Reupholstered with fawn tapestry 1971.
Patrick Taylor Cottage Folk Museum
This eleven room wattle and daub cottage built circa 1832 consists of an entry, box room, parlour, nursery, bedroom, dining room, family room, sewing room, kitchen, laundry and side verandah. Appropriate artefacts covering several eras are in the various rooms, with display cases in every room. Set in a neat garden surrounds
Address:
Duke Street, Albany, WA
Tel:
0898416374
Hours:
Monday - Sunday 1:00pm - 4.30pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Email:
Admission:
Adults $4.00, Child $2.50, Concession $2.50, Family $12.00. Price includes free entry to our second venue, Old Gaol Museum.
Facilities:
Guided tours, most rooms have wheelchair access, souvenirs, postcards, historic booklets for sale.
Collection:
Accessioned photographs number 8,000. Accessioned artworks number 500. There are some 7,000 artifacts of all types.
Subject:
- Historic Site
- Historical Society
- House Museum
- Social History Museum
- Art
- Photographs
- Drawings and Prints
- Furniture
- Glass
- Jewellery
- Painting
- Textiles, Spinning and Weaving
- Archives
- Armed Forces
- Business
- Childhood
- Numismatics, Coins and Currency
- Domestic Items
- EducationAndSchools
- Emergency Services
- Genealogy
- Historic Buildings
- Historic People
- Law
- Local Government
- Local History
- Medals and Badges
- Militaria
- Prisons or Convicts
- Social History
- Weapons Arms and Armor
- Agriculture
- Clocks
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Horse Drawn Transport
- Lighting
- Marine Technology
- Mass Media
- Medicine and Health
- Photography
- Railways or Tramways
- Ships and Shipping
- Tools
- Aboriginal Culture
- Pacific Cultures
- Mineralogy
- Plants
- Dolls
- Film Sound and Video
- Toys and Games
Items
Antique Doll
Four Poster Bed with Antique Dolls
Lounge and chair
Parlour suite
Creator:
Unknown
Description:
Father chair with arm rests, and two person seat. Silk upholstery, turned wood, padded backs and armrests. Belonged to Florence Gleeson.
Date:
c1901
Item Id Number:
1992-119AB
Grandfather clock
Creator:
Sam Haiden Warham
Description:
214 cm tall, single hand clock. Face pre-industrial era.
Date:
c 1745
Item Id Number:
91-264
In pencil: "Southhampton to Antwerp to Sydney"
Cast iron teapot with lid
Creator:
Made in USA
Description:
Heavy moulded pattern on sides. Black finish to pot and lid.
Item Id Number:
1991-196
Owned by WC Clifton of "The Mount" then handed to Nurse Selina Griffiths, Albany's inaugural Matron.