Illawarra Museum — Attraction in Wollongong City Council

The Illawarra Museum is a two story heritage building housing a vast collection of furntiure and objects from the Illawarra region dating between the Nineteeth and early Twentieth Century.

The ground floor exhibits a schoolroom where you can sit and reminisce of the best days of your life, and a changing exhibition space currently displaying maps of the changing Illawarra throughout the years. Venture into our courtyard and see how people lived in the home before electricity in our kitchen and laundry exhibits. Expereince rural and farming lifestyles with out exhibits including the Stockman's Hut, Air Raid Shelter and a Working Blacksmith's shop. Our Farm Shed displays agricultural, dairy and farm tools as well as several horse drawn vehicles, including a milk and bread cart and plows.

The second floor exhibits a bedroom and parlour displaying the lifestyle of the more prosperous households during the Nineteeth Century featuring furniture used and donated to the museum by...

I wanted to like this place, but I was disappointed. It may be good for school kids, but not for somebody who really wants to know about what makes Illawarra unique. I was lucky to have a good chat with Bill, who told me most of the things that should have been in the displays.

Eg: Geology! Coal and volcanoes are kind of important! The steel mill layoffs in the 80s History of some of the names Information about industry and economy in the early days and today Famous people from...

This is truly a hidden gem. There are a total of 6 display rooms: classroom, grocery store, bedroom, kitchen, laundry and living. Each one of them is so perfectly displayed and preserved. Please check their website for opening hours. When we visited the place it was only open on Wed and Sat. The volunteer staff, John was so friendly and...