Smart inventions: Technology before the Smartphone

by admin | Jun 12, 2024 | Past Exhibitions

Smart inventions: technology before the Smartphone ….. how did we meet up with our friends? Catch the 7:25 train? Listen to music? Share a photo memory? Share our ideas?

On exhibition at the museum are clocks and watches, gramophones and radios, cameras and photo albums, telephones, film and slide projectors, typewriters and adding machines.

Eskbank House Museum is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm.

Museum entry fees apply $5 and $2.50 concession, children under 6 are free

The Bracey Collection: Up Close Exhibition

by admin | Feb 12, 2024 | Past Exhibitions

As part of the annual care of collection process for framed works, you are invited to view ‘The Bracey Collection: Up Close’. The framed works and ceramic objects will be on exhibition in the Courtyard Gallery and Breakfast Room at Eskbank House Museum during March 2024. The Bracey Collection was unveiled at the museums opening on the 21 November 1966 and is usually on permanent display in the front section of the museum but only seen at a distance from the door of each room.

Eric Bracey (1886 – 1968), a prominent businessman, became interested in Australian history in the 1940s and decided to fund a Lithgow building to preserve local history. He funded the purchase of Eskbank House from Australian Iron & Steel Company in 1948, paying £300. Bracey, with the aid of the Lithgow District Historical Society, began restoring the property and transforming it into a museum.

Inspired by Vaucluse House in Sydney, Bracey sought furniture and objects to represent a domestic environment typical of Thomas and Mary Brown’s time (1800s). Many of the antiques were sourced from a well-known and influential dealer, William (Bill) Bradshaw (1922 – 2009) of Woollahra.

At Eskbank House Museum, 1 Bennett Street, Lithgow Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm 

More Information https://www.facebook.com/EskbankHouseMuseum/events

Market Harvest Day, produce from Mary’s Garden

by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Past Exhibitions

Market Harvest Day, produce from Mary’s Garden
A community heritage garden at Eskbank House

Thursday is harvest day at Mary’s Garden, a community heritage garden at Eskbank House Museum

The produce basket will be loaded and placed on the table at the entrance to Eskbank House Museum at approximately 1.30 pm each Thursday. We’ll post a photo of what’s available on the day.

If you pop by feel free to check out the garden and ask the volunteer gardening team any questions you might have. The garden team are in attendance every Thursday and are happy to harvest for you if there is something that catches your eye.
Eskbank House Museum is open from 10 am – 4 pm Wednesday to Sunday.

Selections: Highlights of LCC Acquisitive Art Collection at Eskbank House Museum 

by admin | Aug 14, 2023 | Past Exhibitions

Eskbank House Museum has Lithgow City Council Artworks on display.

 

As an addition to the very successful Selections: Highlights from Lithgow City Council’s Acquisitive Art Collection exhibition currently on display at the Seven Valley’s Visitor Centre, Eskbank has brought more art works out of storage for the community to enjoy.

 

Included in the exhibition are a variety of works featuring the Eskbank House, the Blast Furnace, Hassans Walls, Cooerwull Academy and the Woollen Mills. Artists include Mary Hailstone, Heliodore Hawthorne, E J McKenzie, Stanley Ballard, K Ballard, Walter Brunner, Tim Johnman T.G. Moyle and Reg Campbell.

 

The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm. The exhibition is free or combine with a Museum tour for $5 or $2.50 concession.

 

 

 

National Trust Heritage Festival Shared Stories – Textiles of Lithgow: Handmade to Factory Industry

by admin | Apr 26, 2023 | Past Exhibitions

To celebrate this year’s National Trust Heritage Festival, Eskbank House Museum has developed an exhibition of textile related collection objects including samplers and embroidery, underwear and handbags, blankets and quilts, tools and machinery.

Exhibition at Eskbank House Museum 12 April to 4 June 2023
Museum Hours Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm
Museum entry fees apply Adult $5.10 and $2.60 concession

New Entries Now Open for the 2022 Waste 2 Art Exhibition and Competition

by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Past Exhibitions

Entries Now Open for the 2022 Waste 2 Art Exhibition and Competition

 

WASTE 2 ART is a community art exhibition and competition open to all local residents who reside in the NetWaste region. It showcases creative works made from reused & recyclable waste materials. The aim is to challenge peoples’ perceptions about ‘rubbish’ and to celebrate the reuse and recycling of waste through arts and crafts.

 The theme for this year’s Waste 2 Art is Soft Plastics and Lithgow City Council is calling for local entries for this year’s competition and exhibition. The competition categories include Primary & Secondary School, Community, Open and Creative Repair, Restore and Refurbish.

 Entry forms are available available to be downloaded from the button below, at the Lithgow City Council Administration Centre and Libraries from 9 March 2022 and from Eskbank House Museum from 9 March 2022. The closing date for entries is 15 April 2022 with artworks to be delivered to Eskbank House by 30 April during Museum opening hours of 10am to 4pm Wednesday to Sunday.

 The local competition artworks will be on exhibition at Eskbank House Museum from 8 to 31 May 2022. Lithgow City Council will also host for the first time the 2022 SIMS Metal Regional Waste to Art Exhibition & Competition with the Official Opening planned for 9 July 2022 at the Lithgow Union Theatre. The Regional Exhibition will run from 10 July to 7 August 2022 with winning artworks from Lithgow and the Central West on display.

 Further information on the competition categories is detailed on the entry form and for inspiration you can see the works from past years on the NetWaste website https://www.netwaste.com.au/waste-to-art/

 We are committed to reduce, reuse and recycle our resources to maintain the unique and diverse local environment that is significant lifestyle, community and economic assets for the area.

 

Download Waste 2 Art Entry Form