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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum will again celebrate International Lighthouse Weekend on August 18 & 19, 2018 The event is conducted at Point Lonsdale Lighthouse in conjunction with Geelong Amateur Radio Club members. Point Lonsdale Lighthouse will be open for guided tours on Saturday and Sunday plus a flag raising ceremony and Foghorn soundings. Call 0490 550 …

INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND 2018 – 3RD WEEKEND IN AUGUST SINCE 1998 Read More »

Steve Murphy and friends will warm us up with their favourite Jazz tunes. As always, this event takes place in the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Boatshed, amongst historic boats and boat building tools. Refreshments will be available – nibbles, and drinks at Bar prices. For Bookings call 5258 3440. QUEENSCLIFFE MARITIME MUSEUM 2 Wharf Street  Queenscliff …

JAZZ IN THE BOATSHED – SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018 2.00 PM – 5.00 PM Read More »

On Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 September the skills of model boat makers will be on display in the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum. Model vessels of all classes are replicated in fine detail by craftspeople with a love for boats and their heritage. The display is open 10:30 am – 4.00 pm both days. Local model …

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YOU’RE INVITED: BOOK LAUNCH 11.00am 9th December 2017 The Personal Diary of John Clark Junior From Queenscliff to the Goldfields A  record of life in 1800s Victoria Join us at the Queenscliff Maritime Museum, next Saturday morning, to learn about the collaboration between our Historian Les Irving-Dusting and local Writer and Publisher Greg Wane in …

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Point Lonsdale Boardriders Club presents Lighthouse Sounds of Summer – a free community event in Point Lonsdale ·        Every Saturday evening in January, ·        From 6.00pm until 9.00pm ·        Lighthouse Reserve, Point Lonsdale. ·        Sausage sizzle and bar available. ·        Come early. Entry is Free! ·        For full band line-up go to www.pointlonsdaleboardriders.com ·        Lighthouse Twilight Tours …

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The launch of  Lorraine de Kleeuver’s new children’s book Trouble at ‘Joanna Shipwreck’ was a great success! Pictured here are some of the participants and the relics from the shipwreck ‘Joanna’ that were loaned to us by Heritage Victoria and displayed in the museum.

Several of our treasured volunteers recently enjoyed a bbq as a chance to say thank you and to mingle with fellow volunteers. We were also joined by our next door ‘neighbours’ – the crew working on the restoration of the “Margaret Pearl” – a project we have all been watching with great interest.

Some of our recent visitors to the Museum…

Our participation in the 2017 International Lighthouse Weekend in August went off smoothly. the weather wasn’t kind to us so numbers were down a bit from last year. The historic Compressed Fog Horn appreciated its annual “dust off” and blasted its signal out into Bass Strait. Thanks to the Geelong Amateur Radio Club for their …

LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND – ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT! Read More »

On Tuesday 23rd May, the Museum successfully hosted a recent “Australian shipwrecks-themed exhibition development workshop” on behalf of the AMMC (Australian Maritime Museums Council) and the ANMM (Australian National Maritime Museum). The one-day event will covered various aspects of exhibition development including labelling, design and object display, with practical sessions. The workshop will lead to the submission of content …

SUBMERGED: STORIES OF AUSTRALIA’S SHIPWRECKS: WORKSHOP @ QMM Read More »