Have you seen the Harrietville Museum? The people of Harrietville have built a wonderful new home for the unique collection of historical goodies that has been stored for so long in an old ATCO hut.

One of the towns few surviving miner’s cottages has been relocated and lovingly restored, and a brand new museum added on behind. You can’t miss it; with an enormous Tronoh dredge bucket and a four-headed gold mining battery out the front.

So why not call in to have a look! Learn all about the early gold mining days, the mountain cattlemen, the ski pioneers, St. Bernards’s Hospice, and the building of the Hotham Road, completely built by hand way back in the 1860’s. As well as the wonderful array of colourful characters who have played a part in our towns past.

There is all sorts of stuff in the museum, from one of the original homemade horse snowshoes that Eric Johnson uses for hauling supplies up to Hotham, to hand carved artifacts from the town’s old Chinese Joss House.  Catch a glimpse of what daily life in Harrietville was like 100 years ago, as you wander through the miner’s cottage.  Keep an eye open for one of Eric Johnson’s original horse drawn sleds too, soon to be added to the collection. There’s always something new to see at Harrietville!

Opening times & location:
We are open on public holidays and weekend afternoons right through the summer period. Otherwise by arrangement, with our curator Kaye Purdon, on 5759 2797. The new museum is right next to the General Store; entry is by gold coin donation. GROUPS WELCOME.