Chiltern Athenaeum
Chiltern and District Museum is an historic building built in 1866 which includes district records; shire, cemetery, town and district and library of books dating to 17th Century.
Address:
57 Conness Street, Chiltern, VIC
Tel:
0357261467
Hours:
10am-4pm Sat, Sun, Wed, public holidays and by appointment (03 5726 1467)
Admission:
Adults $2, children free
Facilities:
Wheelchair access, reference library, guided tours of museum and town, brochure, student tours, family history research, library of books including Chiltern authors
Collection:
6,000+ items. Art, decorative art, cultural heritage, genealogy, historic people, houses - local history, agricultural, clothing, uniforms, gold mining, literature, goldfields library, AW Eustace Art Collection including oil on gum leaf paintings.
Items
Library
Library Fittings
Description:
Library tables, chairs, artefacts, books, cabinets
Plough
Vineyard Plough
Creator:
Andrew Kilgour
Description:
Iron plough, stamped A Kilgour Chiltern
Painting
Oil on gum leaf painting
Creator:
Alfred William Eustace
Description:
Suite of six gum leaf paintings framed together.
Date:
1845-1914
Display
Sir John McEwen
Creator:
John McEwen
Description:
Display of artefacts