02/10/2025
Weโll be celebrating the Victorian Seniors Festival in the Historic Precinct next week, 6-10 October.
Join us for a week of free activities, to be held at 11am each day, including walking tours, the Kelly Trials Experience in the Historic Courthouse and two special talks at the Burke Museum.
Program details below, bookings can be made in person at Beechworth Visitor Information Centre, via email to [email protected] or phone 1300 366 321
๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ
Led by Education Officer Chris Hayes through the Beechworth Historic Precinct, the Ned Kelly Tour is an accessible and enjoyable way to learn about Beechworthโs rich and colourful past. Participants will see many of the buildings associated with the Kelly legend and hear stories behind the events which eventually brought the Kelly era to an end.
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Free!
๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Meet at the front of the Visitor Information Centre, Ford Street, Beechworth
๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ - ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
Burke Museumโs Collections Manager will lead us on an exploration of cultural collections and the impacts of climate change. Find out about how this impacts the unique Burke collection, and the brilliant work being done across the industry. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Free!
๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Burke Museum, Loch St Beechworth.
๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐
The Beechworth Courthouse played a significant role during the Kelly outbreak of 1878-1880, as the location of more than 40 trials and hearings for the Kelly Gang and its sympathisers. The Kelly Trials Exhibition provides an immersive 270-degree, wrap around multimedia experience, telling the stories of crime and punishment, governance and law, and bushranger Ned Kelly.
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Free!
๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Historic Courthouse, Ford St Beechworth.
๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ โ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐
Join Education Officer Sally Huguenin for a fascinating look at the Burke Museumโs Natural History Collections and explore unexpected links between 19th-century science, art, and empire. From colonial explorers to Napoleon and Darwin, discover how the pursuit of knowledge in the 19thcentury helped shape the modern world.
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Free!
๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Burke Museum, Loch St Beechworth.
๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐
๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ โ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ
This accessible walking tour of the Beechworth Historic Precinct with Education Officer Sally Huguenin tells the story of the 1850s Gold Rush in Beechworth - once the richest alluvial goldfields in Victoria. Participants will learn the stories behind the significant historic buildings, people and events that helped shape Beechworth, visiting many of the National Heritage Listed buildings associated with governance on the goldfields.
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Free!
๐๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Meet at the front of the Historic Courthouse, Ford Street, Beechworth.
