Practice your best selfie pose as Museums Bathurst will once again be participating in International Museum Selfie Day on Wednesday 21 January.
Escape the summer heat and explore Bathurst’s fascinating and diverse museums with FREE ENTRY to the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst Rail Museum, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Chifley Home and Education Centre, National Motor Racing Museum, Bathurst Historical Society and Miss Traill’s House and Garden.
Established in 2014, International Museum Selfie Day is celebrated by hundreds of museums across the globe and loved by our local Bathurst community, remarked Mayor Cr Robert Taylor.
“Museum Selfie Day is a terrific, all-ages event that Bathurst looks forward to every year. The day is all about raising awareness and encouraging visitors to actively engage in local museums, all by taking creative selfies and posting them to social media.
“Museums Bathurst has been participating in this global event since 2017, and each year we have such a fantastic turnout. Just last year, we had more than 2,000 people visit Bathurst museums on Selfie Day to engage in this wonderful, playful initiative. And in fact, more than 75% of these visitors were from Bathurst and the surrounding areas, showing our local community’s love for this event. It really is a fantastic opportunity for locals to see the world-class museums that are situated right in their own backyard.
“On Museum Selfie Day, and every day at the museums in Bathurst, you can get face-to-face with a T.rex, marvel at the largest model train display in Australia, immerse yourself in art, enter a home frozen in time, soak in the atmosphere of racing legends, or discover the amazing stories that made the Bathurst Region,” said Mayor Taylor.
Museums Bathurst is encouraging locals to visit all museums on the day and post their selfies with the hashtag #MuseumSelfieBathurst on Facebook and/or Instagram.
Participating Museums:
Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum
224 Howick Street
9am-4.30pm
Bathurst Rail Museum
126 Havannah Street
9am-4.30pm
Chifley Home and Education Centre
10-12 Busby Street
11am-3pm
National Motor Racing Museum
400 Panorama Avenue
9am-4.30pm
Bathurst Historical Society
162 Russell Street
10am-4pm (extended opening hours)
Miss Traill’s House and Garden
321 Russell Street
10am-4pm (extended opening hours)
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
70-78 Keppel Street
10am-5pm
