Pringle Cottage Museum is an open air museum at 79 Dragon Street, Warwick, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by the Warwick and District Historical Society.

Buildings on site

The nucleus of the museum is

Pringle Cottage Pringle Cottage is a heritage-listed cottage at 81 Dragon Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1860s/1870s onwards by John McColluch. It is also known as John McCulloch's Cottage, Mountview, Milton ...

which is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register and remains on its original site. Other buildings have been relocated to the site to create the historical village. The village features buildings and artefacts that represent over a century of life in Warwick and surrounding districts. The Willowvale Presbyterian Church was built by volunteer labour in 1909. It was relocated to Gillam Street in Glennie Heights in the 1950s and relocated to the historical village in 1972. It has been renamed Eastwell Hall after Leslie Burt Eastwell, a former president of the historical society and son of its founder. The Overseers Cottage was originally on the Canning Downs pastoral station and is believed to be built before 1900. It was relocated to a number of sites in Warwick before being relocated to the historical village in 1974. The entrance gates were originally from the

Queensland National Bank The Queensland National Bank is a former bank in Queensland, Australia. History In 1872, the bank was established in Brisbane. In December 1914, the bank had its head office in Brisbane with branches throughout Queensland at Allora, Aramac, ...

building in Palmerin Street, Warwick. The

Warwick Daily News The ''Warwick Daily News'' is an online newspaper serving Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is published by The Warwick Newspaper Pty Ltd and owned by News Corp Australia. The ''Warwick Daily News'' is circulated to the residents ...

funded the development of the Print Museum building, which displays historical printing equipment. The Emporium is a purpose-built display space built in 1982.

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