Geelong Gaol Museum — Attraction in Geelong

I had heard this was the best old gaol in Australia and now I've been here, I agree. The guy at the front desk was really friendly and knew loads of stuff and certainly answered all our questions. Could have stood and chatted with him all day. We happened to be here while there was a Ned Kelly display on so that was a nice little bonus. The part of the gaol I saw - keep reading for why I had to leave🙄- was excellent. There is loads and loads of little displays of different things from shivs found in the gaol, uniforms for prisoners and guards, escape attempts , old cell doors, a height chart with various criminals heights marked. There are many familiar names throughout the prison because of Victoria's colorful history and the many tv shows. I came with my son's who are 8 and 13. Both of them got spooked early on and wouldn't let me go upstairs or beyond the main cell block because it was too dark and creepy🙈. So, definitely come and check it out, but choose your traveling party...

We had a ball here... Last minute decision to explore the gaol, and I'm so glad we did. There's just so much history in those walls, and the bloke in the museum was excellent (blew me away when he told us that at any time, it could be re-comissioned as a functioning gaol again... Unreal) Dunno about how haunted it is, but I can tell you this, we took our son 15 years ago when he was about 6, and he got the creeps in cell #64... This time we went with our 14 year old daughter, and she said she felt "chilly" in cell number 64😂. I don't think they ever spoke about it to each other, so it was pretty weird. Had a great time reading the history pieces scattered throughout, and are really glad we went. Thanks for a...

Amazing place! Beautiful old building with some fascinating artifacts and stuff inside. I thought the articles were really interesting plus learned a bit about the history of the old place. It's funny because you look at it and the old style construction, windows without glass, super thick wood doors and all that stuff and then you realize it was still in operation in 1991 and that wasn't that long ago! Anyway, the staff were super friendly and priced perfect for a way to kill an hour or so on the weekend. The only flaw I see is it's about 90% of what it could be. I'd love to see some more support for the place so everything could be freshened up a little bit. Also I didn't see any ghosts but I did go...