#Days gone by museum pdf#

Our souvenirs include post cards and Flabbit merchandise, celebrating that uniquely Hawkesbury phenomenon, the flying rabbit! If you would like to see a list of books on offer we can email it to you with a brief synopsis. Book titles include Hawkesbury history, early settlement and colonial history as well as Indigenous history and cultural themes. The Museum shop specialises in historical publications, films and carefully selected souvenirs and gifts.

#Days gone by museum pdf#

IMAGinE award for Best Exhibition (Exhibition Projects - Museums 3-10 Paid Staff) 2015Ĭlick PDF for the a history of the Museum site.Greater Sydney Tourism Highly Commended Award for cultural and heritage attraction, (2012).Finalist, cultural and heritage, NSW Tourism Awards (2011).IMAGEine Award (highly commended) for Collection Management (2011).Greater Sydney Tourism Award for best cultural and heritage attraction, (20).Local Government award for best Cultural Infrastructure (2009).NSW Government Volunteer Heritage Award (2008).Since opening in 2008, the Hawkesbury Regional Museum has received a number of awards: It is open for bookings for guided tours by contacting the museum on 4560 4655 or emailing. The Museum is made up of a purpose-built building and historic Howe House. This Georgian house has been fitted out with furnishings and displays that reflect its many uses over more than 200 years of history. Not to mention that uniquely Hawkesbury creation, the Flabbit. Here you can see things you won’t find anywhere else, from the celestial globe that belonged to John Tebbutt, an internationally-renowned astronomer who lived his whole life in the Hawkesbury, to the diary kept by a member of HMAS Hawkesbury during World War II and recording the Japanese surrender. Museum entry is free, with a small fee for group guided tours. Hawkesbury Regional Museum is located in one of our country’s oldest settlements - the third on mainland Australia after Sydney and Parramatta.