Clunes Museum
Clunes Museum
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11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
About
Clunes Museum is accredited by the Museums Association Australia (Vic). The Museum is housed in the former warehouse (c.1860) of contractors Nicholl and Wallace and was redeveloped in 2014 so the museum could expand into modern exhibition areas and work spaces.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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1TraveltheWorld
Alice Springs, Australia12,202 contributions
Feb 2014
We stopped into Clunes while visiting the Ballarat area. Just like the museum, there are a few more old buildings to see if you like history. The museum was no longer open from what we could see, but many of the old shops are only open on the week ends.
Written 11 February 2014
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Jolyon67
Melbourne, Australia5,668 contributions
May 2015 • Friends
After a revamp the Clunes Museum is now known as The Warehouse. If you are visiting this picturesque town you should make the museum your first port of call. Spread over two levels in a heritage building dated to 1860, you will find many artefacts associated with the local farming and mining industries. There are recreations of what life was like in a miners cottage and a wealth of information available about the town as a whole.
Clunes prides itself on being Victoria's first gold mining town. The first gold in Victoria was found at Port Phillip Mine just on the outskirts in 1851. The museum stocks walking tour maps which help you track down historical sights around the town.
The main street in Clunes remains a snapshot of life 150 years ago and was featured in the first Mad Max movie.
Clunes prides itself on being Victoria's first gold mining town. The first gold in Victoria was found at Port Phillip Mine just on the outskirts in 1851. The museum stocks walking tour maps which help you track down historical sights around the town.
The main street in Clunes remains a snapshot of life 150 years ago and was featured in the first Mad Max movie.
Written 24 May 2015
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park-sleep
Auckland Central, New Zealand43 contributions
Dec 2012 • Family
Museums should really reflect the who past of a town my experiences in a cafe in Clunes took me back to the 1960s . Great to see shovels and spades lets get really Historical . I went to Clunes to see the place of a great Australian Bush Poet .
Written 24 July 2013
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Julie M
Greater Melbourne, Australia2 contributions
May 2015 • Family
The collection is well edited and presented. The dioramas are fun and informative. The information displayed contextualises and explains the relevance of the objects on display.
Written 1 June 2015
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Caroline H
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia35 contributions
Great to visit local mining history and encourage maintaining our history. One of the original sites for gold finds in vic. Locals are building history specifically for the area. Would have liked more link to other regions in the area or more local detail. On the right track and I suspect further information will consolidate in the future.
Written 26 March 2015
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Alex S
Carisbrook, Australia35 contributions
Oct 2019
Clunes Museum accupies the front rooms at this terrific facility in busy Fraser Street. The rooms have been furnished to show an earlier era and the thematic displays show the development of this goldmining centre. It reflects great credit on the generations of volunteers who have built up the collection, which includes searchable data bases on former Clunes residents.
Written 10 November 2019
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Lois P
Melbourne, Australia163 contributions
July 2018 • Couples
This is very special to me as there is a parlour dedicated to my great, great aunt Laura Hudson. Lots more to see upstairs
Written 16 August 2018
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daniela1122
Maidenhead, UK23 contributions
Apr 2017 • Family
Worth a quick stop if you are in the area the museum has some interesting stuff and the town is quaint.
Not really worth a detour though, it might be different in the summer or when the book festival is on but when we went all the bookshops were closed.
Good photo of an old fashioned mining town.
Not really worth a detour though, it might be different in the summer or when the book festival is on but when we went all the bookshops were closed.
Good photo of an old fashioned mining town.
Written 14 April 2017
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Stacey B
Mount Gambier, Australia24 contributions
Mar 2017
Very small "museum". Lacking in interesting exhibits. Paid $5 per person and were done in less than 10 minutes
Won't be going back anytime soon
Won't be going back anytime soon
Written 9 March 2017
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RetiredWazza
Daylesford, Australia749 contributions
Apr 2016 • Couples
Congratulations Clunes!
This is an impressive series of installations and displays that do very much give you a sense of the history and culture of Clunes.
I particularly loved the recreation of the famous painting!
The building is very wheelchair friendly and the admission cost of $5/$4 is very reasonable.
Thank you to the Village who put this together with so much care and love.
This is an impressive series of installations and displays that do very much give you a sense of the history and culture of Clunes.
I particularly loved the recreation of the famous painting!
The building is very wheelchair friendly and the admission cost of $5/$4 is very reasonable.
Thank you to the Village who put this together with so much care and love.
Written 28 April 2016
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Loved our trip to Clunes with its beautifully maintained classic old buildings. The museum is well worth a wander very well set out with great notes to read all around. Very easy loved the whole concept.
Written 9 March 2019
Hi. Do you have any information about Dr. John Edward Andrew? He is my great-great grandfather. My grandmother Constance Grace Andrew was born in Clunes.
Dr Andrew was here late 1800s.
I want to visit with my husband and sisters. Thanks
Written 26 August 2018
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