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Adelaide House Museum The beautiful heritage-listed Adelaide House was the town’s first hospital. It was restored in 1983 and is now a museum of local history. and early March.

Built in 1926, it has been a museum since 1980, telling some history of John Flynn, Alfred Traegar, and now in our new mapping display some Arrernte stories of healing too. Adelaide House was the only medical centre in Central Australia until the opening of the hospital in 1939 and, at its peak, catered for a population of 950 people. Since 1939 it has been used variously as a hostel, as accommodation for nurses during the war, a manse for the Presbyterian Church and a meeting place for church groups. A radio room at the back of the building is where the first test radio transmission was received from Hermannsburg by Maurie Fuss in November, 1926, when Flynn and Alf Traeger were experimenting with radio for the Flying Doctor Service. The museum has some fine displays including the story of the Australian Inland Mission, early journals, maps and publications of the Reverend John Flynn, radio equipment built by Traeger, diagrams of the building and its unique concept, and an extensive collection of historic photographs. Closed to visitors between Dec.

12/10/2026

Unfortunately we will have to close again tomorrow the 13th October due to volunteer sickness. Open again Thursday :)

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05/10/2026

Unfortunately we will be closed tomorrow the 6th October. See you Thursday!

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Come and Celebrate Alice Springs' First Hospital turning 100 THIS SATURDAY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. Our program is full of exciting speake...
09/09/2026

Come and Celebrate Alice Springs' First Hospital turning 100 THIS SATURDAY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. Our program is full of exciting speakers, activities and displays telling stories of healing on this beautiful country.

15/08/2026

Regrettably Adelaide House will be closed today. Sorry for the inconvenience.

While today is our actual birthday, we will be celebrating on the 12th September with a full day of displays, talks, wor...
24/06/2026

While today is our actual birthday, we will be celebrating on the 12th September with a full day of displays, talks, workshops and more!

For the next few weeks, we are working hard at restoring the original ducted evaporative air conditioning system through...
24/06/2026

For the next few weeks, we are working hard at restoring the original ducted evaporative air conditioning system through the building... For the first time ever, adding a motorised fan to the system to provide cooling to the building.

As such we are opening through a different entrance and entry is free! We look forward to showing you around and being able to open longer next summer with the restored AC....

100 years today from the opening ceremony of Alice Springs first hospital!!! Happy Birthday Adelaide House 🎂🍰🎊🎉🎁🎈
24/06/2026

100 years today from the opening ceremony of Alice Springs first hospital!!! Happy Birthday Adelaide House 🎂🍰🎊🎉🎁🎈

23/06/2026

Actually - We're open today 11:45am-1pm :)

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22/06/2026

Sadly w're going to have to close tomorrow the 23rd June due to construction work.

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20/05/2026

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers Jay and Julie, we are now able to open on Tuesdays again!

From next week we are open Tuesdays, Thursdays and market Sundays :)

Address

48 Todd Mall
Alice Springs, NT
0870

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 1pm
Thursday 10am - 1pm
Sunday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+61889521856

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