Early Start Discovery Space
Where curious minds play Early Start Discovery Space is the first dedicated children’s museum in the world based on a university campus. It provides interactive experiences, stimulating educational programs and learn-through-play activities for children aged birth to 10 years and their families. Backed by research UOW researchers and their findings guide and influence all educational
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Mount Erin Heritage Centre
The Mount Erin Heritage Centre is located at Wagga Wagga in the original Mount Erin Convent which was built 1874-76. This historic site is where five Presentation Sisters from Ireland established a convent and school in 1876. Since then several schools have existed here including St Brigid’s, St Marys, St Eugene’s, Mount Erin High School,
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Concordia Gallery
Concordia Gallery is located on Stanmore road opposite Newington College. It is an exhibition space committed to showcasing emerging, established and international artists and explorative art education models. Concordia Gallery offers a range of artist in residency programs that provides unique opportunities for artists to engage with a well-resourced educational community.
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Young Historical Museum
At the Young Historical Museum you will discover the history of the Burrangong goldfields and the contributions of the many miners and their families who came from all over the world to make Young what it is today. While it was gold that attracted people in 1860, it was the rich soil that encouraged them
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The Wollondilly Heritage Centre
The Wollondilly Heritage Centre was built by volunteers from The Oaks Historical Society with funding through the NSW Bicentennial Committee in 1988, on land donated by Wollondilly Shire Council. The award winning complex now comprises five buildings which tell the stories of the people of Burragorang Valley, Yerranderie, The Oaks and many of the 15
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Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School of Arts Museum
Sir Henry Parkes “The Father of Federation” stood on the site that would become The National Trust’s first museum where in October, 1889 he delivered a speech that in the words of Sir Robert Garran; “turned a vague ideal into a practical working program for Federation”. Henry Parkes was born in England in May, 1815
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Calala Cottage
Calala Cottage was designed and built by Philip Gidley King in 1875. The cottage is furnished with items mainly from the late Victorian period. Displays in the museum range from early aboriginal artefacts through to the establishment of Tamworth as a city. Bequests from notable Tamworth families enhance the exhibits. These include a large teaspoon
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NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education
The NSW Schoolhouse Museum of Public Education provides a glimpse of schooling from the past. The museum was the first building of North Ryde Public School with the original schoolroom built in 1877 for 45 pupils with extra rooms added in 1883 and 1910. The museum collects and protects furniture, objects, books, documents and photographs
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Hay War Memorial High School Museum
The museum is located in the original building of the Hay War Memorial High School which was built in 1923 as both a high school and the town’s war memorial to honour those who served in World War I. It is managed by the Hay War Memorial High School. The collection preserves stories of Hay
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Great Lakes Museum
Located on the Mid North Coast of NSW, the Great Lakes Museum and Heritage Center is run by volunteers from the Great Lakes Historical Society. They are a Not-for-Profit social history and maritime museum engaged in collecting, researching, preserving and exhibiting artifacts and documentary material relating to the area. The Museum’s friendly staff are happy to share
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Yamba Museum – The Story House
The award-winning Yamba Museum, operated by the Port of Yamba Historical Society, is located within the heart of Yamba. The museum, its displays and collection are evidence of the settlement of Yamba, and clearly document its strong maritime history and the importance of the mighty River Clarence to this area. The local Yaegl people have
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Malcolm Building Museum, Balranald Discovery Centre
The Malcolm Building Museum holds a collection of historic photographs and local artefacts. The Museum is part of the Balranald Discovery Centre, which comprises of three key buildings: the Interpretive Pavilion, the Visitor Information Centre and the Discovery Cafe. The precinct also includes an interactive playground, a skate park, historical buildings such as Old Gaol, 24 hour
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Museum of Education
Founded in 1954 the Museum of Education is built around a unique collection of historic school houses. These are a 1883 “beehive” school from Pallamallawa near Moree, the Dumaresq school from the 1880s and a 1948 portable classroom from Armidale High. Each schoolhouse is furnished with authentic school furniture, books, teaching aids and photographs. One
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Alumny Creek School Museum
This heritage award winning school museum is a tribute to the bygone era of one-teacher schools of the 1930s. Retaining much of its original character and charm, the schoolhouse experience comes complete with blackboard and easel, desks with inkwells, Metters Fuel Stove, teacher’s desk and aids, including the much feared cane! The link between the
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Merimbula Old School Museum
Merimbula Old School Museum is located in the heart of Merimbula at 85 Main Street. The Heritage listed building is constructed from locally quarried stone and is a rare example of the teacher’s residence and Schoolroom being under the one roof. The school was built primarily, in 1875, to educate the children of Munn’s Maizena
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