Rose de Freycinet Gallery | See and Do

The Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery & Visitor Centre’s Rose de Freycinet Gallery offers visitors an ever-changing range of local and travelling exhibitions in a large, dramatically lit exhibition space.

In addition to exhibitions, the Rose de Freycinet Gallery actively develops collections and partnership projects to enable broader engagement with the local community and visitors to the region.

The Rose de Freycinet Gallery is named in honor of Rose de Freycinet, who, in September 1817, embarked on the Uranie alongside her husband, disguised as a man until they departed from port. She became the first woman to document the three-year circumnavigation through a series of intimate letters that took the form of a diary.

Rose meticulously recorded life aboard the ship, her observations of the people and locations they encountered, the scientific endeavors of the expedition, as well as the dynamics between men and women. Additionally, she highlighted the work of artist Jacques Arago. With a keen eye for detail, she crafted vivid descriptions of the unusual and exotic places they explored.

Just as Rose saw and documented the beauty and detail of what she saw, our gallery exhibits beautiful works of Art for you to view for free.

By the Bay 2026

03/07 – 06/09

For the second year running, By the Bay is a group exhibition by six Shark Bay Artists exploring their personal connection to this remarkable place.

This project is delivered by the Shire of Shark Bay, and made possible through the Regional Arts Venue Support program managed by Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

2026 Exhibitions

6 December 2025 – 31 January 2026

Colour Country Community

16 April 2026 – 07 June 2026

Underneath/Overlooked: Art on the Move

03 July 2026 – 06 September 2026

By the Bay

11 September – 2027

ND5 Photography

Jony Hewit, Christian Fletcher, Peter Eastway & Les Walkling