Museums and galleries in Gunnedah

Museums and galleries in Gunnedah

1. Do

   AgQuip

   Australia's largest agricultural field days (exposition), it attracts about 3,000 companies and 100,000 visitors per year. AgQuip showcases all kinds of agricultural equipment, especially new things to the market. It's also a great family day out, with food stalls, fashion shows, reptile shows, billy boiling competition, AgQuip Rodeo, and an art and craft exhibition.

   Held in Aug·Free admission

2. See

   Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery

   Arts Gunnedah

   This art gallery showcases the works of the local artists community, with the highlight of the year being the Annual Arts Exhibition held during AgQuip. Also home to the Civic Cinema which shows contemporary popular movies.

   Daily 10AM-5PM

3. See

   Cumbo Gunnerah Keeping Place

   Cumbo Gunnerah Gallery

   This Keeping Place holds local Aboriginal artefacts and has audio-visual presentations of Aboriginal stories. There are also Aboriginal arts and crafts to see.

4. See

   Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Statue

   Poets Precinct

   Dorothea Mackellar was born in Point Piper in Sydney, and is buried in Waverley Cemetery overlooking the ocean. But the sunburnt country she wrote about so passionately is out here. And a memorial statue with her on a horse is next to the watertower museum. Well worth a visit - even if just to reread the poem.

5. See

   Gunnedah Rural Museum

   If you're looking for an authentic history of Gunnedah, neatly laid out with information boards and item descriptions then you'll need to go somewhere else. If you are looking for large sheds just full of every bit of discarded equipment over the past 150 years of Gunnedah's history, then you could wander around this place for hours. It's large, it's disorganised, and in places looks more like a junkyard than a museum. There are collections of Coke cans and ANZAC cookies. Old cars, harvesters, tractors, diesel engines. Model railways, old switchboards, Teacups, furniture, photographs.

   Daily 9AM-3PM, closed Good Fri and Christmas Day·$8 adults, $5 concession, $2 children

6. See

   Gunnedah Water Tower Museum

   Decorated with paintings of ANZAC - adjacent to the ANZAC memorial. Roof-top views offering panoramic views of Gunnedah and the surrounding district. Presents local history as well as military history. Museum may be closed due to Covid-19 restrictions - phone or email to confirm.

   Sat 10AM-2PM, other days and times by appointment only·$5 adults, $4 concession, $1 children (ages 5-15)

7. See

   Work of Art Community Gallery

   This gallery showcases the work of up and coming artists, especially local artists. Workshops held throughout the year. Cafe on-site.

   Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM

8. Do Not mapped

   Weeks of Speed

   Motor parades, drag races, speedway racing, drag safari, twilight races, motorkhana, live entertainment, museum displays.

   Held in Mar

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Gunnedah (CC BY-SA 4.0).