Come and visit Kangaroo Valley Pioneer Museum Park

Things to Do

The Pioneer Museum is a place of learning, relaxation and fun for the whole family. Most of the exhibits can be observed from close range, some items can even be touched, like our hand operated water pump or the wishing well.

At the Museum site (1 hectare)

  • Children can ring the School Bell
  • Press a button in the Chittick Hall or in the Light Horse Brigade Room and hear interesting details told by locals
  • See (on a video) in the old Settlers Hut, how timber splitting and fence making was done a hundred years ago

Fun-barrel and bush school

  • Have a run on the Fun-barrel outside the Settlers Hut
  • Listen to a re-enacted School Lesson in the old bush school
  • Drop your coins in the Wishing Well

Water pump and wishing well

  • Have a closer look at the double-seated Family Loo
  • Smell the leather and wax in the Horse Saddlery
  • Study the Family Tree on the verandah of the Rendall Cottage and take a drive to the Kangaroo Valley historic cemetery to compare names and years
  • Find out more about your own ancestors with the help of the Museum's computer archive system
  • Sit down for a lunch in the BBQ area
  • Take photos of the park, the old buildings and Hampden Bridge

Go for a Bushwalk (7 hectares)

  • There is a 20 minutes and a 90 minutes marked bushwalk track
  • Cross the swinging bridge and discover the scribbly-ghost gums
  • There is wildlife and many species of native trees and plants
  • Look for echidnas, lizards, wombats and kangaroos