The centre of opera and dance in Perth is His Majesty's Theatre, a historic building that has been opulently restored. The Art Gallery of Western Australia, part of the Perth Cultural Centre specializes in Australian works and Aboriginal art and artefacts. An art-in-public places programme has resulted in sculptures sponsored by the gallery being placed in the Northbridge plaza approach. The Cultural Centre is also the location of the Western Australian Museum, a conglomerate of diverse buildings in which are arrayed spectacular demonstrations of the Western Australian natural world and the history of its inhabitants. The Aboriginal Gallery presents a profile of indigenous history and culture and the marine gallery boasts a 24-m (79-ft) blue whale skeleton. The Concert Hall and Entertainment Centre are 1990s additions to general cultural life in Perth. The suburb of Bull Creek is the location for the largest aircraft and aviation museum in Australia. The Festival of Perth is held annually and its many dramatic, literary, musical, and other features are spread among various of these venues and elsewhere.
Other cultural, institutional, and educational places of importance in Perth are the Old Perth Boys School, now housing the National Trust; St George's Cathedral and its 1859 Deanery; Government House, built in the 1850s; The Cloisters (1858), Perth's first secondary school; the Old Court House (1837), Perth's oldest surviving building; The University of Western Australia (1911); Murdoch University (1973); Curtin University of Technology (1987); and the Edith Cowan University incorporating the West Australian Academy of the Performing Arts (1991).
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