WA Museum Boola Bardip opening week of Terracotta Warriors exhibition attracts 20,000 visitors

The opening week of WA Museum Boola Bardip's ‘Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor’ has attracted 20,000 visitors  - delivering far-reaching impacts for WA's tourism, hospitality and hotel businesses as interstate and overseas visitors come to the State.

This exhibition is the most significant museum exhibition Western Australia has ever seen with most of the objects never seen in Australia before, nearly half have never been seen outside China.

The exhibition was collaboratively developed between the Western Australian Museum, Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre and the Emperor Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Museum.

180,000 visitors are expected across the seven and a half months, including more than 60,000 from interstate and overseas.

The exhibition features more than 225 original artefacts, including 10 of the world-famous terracotta figures themselves. Multimedia digital technology will accompany the experience to enrich the story of Qin Shihuang.

The exhibition reveals the extraordinary scale, artistry and ambition behind the emperor's tomb and the life-sized terracotta army he created to protect him in the afterlife.

A full season of public programming will accompany the exhibition, including after-hours events, tea ceremonies, music, art workshops and family activities.

Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor runs until the 22nd February 2026 at WA Museum Boola Bardip.

For more information go to visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip