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South Kempsey Park, Lachlan Street, South Kempsey
Postal address: PO Box 390, Kempsey 2440
Kempsey, New South Wales 2440
Macleay River Historical Society (and Kempsey Museum), Kempsey, New South Wales
The Macleay River Historical Society was founded in 1960.
The Kempsey Museum, run by society, is located in South Kempsey. The building was opened in April 1983. Prior to this the museum was housed in Elbow Street, West Kempsey.
The museum has three areas:
Kempsey is in the mid-north coast region of New South Wales in the Shire of Kempsey. It is 15 kilometres inland, on the Macleay Valley Way near where the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line cross the Macleay River.
For the constitution of the society, see http://www.kempseymuseum.org/default.asp?iId=GFGDED
Officer in charge of the society: President
The Society focuses on Macleay River District local history - people, land, buildings and life styles.
The Macleay River Historical Society's award winning Kempsey Museum is housed in the unique Glenn Murcutt Building adjacent to the Visitor Information Centre in South Kempsey. The Settler's Cottage is in the museum courtyard. It was built in about 1910 and had been moved several times before being acquired by the museum in 1990.
There is an extensive collection of local history and family files in the library and record room, covering:
Entries in National Library of Australia Guide to Collections of Manuscripts Relating to Australia.
The museum is open Monday to Sunday, 10am-4pm. Contact the museum for research appointments.
Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Contact the museum to make an appointment for all research and photographic bookings - see forms at http://www.kempseymuseum.org/default.asp?iId=GFEKLM and http://www.kempseymuseum.org/default.asp?iId=GFEMDD
The museum has disabled access and bus groups are most welcome.
General reference assistance is available. For information and forms, see http://www.kempseymuseum.org/default.asp?iId=GFEKLM
Copying services are available. For information and forms, see http://www.kempseymuseum.org/default.asp?iId=GFEMDD