Queanbeyan and District Historical Museum Society Inc.
Preserving and Promoting Queanbeyan's History and Heritage for 41 Years

May 2010 News Wrap-up

The Cottage is launched! & Renovations Complete!

The renovations and the new storage building The Cottage were launched on Saturday 24th April by Dr Mike Kellly, Federal Member for Eden Monaro at a well attended Day. This was part of the Queanbeyan Heritage Festival.

Museum Management Committee and members worked very hard on both these projects in partnership with QCC.

Completing the storage building and moving the collection into the new building is a great milestone for Queanbeyan, the Society and the collection.

Renovations Complete The QDHMS Inc. Museum Management Committee and members in partnership with QCC have project managed to completion the grant of $49,000 for renovations to the Museum building from the Federal Department of Environment and Heritage. These included insulation,; renovations to the two toilets; roof repairs; interpretive signage; reverse cycle air conditioning in the workroom; gas heating and refurbishment of the floors. The wooden floors look great and the new toilets are more accessible for the disabled and have a high quality finish for our visitors. The fitting out of the workroom  means a comfortable space is now available for the QCC Cataloger and Society members to work with the collection and to carry out projects like digitisation.

TOILETS BEFORE RENOVATIONS

TOILETS AFTER RENOVATION

Interpretive signage We launched the new signs exploring the history of the Musuem building and its precinct on Sat 24th April.

Relationship with CIT Another group of students are working at the Museum this year and their exhibition will open on Saturday 5th June.

Quinbean One edition of Quinbean has been produced.

Events at the Museum We had a well attended historical talk from Marilyn Dooley for Women's History Month. We also had a great opening for The Cottage and the renovations.

Weekend Opening  We have kept the Museum open on the weekend all since February 20th Especial thanks to our weekend openers. We would dearly love more volunteers to carry out the weekend opening. Please contact us if interested in the training day set for July 3rd.

Queanbeyan Museum is Supported by Queanbeyan City Council