Yass & District Museum

The Yass & District Museum illustrates the development of Yass since the 1820's and includes the life and work of the explorer, Hamilton Hume. The current exhibition "The Parallels" is developed around models of Yass main street 1895, compares that time with 1995 and is illustrated with advertisements, tools and wares. Displays pay tribute to Yass soldiers and nurses 20th Century wars, the Inns of Yass, Burrinjuck Dam, and illustrate a 19th Century shop, parlour and kitchen, rural life and work in a woolshed.

Address: 
Next to Visitor Information Centre, Comur St, Yass NSW 2582, Australia
Tel: 
+61 02 6226 4966
Hours: 
10am-4pm Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and some Tuesdays
Email: 
outreach@collectionsaustralia.net
Admission: 
Adults $3, children $1
Facilities: 
Archives - open Tuesdays 2pm-5pm at the Soldiers Memorial Hall
Collection: 

Animal husbandry - sheep and wool. Model - Yass main street 1895. Advertising - Yass 1895. Model - rural life and woolshed. Trades - shearing. Tools - 19th Century. Furniture made by convicts. Photographs of horsedrawn transport. 19th Century rural furniture. Domestic items - ceramics. Textiles, clothing, uniforms, needlework. Exploration - Hamilton Hume. Militaria - Yass memorabilia. Aboriginal culture - local. Coins.