Gulgong Pioneers Museum — Attraction in Gulgong

Located not far off the main and narrow drag of the 'Ten Dollar' town of Gulgong, lies the Gulgong Pioneers Museum. Only a mere $12 adult entry fee will bring you to the most amazing experience that you would've had in a very long time. Thanks to the hard working volunteers who founded this Museum in 1961, you will find just about every aspect of human invention, interaction with the land and with each other. You could easily while away a whole day in this expansive, maze like tribute to human history. Pat the dog, pat the cat on your way around the dozens of excellently presented exhibitions. Take a gander at the room dedicated to local fossil history. You will be struck by the millions of items in this thoroughly comprehensive collection and its a testament to volunteer tenacity to catalogue, label, present and maintain this unique treasure trove of local and general human history. You have to see it to believe...

Gulgong is a 19th century old gold town in the Midwest of New South Wales, Australia. It has a population of about 3500, 300 km from Sydney. On the way from Mudgee to Dubbo, we stopped at this quaint place. We saw the museum.

Established in 1962, the Gulgong Pioneers Museum is home to one of the finest collections of Australiana in the country.

Located in the old Times Bakery and Produce Store in the heart of historic Gulgong, this award winning museum houses numerous interesting displays within its historical buildings:

– Domestic Tools and Utensils

– The Old Time Print Shop with operating historic printing machines

– Farm and mining equipment

– Horse drawn vehicles

– Early Photographs

– Aboriginal and geological artefacts

– Period Clothing

– Buildings dating back to Gulgong’s heyday during the turbulent gold rush days...

The museum is fantastic, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There are toilets inside catering for wheelchair access also. Those in wheelchairs will muss out on seeing some things up close as some of the buildings are original and the doorways are very narrow. The overall experience should not be detracted by this. It is over an acre of Museum and well worth the visit. The entry price covers you for the whole Day, so you can come and go as you please, which would be awesome if you wanted to have some lunch or go for a coffee in one of the great cafe's close by. I am looking forward to going again and spending the day. The video presentations in various rooms were awesome to watch and listen to. I highly recommend doing this, listening to people's experiences in their own words is...