West Coast Heritage Centre (formerly known as the West Coast Pioneers Museum) is a complex of buildings and collections in
Main Street of
Zeehan, Tasmania
Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown.
History
The greater ...
in
West Coast Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the mor ...
in Australia.
The complex and centre are currently (2016) managed by the company West Coast Heritage Limited.
History
The closure of the
Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy
The Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy was a Mining college in Main Street, Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the loca ...
in the 1960s saw the founding of the Pioneers Museum in 1964.
The centre included seven hectares and housing over 30 themed displays and exhibit.
The components of the centre include:
* Collections of the West Coast Pioneers' Museum
* The buildings of the former Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy
* Zeehan Post Office
* Zeehan Courthouse
* Gaiety Theatre
* Grand Hotel
* Covered area of preserved railway locomotives, rolling stock and machinery
* Mining explosive display
* Art exhibitions and exhibits
Notes
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Zeehan
Railway museums in Tasmania