Adelaide House Museum

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 accommoda

tion 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.

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 :)

01/04/2026

We're open tomorrow!

Enjoy the beautiful Heritage listed 100 year old First Hospital in Alice Springs, with all its rich history.

Come and check out the mapping room, with new photos and information, a pedal radio where you can pedal to light up a bulb (hoping that might get radio part working soon too).

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23/03/2026

We'll be open again on Thursdays 10am-1pm from the 2nd of April :)

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05/12/2025

This Sunday 7th December is our last opening for the year. 10am-1pm. CWA will be doing their devonshire tea and entry to the museum will be free for their guests 🫶

There has been more work on the mapping room in the past few weeks so a great chance to pop in and check it out particularly if you're at the Todd Mall Markets - Alice Springs 😊

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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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