- In its opening week, 20,000 people have already visited Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor at the WA Museum Boola Bardip
- The exhibition is one of the largest of its kind, ever shown
- Western Australia to benefit from the economic and cultural impacts of an exhibition of this size and calibre
In its first week of opening more than 20,000 people have attended Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor at WA Museum Boola Bardip.
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 is expected to welcome 180,000 visitors across the seven and a half months, including more than 60,000 from interstate and overseas.
Collaboratively developed between the Western Australian Museum, Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre and the Emperor Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Museum.
The exhibition features more than 225 original artefacts, including ten 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 22 February 2026 at WA Museum Boola Bardip.
For more information, visit: visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip
As stated by Creative Industries Minister Simone McGurk:
"The thousands of people through the Terracotta Warriors exhibition in its first week is extraordinary and is a testament to the hard work of the team at the WA Museum Boola Bardip.
"This exhibition has far-reaching impacts for WA's tourism, hospitality and hotel businesses as interstate and overseas visitors come to our State.
"Exhibitions like this show that Western Australia can stage blockbuster exhibitions and offers something for everyone.
"Many people will never have the opportunity to experience the Terracotta Warriors, sometimes considered the eighth wonder of the world."
