Willoughby Museum in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia | Museum

Willoughby Museum

Locality: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: 94103203

Address: 58 Johnson Street 2067 Chatswood, NSW, Australia

Website: http://willoughbydhs.org.au

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21.01.2022 Opening Saturday September 5, my work from a residency at Willoughby Museum looking at some of their lace collection (part of Willoughby Council's Visual Arts Biennial). All welcome! http://willoughby.nsw.gov.au/biennial/

20.01.2022 That's a wrap up for 2015! This year has been a huge one for our little museum. 2015 saw us put on our centennial WW1 exhibition *** host a visit from the Suginami City Delegation from Japan *** participate in Willoughby's first Visual Arts Biennial by hosting artist Rhonda Pryor's exhibition pLACE Marking *** and even orchestrate a trash and treasure sale! *** Cooling things off was a member's Christmas party in the backyard with Don Swonnell entertaining us with poetry rea...ding. A BIG THANK YOU to all the volunteers who have helped us along the way including our WDHS management committee - Paul Storm, Mary Thom, Terry Fogarty, Bob McKillop, Joan Antarakis, Don Swonnell. Special thanks to our regular volunteers James Jin, Alexis Tay and Margaret McNaught. We are also grateful to our dear Major of Willoughby, Gail Giles-Gidney for her constant support and visitations. Our museum team wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Fantastic New Year! :D ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

20.01.2022 Amazing shot looking east down Victoria Ave, Chatswood in 1940. Trams once ran up and down Victoria Ave, when Sydney had one of the biggest tram networks in the entire world. This photo would have been taken from where Chatswood Station and Chatswood Interchange now sit.

19.01.2022 Chatswood houses are distinctively known for their array of wonderful decorative chimneys! When you walk around the neighbourhood next time, have a look at the chimneys of each house ;)

13.01.2022 Beautiful weather to have an outdoor workshop. Placemarking embroidery on photographs workshop this morning. #embroidery #visualart #photograph #Placemarking #stitch #handwriting #text

12.01.2022 Want to get a gift that's meaningful and educative for Christmas? Grab a copy of "Pictorial History Willoughby" out now at the museum! This 140 page A4 landscape pictorial book has been specially released to mark the 150th anniversary of Willoughby City this year. Written by our curator and historian Bob McKillop, the book gives a thorough presentation covering the landscape, people and infrastructure that has shaped Willoughby. Included are 300+ photographs and illustration...s that further highlights the city's unique characteristics. In a first for the Kingsclear Pictorial History books, this new addition includes 20 colour photos at the end. Cost - $25. For postage delivery, please email the museum at - [email protected]

11.01.2022 And that's a wrap-up for pLACE Marking! Our special thanks go to Rhonda Pryor, our first artist in residence, and Jacky Talbot for their overall management and amazing contributions to the exhibition. Thanks are also extended to Annette Bray, Grahame Costin, Bronwen Kretz, Chris Lattimore, Margaret McNaught, Marte Maddison, Helen Mochrie, Judy Peters, Yan Chen, James Jin and Alexis Tay who joined our regular volunteers at the museum during the event.

10.01.2022 DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM The Museum welcomes donation of items that would enhance our collection. HOWEVER! To be of use to the Museum any item left on our doorsteps needs to be accompanied by the following information: What is it ? Who owned it/where did it come from?... What was it used for? When was it used (years) What is its significance to the Willoughby District? (where was it used?) Please also leave your name and contact details. PLEASE BE AWARE: The Museum reserves the right to use or dispose of any donated item as it sees fit (including by sale, trash or use in the collections) Thank you for your attention :)

07.01.2022 We're in the final week of my Placemarking exhibition. It's open until Sunday so try to catch it if you can. Thank you to Ian Hobbs for these gorgeous photographs. http://willoughby.nsw.gov.au/biennial/

06.01.2022 Check us out on Facebook at our new name - Historical Willoughby