Get Onboard the Mavis III restoration fundraiser We have a number of Pilot On Board and Defiance To The Rescue books that have been donated to the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum. Purchase a book and all money raised will go directly toward the restoration of the museum’s newest exhibit – the Port Phillip Pilot Vessel Mavis III. Great cause Great …
Maritime Books on Sale for Pilot Vessel Restoration at Queenscliff Read More »
Enjoy a Covid-Safe Event this weekend, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March at Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, 11am-4pm PLEASE Please register or use QR code on arrival Stay 1.5m apart and practise social distancing Use hygiene stations and sanitise hands Please do not attend if you have any symptoms or are unwell, or are required …
Steam Rally and Vintage Machinery Weekend Covid-Safe Event Read More »
The Queenscliffe Maritime Museum and Bellarine Vintage Machinery Group, are staging a Vintage Steam Machinery Weekend, at the QMM, 2 Wharf St Queenscliff, 11 am to 4 pm MARCH 20/ 21st, 2021 On display will be Steam traction engines, Stationery Engines, Portable Engines, also other vintage agricultural machinery used in the Bellarine/ Queenscliff area. There …
Steam Rally Queenscliffe Maritime Museum March 20 and 21, 2021 Read More »
Discover the stories at the heart of this maritime town It’s 2021 and our volunteers are welcoming in the new year and visitors to the museum. Artefacts previously in storage have been added to refurbished displays and the newest exhibit, Pilot Vessel Mavis III, can be viewed in the museum grounds. The museum is open …
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Facebook has a new link. Read More »
The volunteers and staff are excited to welcome visitors back to our maritime museum from Friday, 20 November, 2020. After seven months closed due to the Covid 19 Pandemic restrictions, there are new exhibits to see in the museum. Our newest treasure is the Pilot Vessel Mavis III that arrived a few days after the …
Pilot Vessel Mavis III is the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum’s newest exhibit. She served 26 years transferring pilots through the dangerous entrance into Port Phillip, Victoria. On 19 March, 2020 she made her last journey onto land when she was craned onto the maritime museum’s site to become an exciting new …
Pilot Vessel Mavis III Docks at Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Read More »
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum is suspending all Point Lonsdale Lighthouse tours for the public on Sunday mornings and all group tours from 13 March, 2020 until further notice. The tours have run by arrangement with the Port of Melbourne and Vicports for many years and the museum has been advised to suspend tours due to the …
Stories from the Pilots – NOW POSTPONED Saturday 21 March, 2020 7.30pm FISHY TALES IS POSTPONED INDEFINITELY DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS RISKS (16 March, 2020) The Port Phillip Sea Pilots and their distinctive orange launches are a popular part of the history of Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale and still a vital service to shipping today. …
Fishy Tales at The Boatshed, Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Read More »
Twilight Tours return to Point Lonsdale Lighthouse this summer, every Saturday evening in January. Discover the beauty of Point Lonsdale surf beach at twilight on a guided tour to the top of the lighthouse. Volunteer guides from the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum will share the history of the lighthouse and then enjoy a birds’ eye view …
Twilight Tours at Point Lonsdale Lighthouse January 2020 Read More »
A dedicated QMM section of titles from our Library is now on display at Queenscliffe Library. The complete QMM Library Catalogue is also available on-line via the Geelong Regional Libraries Corporation website. This enables access to our book collection not available with the limited staff and space resources at QMM. Browse the catalogue at www.grlc.vic.gov.au
