We all coloured in to match our own yachts with current colours and watched them race - what a hoot! Not just for the kids :)

Stumbled across this while googling things to do in Freo. Was great to see Australia II on display and all the exhibits about it too. Never realised we had a few cracks before we actually won in 83. The highlight was the sub tour with an actual ex serving submariner. Gave some great, honest insight into what it was like to be on board and how they managed to live, serve and keep us all safe.. highly recommend and would do it again for another set of stories.

I learned so much on this fascinating walking tour with Mike Lefroy, which started right inside the Maritime Museum up close to the Australia II yatch. His persepectives were unique and often very personal through his involvement with Fremantle and the museum through the years. We enjoyed his engaging and relaxed delivery styl . A wonderful Sunday afteroon in November, in our port city.