About this location
- Where
Farrer Place, Queanbeyan NSW 2620
- Cost
- Free entry
- Accessibility
- Welcomes people with access needs
- Facilities
- Car park
- Family Friendly
- Non-Smoking
- Public Toilet
Contact details
Email:
qbynhmuseum@gmail.com
Phone:
(02) 6169 6213
Request an appointment:
https://www.queanbeyanmuseum.org.au
Housed in a beautifully preserved 1876 building, the Queanbeyan Museum houses an interesting collection of memorabilia from the area.
The Museum has themed displays including Queanbeyan's Story Begins - the Ngambri people, early exploration and settlers, the 'From Settlement to Town' display featuring the railway, telephones, shopkeepers, plumbers, builders, barbers, schooling and courthouses. Bushrangers, Villains and Larrikins - local bushranging from the convict and gold rush eras, The Old Blacksmith's Shop - as it was in the 1900s, That's Entertainment - featuring cameras, radios, fiddles and accordians, Phonographs and Photographs - spotlight on businessman and entrepreneur Theo Cooper, Queanbeyan Medical Practices - featuring an original iron lung and historical mural by acclaimed artist Margaret Hadfield and much, much more.
Free parking behind the Printing Museum next door during opening hours.