The museum building was erected by local farmers, made out of recycled parts of prison huts from nearby Mannus prison farm.
PO Box 192
Tumbarumba
NSW 2653
Ph: +61 2 6948 2635
Website (National Quilt Register): www.amol.org.au/nqr
This is a national domestic history museum, which aims to preserve working class rural women’s heritage from first settlement until the present time. It displays collections of articles representing everyday lives of ordinary families, with emphasis on the contribution of women as well as recording domestic life and accounts of women’s lives and preserving their letters, diaries and photographs. Its themed displays feature superb collections of crocheted doileys and beaded milk jug covers, quilts, pegs and peg bags, aprons and other domestic items.
It was started by a group of seven local women, including Honorary Director Wendy Hucker, and opened in December 1985. It continues to be run entirely by volunteers and is located on the Glenroy Reserve, a 30-hectare park beside the Mannus Creek, 8 km from Tumbarumba in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains.
The museum was responsible for coordinating the online National Quilt Register, officially launched in 2001, which documents quilts made or used in Australia prior to about 1965.