Galley Museum facts for kids
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| Location | Queenstown, Tasmania |
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| Location | Queenstown, Tasmania |
| Completed | 1897 |
The Eric Thomas Galley Museum, also known as the Galley Museum, is a special place in Queenstown, Tasmania. It's located on Driffield Street. This museum is full of old photographs and interesting items from the past.
It's one of two museums on the west coast of Tasmania that keep records and objects from the old mining towns. The museum is inside a building that used to be the Imperial Hotel, built in 1897. This building has also been a mining office and even a Youth Hostel!
The museum is like a treasure chest of history for Queenstown. It has many old photos and materials. Some of these collections are the only remaining pieces of history from former mines and places on the west coast.
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What You Can See at the Museum
Photos and Mining History
The museum has a huge collection of photos and information about the 1912 North Mount Lyell Mining disaster. This was a very important event in the area's history. Many of the photographs in the museum were collected and developed by a person named Eric Thomas. That's why the museum is named after him!
Special Exhibitions
In 2016, one of the objects from the museum was chosen for a special exhibition in Hobart. This exhibition was called "10 objects 10 stories." It showed how even a single item can tell a big story about the past.
Images for kids
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The Galley Museum building in 2008.
See also
- West Coast Heritage Centre
