East Coast Heritage Museum
East Coast Heritage Museum
4.5
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Droopydrawrs52
Peterborough, UK1,650 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Couples
This is such an intresting museum and so worth going

It gives you the history of the area and puts the area and people into perspective

It’s well laid out and easy to follow
Written January 8, 2024
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Wally M
9 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022
A few rooms of historic memorabilia local to the region. Quite interesting to get a feel for the history of local families and the development of the area.
Written November 5, 2022
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Dan L
Bunbury, Australia7,494 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2022
The Heritage Museum also incorporates the War Memorial, East Coast Visitor Information Centre and the Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society. The building itself is historic, built in 1860 as a school and teachers residence of stone and rubble from the old military fort on Waterloo Point. In 1924 it was purchased by the community and became known as the Glamorgan War Memorial Institute. The collection is extensive and excellently curated, Local and convict artefacts, the War Room collection, an 1880 Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood billiard table, paintings by Thomas Bock and Godfrey Rivers, Quaker costumes, the Amos Family Exhibition, very informative interpretative signage and much more. We were both very happy to have met the curator who gave us a lovely overview of the collection and was available to answer our various queries.
The War Memorial is a simple structure, a small obelisk atop four stepped plinths and with various inscriptions.
Written May 4, 2022
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Del
Swansea, Australia32 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2021 • Solo
This is a little gem for local Swansea, TAS & surrounds history & historical items on display.

Great also for the kids, with a old classroom set up still in it's original room, that they can interact with.
Written September 11, 2021
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Michael B
Melbourne, Australia63 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2021 • Couples
Excellent presentations in each room. Art, history and local interest. Very helpful lady gave us an overview and offered support for anything we needed. Very interesting displays on the development of the area. Worth 30min.
Written March 24, 2021
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Chez Lalor
15 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Couples
The staff in this small museum were all very knowledgeable and helpful and the displays were interesting and easy to access. We learned so many wonderful things about the history of Swansea, it’s houses and pioneers.
Written September 6, 2020
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Vickie G
36 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Business
With guests from New York, touring up the East Coast, a stop over in Swansea was perfect. This museum has lots of local history, displays & very helpful staff. I thoroughly recommend calling in, supporting a local business.
It's a treasure trove of history relevant to the Indigenous, English & French people that impacted the land, the people & history.
Written February 14, 2020
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Tashasam
Pontypool, UK29 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
A small museum but interesting nonetheless. The school room has a lot of info in folders to read. Travelling exhibitions change regularly. Very friendly helpful staff. Useful on original setlers.
Written January 9, 2020
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sarjalar
Sunshine Coast, Australia36 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
Not very big, but the history of the building and town was informative. The lady on reception was lovely and we talked to her for quite a while. They also have a section for the towns military history and that was nice to look through.
Written January 3, 2020
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Ann Turner
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2019

Well worth a visit to the museum if you are in Swansea. Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. A great selection of gifts and some fantastic local history.
Written November 17, 2019
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  • Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM