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Coffs Harbour Regional Museum

Locality: Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6648 4847

Address: 215 Harbour Drive 2450 Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia

Website: www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Community-and-Recreation/community-venues-and-facilities/Pages/Museum/Coffs-Harbour-Regional-Museum.aspx

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25.01.2022 We're so excited for #Biketober! Stay tuned to our FB page and the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery Instagram page for everything bicycles throughout October, courtesy of Coffs Collections! Cycling on the Pacific Highway near Moonee, 18 July 1945 (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/47660) This photo is from our Maston Collection. The Maston family owned farmland in Karangi. Anthony 'Tony' Maston (pictured here) eventually settled in Merrylands, Sydney, starting his own photography business from the back of his bicycle. His later collections are housed at the Cumberland City Council Library Service.

25.01.2022 Coffs Harbour City Council can now confirm the NSW Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes, has approved the Development Application (DA) for the new Cultural and Civic Space. Click here for media release: https://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//coffs-harbour-c/

25.01.2022 The Coffs Harbour Regional Museum is pleased to announce our new exhibit a 1:25 scale model of the original Coffs Harbour Police Station and Courthouse our Museum building! This delicately made model has been a labour of love over the last 18 months by a local craftsman and heritage enthusiast, Don Langley. It comes complete with miniature people, furniture, lights, animals, and fine detailing that is bound to engage people of all ages who see it. You can find out more about it by reading our latest Coffs Coast Heritage Blog Post or by visiting the museum https://coffscoastheritage.info//the-original-coffs-harbo/

24.01.2022 More chances to learn more ways to earn. Groups of local young people came together over the last couple of weeks to share their ideas about the Youth Space being designed into the Cultural and Civic Space building. Members of the BVN Architecture team, including Principal Matthew Blair, spoke to them about the project, showed them some digital sketches of the space and asked for their feedback on furniture, technology and the kinds of things they would like to use the space for. Their enthusiasm for the project was inspiring, and their thoughtful feedback will help us to design a space that they will love and use. Thank you to everyone who took part, you were amazing!

24.01.2022 Coffs Harbour Regional Museum acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Gumbaynggirr people, who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and commit ourselves to a future with reconciliation and renewal at its heart. #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020

24.01.2022 Now more than ever, it matters for the cultural and creative sector to be connected. We are excited to invite you to subscribe to the Creative Coffs Connect E-newsletter, brought to you by Coffs Harbour City Council. Bringing you the latest creative updates, featuring: Local creative industries news Local arts, culture and creative opportunities & commission call outs... Grant & award opportunities Local creative & cultural events Links to useful resources Subscribe to Creative Coffs Connect here https://confirmsubscription.com//663BFAD87FE9CBFB2540EF23F

23.01.2022 We're totally into the 90s revival here at the Museum! Kick back in your flannies and Docs this weekend, and browse our local RFS newsletters from 1989-1997 on Coffs Collections! (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/). One thing we've learned - a remarkable number of firies are poets as well.... Don't forget to visit our Creative Recovery Project: The Bushfires at Culture Hub! Level 1, Coffs Central Shopping Centre... Tues - Sat 10-4 See more

20.01.2022 It's been a joy working with Tones Photography's Toni Fuller, who captured our Regional Museum in a 3D Virtual Tour. Big thanks to Coastbeat for a great interview with Toni, a highly skilled, multi-talented Coffs Coast local. You can see the virtual museum tour, which Toni generously donated to the community on the Museum's website until 31 August 2021.

19.01.2022 Happy #NAIDOC2020! Jump on to Coffs Collections to listen to local Gumbaynggirr elder Harry Buchanan, interviewed in 1971. (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/37367) Always was, always will be!

