Herberton Mining Centre — Attraction in Herberton

This museum (entrance is free of charge) is bigger than expected and has quite a collection. Staff is super friendly. There are lots of items donated by the community which give you a good idea of the local history. I appreciated the acknowledge of the Aboriginal miners and wish there was more documented on behalf of their part of the history (overall, not just this museum).

The display of the information and items of the museum felt a bit chaotic. The set up doesn't give you chronical information, but rather lots of detailed information of an item and subject and then it jumps randomly into another subject. This doesn't give you the feeling you got into the essence of the mining history of Herberton, but you know more about random items. But that's just from an outsider visitor point of view. Still, we enjoyed our time here.

There are a few activities great for kids and we walked the short trail. There's a picnic area in the garden of the museum and there's enough parking space.

We spend more time here...

We popped in after being informed of free entry being attached to our Herberton Historic Village entry. It’s a donation entry otherwise. A fantastic display of local area mining history. Kids could pan for tin which they thought was fun. Lots to read so allow a little time if this is of interest. A large display of other stones / metals and mining information. The volunteers at the information centre were a wealth of knowledge and the kids were able to select a small special rock to keep from a private collection that had been donated! What a treat! There are also walks through mining trails but with a full day of walking already done by the kids, we didn’t adventure out...

Everyone interested about Australian history should visit this place. I didn't expect much from this small museum, but surprised by how comprehensive and well presented the information here. It has a big picture knowledge from human migration path from Africa, sea level change, to timeline of Australian mining history, i.e. when where what mine discovered. There are also a good collection of stone specimens from different regions. Also the folks working there are quite knowledge and nice to talk to. Gram even showed me how to wash sand to get tin. Learned so...