TRM Murwillumbah and TRM Tweed Heads are open to the public, with restrictions in place; click here for details.
Tweed Regional Museum offers public programs to accompany our exhibitions. All talks and events at the Museum are free of charge unless otherwise indicated.
Let's Play! - school holiday activity
Want to take a walk around Murwillumbah?
Want to learn more about the history of the town and its buildings?
Want to use that knowledge to complete a treasure hunt?
Want to go in the draw for a fantastic Muwillumbah-based family focussed prize?
Well then - Let's Play!
The Museum is running a Treasure Hunt activity from 5 to 23 January 2021, for children up to 18 years old. The Treasure Hunt takes in many historical sites and stories of Murwillumbah and the Museum, and when completed Treasure Hunts are returned to the Museum, kids will receive a little bag of fun to take home and play. Completed Treasure Hunt entries go into the draw to win a wonderful Murwillumbah-based family prize package, including vouchers for Mill & Make and Cracklepoint Games, and family passes to Slide and Dive at Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre (TRAC) and The Regent Cinema.
The rules of the competition and how to enter are as follows:
1. Visit Tweed Regional Museum Murwillumbah to collect your Treasure Hunt pamphlet.
2. Complete the Treasure Hunt by visiting the sites named and solving the clues on the Treasure Hunt pamphlet to determine the final 11 letter answer.
3. Give your completed Treasure Hunt pamphlet to staff or volunteers at Tweed Regional Museum Murwillumbah. We will put your entry into the draw for the major prizes, and give you a little bag of fun to take home.
Read the full Terms and Conditions (163kB PDF) here.
Design Nation Live with Tim Ross
Design Nation Live is a one hour show (plus Q&A) covering Australia's unsung design icons. Sharing stories, memories and witty anecdotes surrounding these everyday items, Tim will walk you through an era when 'Australian Made' was valued and appreciated, and reveal how our unique design histories have helped shape our national identity.
When: Friday 15 January 2021, 6pm - 8:30pm
Where: Tweed Regional Museum, 2 Queensland Road, Murwillumbah
Cost: $35
Purchase your tickets here. (external link)
Museum at Home
As we live through this historical time and change the way we connect and interact, the Museum will be bringing you content and activities that you can access from wherever you are. Stay connected with us, and your local history, by browsing our online collection (external link) , by following us on facebook (external link) or Instagram (external link) , or by downloading our activity sheets, below.
Virtual Tours
Photograph by Ryan Fowler. If you'd like a tour that's just a little bit different, try our
Museum Drag Tour. (external link) Join Tweed's own Comedy Queen, the fabulous Milena Missi of Queens of Kingscliff for a drag tour of Murwillumbah Museum! 'Werq' your way through the history of the Tweed with Milena as she casts a cheekly queer-eye over our Collection. Milena Missi, otherwise known as Mitchell Hull, is not just a queen, he's a Small Town Queer Icon. Read about Mitchell's journey to becoming a successful performer and business owner on the
Small Town Queer Exhibition website (external link).
Video presented by Milena Missi of Queens from Kingscliff with videography by Ryan Fowler.
Untold Stories: living with ability - Online Exhibition
Untold Stories is a Tweed Regional Museum project exploring some extra-ordinary stories of living with disability.
The exhibition, Untold Stories: living with ability, was displayed at the Tweed Regional Museum Murwillumbah in 2017. The project captured diverse stories of ‘ordinary’ people whose rich life experiences include living with disability.
Participants in this project generously allowed the Museum to record and share their stories through audio, video and text. This wonderful expression of lives lived ‘with ability’ and to the fullest is now available as an online exhibition.
Children's Activity Sheets
Check out the activity sheets below for some fun activities to do based on Museum objects and exhibitions.
Make an Origami Frog (614kB PDF) - After you've listened to the call of the Giant Barred Frog in the Museum's
Land | Life | Culture display, you can make your very own origami frog, and make it jump!
Koala Mask (838kB PDF) - Koalas are an iconic Australian animal and feature in the Museum's
Land | Life | Culture exhibition. To make your mask, you'll need to print this on heavy paper and have a hole-punch (or adult with scissors) and some string or elastic.
Thunder Egg Word Search (1.07mB PDF) - The Museum collection contains a wonderful selection of these amazing specimens that are are around 20 million years old! This Word Search will introduce you to special scientific terms about thunder eggs, as well as some of the local places where you can find them. All you need is a pen/pencil and a good eye!
Robey Engine Maze. (2.09mB PDF) - Everybody knows the big Robey Engine outside the Museum in Murwillumbah, right? Did you also know that it was found in the scrub at Mount Nullum? It was uncovered, moved to the Museum and lovingly restored by members of the Murwillumbah Historical Society. In this activity sheet, you'll help the Robey find its way to the Museum - all you need is a pen and a good sense of direction! When you've finished the maze, check out some before and after images of the Robey
here. (external link) Sally the Sawfish Fun and Games Booklet. (3.09mB PDF) - Our previous temporary exhibition was called Sea Stories and it showcased objects and stories about our relationship with the ocean, from discovery to adventure and fun. As part of the exhibition, we had sawfish rostrum (their 'saws') on display. This booklet contains heaps of activities about sawfish - you'll need coloured pens/pencils to make it beautiful. This booklet was made with help from our friends at
Sharks and Rays Australia (external link) and the
Sawfish Conservation Society. (external link) It contains lots of pages, so you can print as many as you like.
Dinosaurs and Fossils
Those of you who have visited the Fabulous Fossils exhibition at TRM Murwillumbah will agree that fossils are fascinating and fun!
In honour of that exhibition, we've organised some fossil and dinosaur-themed activities to keep you occupied.
Salt dough Fossils (657kB PDF) - Make some dough out of common pantry items, then get creative in what sort of creatures you want in your fossilised records!
Dinosaur Shadow Puppet (624kB PDF) - Make these by day, then watch them come alive under a spotlight at night!
Cardboard Dinosaurs (206kB PDF) - Making these dinosaurs from tough cardboard means they'll stand tall and proud on your shelf!
Diplodocus craft (654kB PDF) - With the help of a paper plate, you can make your very own Diplodocus!
If you'd like to explore more dinosaur facts, check out the Australian Museum's page,
Dinosaurs and their Relatives. (external link) Their
Inside Out (external link) page also has heaps of great activities and videos, too!
Regular Events
Land | Life | Culture
Guided talk - Free event
When:
The 2nd Thursday of each month at 10:30am
Where: TRM Murwillumbah, 2 Queensland Road, Murwillumbah
Discover the unique natural and cultural heritage of the Tweed.
Join us for a guided talk about our new exhibition Land | Life | Culture.
Learn about landscape formation; how it has shaped life in the Tweed Valley and continues to do so.
Hear stories told by local Aboriginal Community Members, and explore interactive hands-on components alongside case study specimens.
Bookings essential: To book, head to Eventbrite. (external link) If you have any queries, phone (02) 6670 2493 or email trm@tweed.nsw.gov.au.
Auslan interpreted tour of the Museum. AUSLAN interpreted
tour of the Museum
In conjunction with Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, we are pleased to offer an Auslan interpreted tour of current exhibitions.
When: Date to be advised, 10–11am (tour at the Gallery is 12.30–1.30pm)
Where: TRM Murwillumbah
Free | Bookings essential: Phone (02) 6670 2493 or email trm@tweed.nsw.gov.au