Fremantle Arts Centre
A Gothic Revival lunatic asylum built by convicts in the 1860s, now a free contemporary art centre and a summer concert venue.
Fremantle Arts Centre was built by convicts between 1861 and 1868 as a colonial lunatic asylum. Its pointed gables and limestone walls are highly photogenic. Today it is an important contemporary art space in Western Australia. Gallery admission is free, and the centre regularly rotates exhibitions by local and Aboriginal artists. It also has a craft shop, a café and a shaded courtyard garden. The courtyard concerts and evening performances on summer Sunday afternoons are very popular. It is on the north side of the city, about a 15-minute walk from the train station, and the Army Museum of WA is right next door.
Opening hours
10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Army Museum of Western Australia
- Fremantle Prison
- Fremantle
- South Terrace (Cappuccino Strip)
- Fremantle Markets
- West End & High Street
- WA Shipwrecks Museum
- Little Creatures Brewery