Silverton Gaol Museum

Silverton Gaol Museum

The Museum is housed in former Silverton Gaol (1889) and warden's residence and hospital room. Police Station and Gaol closed in 1943. The Broken Hill Historical Society opened a museum on the premises in 1968. There are now over 14 rooms of exhibits plus an outside area.

Address: 
Burke Street, Silverton, NSW
Tel: 
0880884156
Hours: 
9.30am-4.30pm daily (except Christmas Day)
Admission: 
Adults & Senior Card holders $2.50, children (5-12 yrs old) 50c, pensioners/students $1.50
Facilities: 
Wheelchair access, parking.
Collection: 
Large photographic collection - local, community & mining archival records. Sporting photographic collection - old mining machinery, old household objects; early clothing, band memorabilia; lodges' regalia.