19.01.2022 This article reflects shifting attitudes towards museums and how stories are told and how we experience museums. https://www.abc.net.au//art-tour-guide-galleries-/12241850

19.01.2022 Check out the rooftop terrace of the new Cultural and Civic Space, imagined in full colour! One of the many community places in our new building, the terrace is a rooftop oasis in the city centre. On the right you can see the bar and kitchen servicing the multipurpose space, designed to fit around 200 people. Click on the link to see images of inside the multipurpose space: https://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//cultural-and-ci/

17.01.2022 Have you tried our online puzzles yet? Heres a new one!

17.01.2022 Have you visited The Ambassador at Culture Hub yet? Gold miner's pan, c. 1920 - 1930 Sourced from Coffs Collections (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/)... Eugenia Lim: The Ambassador Level 1, Coffs Central Shopping Centre Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm

17.01.2022 Now you can discover the fascinating cultural treasures and stories that shaped Coffs Harbour region online anywhere, anytime with the launch of Coffs Collections. See historic and present-day artefacts, art collections, oral histories, documents, films, photographs and publications of our past and present - all in the one place and easily accessible from anywhere in the world. Now live at http://coffs.recollect.net.au

16.01.2022 How did Louie La Crosse from Mauritius end up living in Coffs Harbour in the 1920s & 30s? You can find out in our latest blog post! https://coffscoastheritage.info//louie-la-crosse-an-early/

16.01.2022 Want to know more about how our local bushfire brigades came to be? Read the history compiled by Geoff Blundell over on Coffs Collections! (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/67865) And don't forget to visit Culture Hub for the Creative Recovery Project: The Bushfires. This Saturday is the last day! Level 1, Coffs Central Shopping Centre... Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm See more

15.01.2022 Have you seen our new online platform, Coffs Collections? Jump on and explore it today at https://coffs.recollect.net.au/ Thanks to Coffs Coast News Of The Area for showcasing this exciting new service with our community! http://www.newsofthearea.com.au/coffs-harbour-regional-gall

15.01.2022 Coffs Harbour Regional Museum was pleased to support this FOSSIL initiative. The Friends of South Solitary Island have been instrumental in supporting NPWS restore the lighthouse buildings on the island over many years.

14.01.2022 Read more about the plan for the South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic! Now live over at our blog: https://coffscoastheritage.info//south-solitary-island-li/ And don't forget our new extended opening hours! Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy our beautiful edible garden.... 215 Harbour Drive Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm

14.01.2022 Our original 1906 Police Station and Court House has been brought back to life courtesy of Don Langley who was officially thanked by the Mayor today for his intricate model. Read the story here and please share so more visitors can explore it at the Museum, open Tuesday to Thursday 10am-1pm. https://bit.ly/2EnB7wt

14.01.2022 Fancy a two-wheeled jaunt in the country this long weekend? Take a look at at our 1902 Cyclist's & Traveller's map of NSW, with handy notes to tell you if a road is Hilly, Very Hilly, or just Undulating. Visit Coffs Collections at https://coffs.recollect.net.au/ for more! Our Museum has bike parking too! Open Tuesday - Thursday 10am - 1pm Coffs Harbour Cycle Club #Biketober

14.01.2022 Can't make it into the Museum to explore some of the rich history of Coffs Harbour? Now you can take a 3D Virtual Tour from anywhere in the world from your computer or hand held device. Take your virtual tour of the Museum today at https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=8Wd6m7W8Sbo You'll discover our current exhibitions including Bananas to Beautizone, which explores how the experience of summer has changed in the Coffs Coast region. The Tasma Theatre exhibition showcases Coffs H...arbour’s 1937 Art Deco cinema, including the original projector and seats. Learn the stories from local elders of the Gumbaynggirr community, the original custodians of the land. Find artefacts from Coffs Harbour’s maritime history including the South Solitary Island Lighthouse. Our newest exhibit is a detailed model of Coffs Harbour’s original 1906 Police Station and Court House, the heritage-listed building which now houses our museum. See more

13.01.2022 Were delighted to announce that the Museum is open again from today, Tuesday 9 June. And were following the Governments latest safety guidelines. That means we need you to book your free entry ticket when you plan to visit the Museum. Weve got 2 of our favourite exhibitions waiting for you to explore: the return of Bananas to Beautizone and the Tasma Theatre. Tickets are available for your preferred time slot at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/coffs-harbour-regional-muse See you soon!

