Primary contact
71 Camp Street, Grenfell Postal address: PO Box 54, Grenfell 2810Grenfell, New South Wales 2810
Identity area
Identifier
daa/77
Authorized form of name
Grenfell Historical Society and Museum, New South Wales
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Community
Contact area
President
Type
Address
Street address
71 Camp Street, Grenfell
Postal address: PO Box 54, Grenfell 2810
Postal address: PO Box 54, Grenfell 2810
Locality
Grenfell
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2810
Telephone
02 6343 1930
Fax
Note
Description area
History
The Grenfell Museum is operated by the Grenfell Historical Society. The museum is housed in the renovated School of Arts building built in 1896.
Geographical and cultural context
Grenfell is a town in Weddin Shire in the Central West of New South Wales.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: President
Records management and collecting policies
Buildings
Holdings
This museum houses a large local history photographic collection, extensive core collection from the Weddin Shire as well as collections of local historical records, maps and has a local family and a local history library.
Themed displays feature early household rooms, medical, communications, railway history, local businesses and organisations, designed around personal objects linked to local families and professions.
Other exhibits relate to the war service of local people; some famous local identities – Jan Lehane (tennis), Stan McCabe (cricket), Henry Lawson (poet and writer); on Weddin Shire’s beginnings, themed on gold mining, farming, bushrangers and the pioneer spirit.
Themed displays feature early household rooms, medical, communications, railway history, local businesses and organisations, designed around personal objects linked to local families and professions.
Other exhibits relate to the war service of local people; some famous local identities – Jan Lehane (tennis), Stan McCabe (cricket), Henry Lawson (poet and writer); on Weddin Shire’s beginnings, themed on gold mining, farming, bushrangers and the pioneer spirit.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
Open Monday, 9-11am; Saturday and Sunday 2-4pm and other days by appointment.
Entry fees apply.
Entry fees apply.
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
Reference assistance available in person and by mail.
Reproduction services
General copying services available.
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 10 August 2022
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Agriculture (Thematic area)
- Communication (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- local history (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Medicine and Health (Thematic area)
- Natural Resources (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)
- Transportation (Thematic area)