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MUSEUMS
Burra has four fascinating museums, which can be visited separately or as part of a Museum Pass. Passes are available from the Burra Visitor Centre or from any of the museums.
You are entitled to keep the Museum Pass for as long as it takes to visit each museum, even on your next trip to Burra.
MALOWEN LOWARTH MUSEUM
Daily Tour at 9.30 am
Allow 45 minutes
Hear about life in Paxton Square (circa 1860s)
Malowen Lowarth (Cornish for ‘Hollyhock Garden’) includes:
· Parlour, kitchen and bedroom
· One of the four oldest quilts in Australia
· A cottage garden
MORPHETTS ENGINEHOUSE MUSEUM
Daily Tours
11am – 1pm
Allow 60 minutes
Visit Morphett’s Enginehouse (circa 1858) at the Burra Monster Mine site to see:
· A working model of the pump engine
· Panoramic views of historic mine site
MARKET SQUARE MUSEUM
Shop open daily
10am to 12 noon
Daily Tour at 10.30 am
Allow 30 minutes
Old fashioned sweets, homemade goods and handicrafts are on sale.
You can also see the recreation of an old style General Store and shopkeeper’s residence (circa 1885).
BON ACCORD MINING MUSEUM
Daily Tours
2pm – 4pm
Allow 45 minutes
The Museum houses an exciting mining display.
Visitors are guided around the:
· Monster Mine diorama
· Blacksmith’s shop
· Pumpshed and Shaft that supplied the town’s water from 1884 - 1966
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