12.01.2022 For the smoker in your life with dashed hopes - the perfect souvenir! It's our Object of the Week! Novelty ashtrays are just the beginning of our extensive Souvenir Collection! Check them all out on Coffs Collections (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/55502)

12.01.2022 HISTORY MYSTERY! Does anyone know where this Honours Board is? The Coffs Harbour Army Cadet Unit are keen to find it and display it at their Headquarters. If you have any information about its whereabouts, please get in contact with us at the museum

11.01.2022 On Tuesday we officially launched our new digital platform Coffs Collections at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery. Special thanks to the Hon Ben Franklin MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Energy and the Arts, Mayor Denise Knight, and Uncle Richard Widders for joining us for this special occasion. Huge congratulations to the Digitisation team for creating this rich treasure trove of close to 15,000 objects, artworks, films, maps, photographs, oral history interviews and more from the Coffs Coast for our community!

08.01.2022 How would you describe Mondays in one word? Our Object of the Week will tell you! Metal stencil used to label boxes for the banana and horticulture industries. We've got over a hundred of these babies on Coffs Collections (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/) Discover more of them today! And don't forget, our Museum is open tomorrow with extended hours! You could spend a whole day in each room!... Tuesday - Saturday 10am to 4pm See more

08.01.2022 How long does it take a horse to put out a fire? Confused? Find out on Coffs Collections! (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/) All the incident books from Coffs Harbour Fire Brigades between 1912 and 1965 have been digitised and are free to browse at any time. Tomorrow is the last day of Culture Hub's exhibition Creative Recovery Project: The Bushfires. Don't miss it!... Level 1, Coffs Central Shopping Centre 10am - 4pm

08.01.2022 There's still plenty of time this History Week to take a 3D virtual tour of the Museum from wherever you are in the world! Thanks to Coffs Coast News Of The Area for sharing the news with our community. http://www.newsofthearea.com.au/virtual-tours-of-coffs-muse

08.01.2022 Original sketch of The Plantation Hotel, 1953. Where are the curves?! Go to https://coffs.recollect.net.au/ to see more Planto material from our generous donors.

08.01.2022 We're thrilled to announce the Museum has been awarded a $72,300 grant by the NSW Government’s Minister for the Arts, to recruit temporary Community Curators who will work alongside museum staff to locate the diverse stories and objects currently missing from our collections. This will ensure that the history of those who belong to, for example, the Gumbaynggirr, former refugee, farming, youth and LGBQI communities, are given the same recognition as other historically more visible groups. https://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//hidden-historie/

08.01.2022 You'd have to be bananas to go near this! It's our Object of the Week! Knapsack sprayer used on banana plantations, browse this and more at Coffs Collections (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/) We've got more banana farm tools currently on display at our Bananas to Beautizone exhibition, on now at the Museum! (Don't worry, they're safe).... Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 4pm

07.01.2022 Visit the History Council NSW website this History Week for their full program of online & in-person events that will answer the question History: What is it good for? The Museum is offering its 3D Virtual Museum Tour as part of the History Week 2020 program. Included in the tour is our museums newest exhibit, a model of Coffs Harbours original 1906 Police Station and Court House, which now houses our museum. Its one of the few heritage-listed buildings in town. Sharing this virtual tour for History Week highlights the importance of preserving local history and stories of place for the community. You can take the tour at our website https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//Coffs-Harbour-Regiona

07.01.2022 Did you see the news? Don Langley played a starring role with our Mayor on NBN News last night when interviewed about his model of the original Police Station and Courthouse, the building which now houses our Museum. Watch the story now, then see the model for yourself at the Museum open Tuesdays to Thursdays 10am-1pm. https://bit.ly/2EuXPm1

07.01.2022 Our fabulous Museum and Gallery team member Nerida Little. Toormina High School Graduate returns to Coffs to take up a role in cultural services.

