National Wool Museum Geelong

National Wool Museum Geelong In the heart of Geelong’s vibrant waterfront precinct is the National Wool Museum. Open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday.

Explore the rich history of Australian Wool, Fibre, Textiles & Geelong | Exhibition Venue | Shop

The National Wool Museum is a leading member of the City of Greater Geelong's arts and cultural community. Set in an historic 1872 bluestone woolstore, the Museum building formed part of a vast complex housing the Wool Broking firm of Dennys Lascelles Ltd in the times when Geelong was considered the

wool capital of the world. The Museum presents the timeless Australian story of wool, from sheep farming and wool production through to the processing of fleece into fabric. A visit to the National Wool Museum is an essential part of a visit to Geelong and the Bellarine. TERMS & CONDITIONS: Geelong Australia

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23/05/2026

This is the place for those who love machines ⚙️

Discover how wool is transformed from raw, greasy fleece into finished fabric.

Get up close with carding, weaving, and machine knitting, and learn about the scouring, combing, and spinning process that built an industry.

Also inside is the multi-award winning Reminiscence Cottage. A sensory recreation of Australian home life from 1930 to 1950, designed for the whole family and built to support individuals living with dementia.

It’s one gallery with lots to discover.

Open daily from 10am-5pm.

26 Moorabool St, Geelong📍

These photographs almost didn't survive.Found tucked inside a water damaged album, these 1960s images document the journ...
20/05/2026

These photographs almost didn't survive.

Found tucked inside a water damaged album, these 1960s images document the journey of Australian wool from sheep in the paddock through to folded fabric ready for the world.

The album was carefully dismantled for conservation, now with a fitting place in our collection.

Swipe for an authentic view into an iconic industry that once employed tens of thousands of Australians 👉

19/05/2026

Tammy Gilson is a proud Wadawurrung woman and award-winning weaver who uses her Cultural practice to revive the tradition of possum skin cloak making.

In Wadawurrung wurru (language of the Wadawurrung) walert is the word for brush-tail possum. Walert walert is a highly significant artefact and each one carries deep spiritual connection and appreciation to family and Culture. A baby was given a skin at birth, which would be added to as they grew and would also tell their story.

The walert walert denotes a continuum of cultural practice and identity. See the walert walert and learn more at Interwoven: Fibre Art and Fashion, on display until 12th July.

Last chance Geelong. Wildlife Photographer of the Year closes at the National Wool Museum this weekend.On loan from the ...
15/05/2026

Last chance Geelong. Wildlife Photographer of the Year closes at the National Wool Museum this weekend.

On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, this world-renowned exhibition is in its 61st year for good reason.

Including entries from 113 countries, these award-winning images capture hidden animal behaviour, rare species, and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world.

📅 Closing this Sunday, May 17th
📍 National Wool Museum, 26-32 Moorabool Street, Geelong
🎟️ Included with museum entry

📸 A Tale of Two Coyotes, Parham Pourahmad (USA), 11 - 14 Years Category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

This Saturday, we're celebrating International Museum Day. And you're invited!Each year, museums around the world come t...
14/05/2026

This Saturday, we're celebrating International Museum Day. And you're invited!

Each year, museums around the world come together to celebrate International Museum Day. We’re marking this year's theme “Museums Uniting a Divided World” with a full day of activities inside the Museum.

Here's what's on:

🐑 Guided Gallery Tours. 11am and 1pm

🎨 Art and craft activities and wool crafts for families. 11am to 1:30pm

🧵 Heritage Loom Demonstrations. Watch our loom operator bring a 1910 Jacquard Axminster Loom to life at 12pm and 2pm

🔍 Collections Display. A behind-the-scenes look at how we collect, preserve, and present our objects, 11am to 1:30pm

🎙️ Curator Tour. Join Senior Curator Josephine Rout for a guided tour of our Interwoven: Fibre, Art and Fashion Exhibition at 2:30pm

On Saturday, all activities and tours are included in the price of museum entry!

📅 Saturday 16 May, 10am to 5pm
📍 26-32 Moorabool Street, Geelong
🎟️ Adults $13 | Concession $10 | Children $8 | Family $40

Some things never really change.This advertisement for Physician Wool Blankets ran in 1959, the same year your mum, or h...
10/05/2026

Some things never really change.

This advertisement for Physician Wool Blankets ran in 1959, the same year your mum, or her mum, might have actually seen it on a magazine page.

Wool blankets were often traditional engagement gifts and prized wedding presents that became family heirlooms. Its the kind of thing you remember from your grandmother's spare room.

The collector of this article put it best:

“There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets. Romantic, sensible, special, familiar. And nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations.”

This Mother's Day, we're thinking about all the small, warm things that get handed down and never forgotten.

Happy Mothers Day 💐

Some donations arrive with a box of photographs, a handwritten receipt, and 74 years of family history folded inside.In ...
07/05/2026

Some donations arrive with a box of photographs, a handwritten receipt, and 74 years of family history folded inside.

In 2025, Theresa Joy Hodge donated her mother's fox fur coat to the National Wool Museum.

It was made from 21 fox skins her father Charles shot on moonlit nights around Bacchus Marsh in the 1950s.

It was then crafted by Melbourne furriers Nettlebergs for Twenty Pounds and Nine Shillings.

Now it’s a proud part of our collection.

04/05/2026

‘Federation Flora’ was created by 13 members of the Geelong Handweavers and Spinners Guild to celebrate 100 years of Federation in Australia.

Accompanied by her felt boots and woven hat, this unique doll won 1st prize in the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show Woolcraft Competition.

Now housed in the museum collection for preservation, it serves as a beautiful example of hand crafted collaboration within a group of women.

Before Pinterest, there were pattern books. Our collection holds dozens of Lincoln Mills knitting pattern books from the...
30/04/2026

Before Pinterest, there were pattern books.

Our collection holds dozens of Lincoln Mills knitting pattern books from the 1950s.

From bo***ir bed jackets to sleeveless slipons for men, these little booklets sold for as little as sixpence.

Swipe to see a few favourites from the collection 👉

27/04/2026

Looking for a unique mother’s day gift?

We've selected a collection of gifts in our shop that feel as thoughtful as they look, chosen with makers and lovers of beautiful things in mind.

Open daily 10am - 5pm

This small fundraising badge was produced to celebrate the end of WWI in 1919.They were sold on trams, at railway statio...
25/04/2026

This small fundraising badge was produced to celebrate the end of WWI in 1919.

They were sold on trams, at railway stations, and at rallies to raise money for those affected by the war right here in the Greater Geelong region.

Printed in cream, gold and blue, a white dove carrying an olive branch sits at its centre, with a small Union Jack cloth badge attached through the pin.

Affordable by design, badges like this one were accessible to almost everyone, which made them both a practical fundraising tool and a keepsake worth holding onto.

Over a century later, it still is. Lest we forget.

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Wadawurrung Country, 26 Moorabool Street
Geelong, VIC
3220

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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