Silverton Gaol Museum
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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.
Subject:
- Social History Museum
- Photographs
- Numismatics, Coins and Currency
- EducationAndSchools
- Local History
- Medals and Badges
- Organisations
- Philately
- Prisons or Convicts
- Religion
- Rural Life
- Social History
- Women
- Clocks
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Horse Drawn Transport
- Mines and Mining
- Photography
- Railways or Tramways
- Steam Machinery
- Mineralogy
- Ephemera
- Music
- Sports
- Toys and Games