Junee Broadway Museum
The Broadway Museum is an enterprise of the Junee & District Historical Society Inc . The Broadway Museum is a social history Museum located in a Heritage listed former hotel building.
The Broadway Museum is a remarkable place to visit for a detailed look at the history, heritage and colourful events that have taken place in Junee. The Historical Society has recently moved its collection from a small cottage to the recently renovated former hotel site. The museum building is well worth an examination.
Address:
Broadway , Junee NSW 2663, Australia
Tel:
+61 02 6924 1832
+61 02 6924 1600
Hours:
Six days per week from 10am till 4pm --- CLOSED Tuesday
Most public holidays (Good Friday & Christmas Day excepted) Please enquire if confused.
Arrangements gladly made for other times and especially for groups.
Most public holidays (Good Friday & Christmas Day excepted) Please enquire if confused.
Arrangements gladly made for other times and especially for groups.
Email:
Admission:
Honesty Box $5 $4 concession $2 Student.
Special arrangements for Groups
Facilities:
An impressive two storey brick hotel built in 1914 in the Federation style. Its facade has an impressive parapet which shields the hipped timber and iron roof from the street. The 2nd. story verandah has recently been renovated in its original style with cast iron balustrade being repaired and the reintroduction of the verandah cast iron frieze located under the facia. Verandah posts on the ground floor are of ornate cast iron design. No other hotel in Junee used this building element in their construction.
This Federation pub now houses the historical collection of the Junee & District Historical Society and is open as a museum. It is a fine example of a rural community lifestyle. The location in Broadway is just outside the Heritage Conservation Area.
The hotel bar-room is now an attractive coffee shop and antique sales outlet.
Carparking and toilets available.
This Federation pub now houses the historical collection of the Junee & District Historical Society and is open as a museum. It is a fine example of a rural community lifestyle. The location in Broadway is just outside the Heritage Conservation Area.
The hotel bar-room is now an attractive coffee shop and antique sales outlet.
Carparking and toilets available.
Collection:
Artefacts, photographs and documentation dealing with the history of a rich pastoral area combined with the growth of this vibrant railway industrial settlement and a sprinkling of the old gold-rush and bushranger past.