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THE ESSENTIALS

Opening hours

26 December – 30 April
Tuesday to Sunday 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Closed Mondays & Good Friday

1 May – 24 December
Saturday & Sunday  11.00am – 3.00pm
By appointment subject to availability of a volunteer. At least 48 hours notice required. Please text Linda 0418 345 989 or email furneauxmuseum@gmail.com

Admission $5.00
Cash or phone banking transfer – no cards.

Coffee & food available at food van
For trading hours click here 

THE MUSEUM COLLECTION

At the museum site in Emita five small historic buildings house the museum’s collection on permanent display. There are over 8,000 artefacts, photos and documents in the collection. Read more

Temporary exhibitions on particular themes are staged in the main building.
The current exhibition Ten Island Stories features ten diverse objects, each with a story to tell about Flinders Island life in bygone days. Read more 

 

NEWS

The Furneaux Geotrail  was completed this year. There is only one other geotrail in Tasmania.

The Geotrail uses a mobile web app to provide information about the landscape. Ten Geotrail visitor sites on Flinders Island were created in 2019, all accessible by car. This year we have added the  more remote sites, accessible on foot or virtually.

Read more about the Furneaux Geotrail here>

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