RPH History Unmasked!
In a special weekend opening visit RPH Museum and discover the beating heart of WA’s longest serving hospital. Examine the surprising stories, passionate people and marvellous medicine that have helped us on the road to recovery since 1855.
Can you imagine a world without X-ray or anaesthesia? If you’re curious to see where these ground-breaking inventions were first used in Western Australia and how far medicine and healthcare have come, head to the RPH Museum.
You’ll discover the journey from a desperately underfunded colonial hospital to a leading trauma and teaching hospital. One of our collection highlights, an iron lung, illustrates the terrifying polio epidemic and how a patient’s need for constant ventilation led to the establishment of the Intensive Care Unit.
In a special event, ‘How a Little Girl Saved the World’, join guest speaker and author Professor Matt Morgan as he shares stories from the frontline of medicine in a talk that weaves through the wonders of science and takes us on a tour of the Intensive Care Unit.
Explore stories and staff and patients and celebrate advances in medicine, technology and health care initiated at RPH. You’ll be glad you’re living in 2023!
To book special events during the open weekend please visit:
- Early Access Tactile Tour – email Jacqueline@dadaa.org.au
- How a Little Girl Saved the World – howalittlegirlsavedtheworldrph.eventbrite.co.uk