06.01.2022 Have you been enjoying History Week? We've shared our 3D virtual Museum tour with visitors to the History Council NSW website, where they're answering the question, "History: What is it Good For?" Take a virtual stroll through the Museum to see why it's so important that we preserve local history and stories of place for the community. https://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//enjoy-a-virtual/

06.01.2022 This weeks museum tour is us! Book a ticket we will be open from tomorrow

06.01.2022 This weeks museum tour is a lot closer to home - MidCoast Stories preserves and promotes our regions unique history. These stories are short, factual and often quirky, describing the people, places and events that have influenced our region.

05.01.2022 Cultural Reference Group EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST The Cultural Reference Group has been established to: Provide advice and feedback on the Cultural Strategic Plan 2017-2022; Advocate on behalf of the community; and... Advise on the planning for sector and community engagement activities. Expressions of interest are invited for one youth and one Aboriginal representative to join the committee. For further information, refer to the Committees Terms of Reference and the application form below. Applications close 4:30pm Monday 8 July, 2020. For enquiries please contact Sian Nivison on 02 6648 4081 or [email protected] TERMS OF REFERENCE https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//Terms%20of%20Referenc APPLICATION FORM https://forms.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/RunForm.aspx

05.01.2022 When was the last time you visited your regional museum? We're back to our normal opening hours of 10am - 4pm Tuesday to Saturday, and look forward to seeing you soon!

03.01.2022 This week, the NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Black Screen collection is sharing the inspiring life stories of four leaders who challenged injustice and worked tirelessly to generate massive changes to Australian society: Faith Bandler, Neville Bonner, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and Charles Perkins.

03.01.2022 NBN news visited us to find out more about our exciting new Coffs Collections service. Fascinating objects, photos, films, artworks, stories and more from Coffs Harbours past and present are now online for you to explore anytime at: https://coffs.recollect.net.au/ https://www.nbnnews.com.au//historic-museum-pieces-availa/

02.01.2022 Our "Bananas to Beautizone" exhibition is currently on display - It used to be that summer was a time of hard, physical work for many residents of the Coffs Coast. Tropical fruit was a mainstay of the local economy and it ripened in the summer months. Growers, workers and carriers laboured in the heat to get crops picked, packed and transported by rail and road to capital city markets. In the 1950s however, tourism began to gain momentum and the region was instead promoted as... a destination for leisure and relaxation: the Pacific Beautizone. This catchy title was chosen as the winner from over 1400 entries in a 1956 competition to name the area from the Clarence to the Nambucca. The changes that took place in our summers in the post-World War Two period paved the way for the transformation of the Coffs Coast region, which continues today . You can book a ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/coffs-harbour-regional-muse Pictures Courtesy of Coffs Harbour Regional Museum. See more

02.01.2022 Welcome to Wish You Were Here Wednesday, where we delve into our postcard collection and share some of our favourites. Coffs Harbour Jetty, c. 1921 Did you know there used to be bathing sheds on Jetty Beach?... See more in Coffs Collections! (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/)

02.01.2022 We found this interesting object at the museum this week. We appreciate donations, however without any back story to the object, we have no way of knowing whether it fits within our collection guidelines. Wed love to know who made the kind offer, if it was you please contact us at the museum This is a great opportunity to remind everyone that if you have some fabulous items that you would like to donate to the museum please contact us first.

02.01.2022 You can discover the interesting story behind The Packing Case Chair, one of our favourite museum objects, in our latest blog post at https://coffscoastheritage.info/

01.01.2022 What's red and yellow and green all over? That's right, it's our Object of the Week! This trophy is a memento of when the first traffic lights in town were switched on, in 1970. Aah, the 70s. Heady days of traffic management! View more treasures on Coffs Collections (https://coffs.recollect.net.au/), and come visit our beautiful Museum. It's open tomorrow!... Coffs Harbour Regional Museum Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm

01.01.2022 Heres how to access the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery and Museum collections 24/7 from anywhere in the world! https://www.news.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au//coffs-gallery-a/