MUSEUM TOURS
The Museum conducts guided tours which take approximately an hour and can be tailored to suit specific groups such as students, youth clubs or adult community groups.
Our guides have an extensive knowledge of the maritime history of Queenscliff and Southern Port Phillip and they make the tours interesting, informative and exciting. All tour guides have Working With Children checks.
Contact the Museum by phone on 03 5258 3440 between 11.00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday or contact us by email to book a tour. Tour bookings should be made at least 2 weeks ahead so that we can organise our guides.
When requesting a tour please advise the approximate number in the group and the number of teachers/carers who will attend. For school tours we need to know the age level so the guide can tailor the tour to suit your group. We can also tailor the tour to your special interests, shipwrecks, Port Phillip history, or for the subject area students are studying.
The Museum can provide worksheets for students on request or you may design your own worksheet with the help of information we can supply prior to the visit.
Tours can be paid for on the day by cash or cheque or a tax invoice can be issued. Teachers, assistants, carers and bus drivers are not charged admission.
Car/coach parking close by, wheelchair friendly facilities, toilets, nautical gift shop, short walk to Queenscliff shopping precinct, Historical Museum, Bellarine Tourist Railway, Fort Queenscliff, harbour, pier and ferry terminal.
Point Lonsdale
Lighthouse Tours
Visit the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse and take part in a tour, exploring the lighthouse lantern and admiring the spectacular views over the entrance to Port Phillip Heads, and along the coast to Ocean Grove and Cape Schanck, while our tour guides reveal the secrets of the lighthouse, shipwrecks and sea vistas before you.
Tours are run by Queenscliffe Maritime Museum volunteers by arrangement with Ports Victoria (Melbourne), which runs the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse. All guides have Working With Children checks and Certificate 2 First Aid.
TOUR DETAILS:
Duration: 30 minutes
Times: Tours are held every Sunday morning 9.30am-12.30pm (last tour).
Maximum tour group size: Eight people.
Minimum tour group size: Two people.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:
- Lighthouse tours are not suitable for people with heart pacemakers due to telecommunications equipment, or people who suffer claustrophobia or vertigo.
- Children must be 5 years old and 90cm tall to climb the lighthouse.
AMENITIES: Parking and toilets nearby.
Lighthouse Tour bookings are essential.
TICKETS:
Ticket Type Price
General Admission $12.00
Concession Admission (Student/Seniors Card) $10.00
Child (5-14 years old) $6.00
Book Sessions and Tickets here
For more information please call the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum on 03 52583440, or email info@maritimequeenscliffe.org.au
Guided Museum Group Tour
Available throughout the week by prior appointment. Please contact the Museum to arrange.
TICKETS:
Ticket Type Price (per person)
General $12.00
Concession $10.00
School $6.00