Past Programs
Summer Market Harvest Basket Day Come and Help
The Community Heritage Garden Team shares the produce from Mary’s Garden with the community. In the school holidays come to the museum to pick your own vegetables and help prepare for the next season’s planting. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Thursday 18...
Voices from the past
Session 1Deaconess Cordelia Moberly (and father) at St Paul’s, Lithgow, a presentation by Keith Painter Cordelia Moberly served as a Deaconess at St Paul’s, Lithgow, from September 1922 to January 1924. Her father, Rev. E. G. Moberly, had preceded her as locum tenens...
What’s in Your Backyard – Seven Valleys Locals Day
An event especially for Seven Valleys locals, come and rediscover our magnificent home region. Show your proof of residence in the Lithgow City Council area and you will receive discounts and free entry to participating attractions on Sunday 17th September 2023....
Mary’s Garden, a heritage style kitchen garden – winter pruning session
Mary's Garden is a heritage styled kitchen garden at Eskbank House Museum. This garden was designed and seasonally cared for by Arborist and Heritage Garden consultant Jessica Lawn of Arborvitae. The project was funded by NSW Recovery grant after the major bushfires...
Connecting with nature through native bees
Which native bees might I find in Lithgow? Where do native bees live? Why is pollination important when saving seeds for my garden? Why are native bees better pollinators than honey bees? How can I attract native bees into my garden? How can native bees help connect...
Shared Stories/W2A Workshop – Upcycle Old Fast Fashion into Crazy Patchwork
During the Waste to Art exhibition, June 2023, Eskbank House Museum is hosting a Waste2Art Crazy Quilting two-part workshop. Participants will create Shared Story squares by upcycling old Fast Fashion items. This two-part workshop is facilitated by multi-disciplined...
National Trust Heritage Festival – Shared Stories: Lithgow’s Textile Industries
You are invited to Eskbank House Museum for a free open forum to reminisce and share the stories of your connection to the many textile industries of Lithgow. Tell us your stories, show us your memorabilia and photos, help us celebrate a major industry in Lithgow's...
Artisan’s Picnic – Live and Local
Bring your picnic blanket! Enjoy a Lazy day on the lawn with local art, music, food, coffee & company at a historic site Saturday 15 April 2023 11.30 to 3.30pm
School Holidays at Eskbank – Intergenerational Gardening Day!
Our garden has been growing and we are now ready to divide and sow our winter crops and we would love your help!What we will be doing? Dividing Rhubarb, Artichoke and Sorrell Harvesting Horseradish and Chicory Planting out the seedlings we have raised into the garden....
School Holidays Eskbank – Autumn Nature Journal
Autumn Nature Journal Slow Down, Observe, Discover and See! “The benefit of journaling is not limited to what you produce, .. rather , found in your experience and how you think along the way.” (John Muir Laws, 2016) You do not need to be “an artist” to nature...