Port Albert Maritime Museum Inc

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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called Victoria, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture and pay respect to Elders — past, present and future.

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About

A volunteer run museum operating under a License Agreement with Wellington Shire and accredited under MAP. Located in the historic Bank Of Victoria building (1861), the museum provides a unique window into Gippsland's Maritime history.

Our collection

Port Albert Maritime Museum Collection. (1976)

The collection housed in the original 1861 Second Bank of Victoria building documents the role of Port Albert as the first port of entry for Gippsland from 1841. It encompasses the importance of Port Albert to early Gippsland farmers, fishermen and gold seekers as well as Bass Strait lighthouse families and coastal traders. The items in the collection include artefacts, maps, photographs, paintings, and documents housed in modern archives.

Themes: Connecting Victorians by transport and communications, Transforming and managing land and natural resources

Type of organisation

museum

Opening hours

10.30-4 . Daily Sept-May. Weekends and school holidays June-Aug.

Entry fee

Adults $6, Groups and concessions $5, $1 children.

Contact

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Our collection

Port Albert Maritime Museum Collection. (1976)