Christmas Closure

Saturday 24th December 2011 to Sunday 1st January 2012.

 The museum will be closed for the Christmas and New Year break. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The museum and resource centre will be open from Wednesday 4th January 2012.

Exhibitions and Workshops Program 2012

In 2012 we are planning several exhibitions:

Dreier Photographic Collection

Alfred Howitt - 150th Anniversary of his arrival in the East Gippsland district

Bairnsdale High School/Secondary College Centenary - March 2012

Workshops

February - Relaunch of the Bairnsdale Looking Back walking tour

May - Preserving your family photos, a small workshop on archiving and protecting your family photographs

August - How to document Oral Histories

November - Digital preservation techniques, a small workshop to learn how to digitise photographs and records

Dates for these events will be published in January 2012. Please contact the Historical Society to register your expression of interest for any of these activites.