Hackett Hall is a heritage listed building, previously housing part of the State Library of Western Australia.

The name of the hall is related to the benefactor of the University of Western Australia, John Winthrop Hackett.

[1] There is a hall of the same name at the University of Western Australia main campus.

[2][3] It was photographed at the early stages as a library space.

Hackett Hall is now the home of Otto, the WA museum's giant whale skeleton.