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Sale history Sale Historical Museums Inc.

runs Sale Museum on Foster Street, Sale Water Tower Museum and the Powder Magazine - all open on regular days and available for group tours by arrangement.

22/08/2026

With a planned power outage today (Sunday 23/8), the Foster street Museum won’t be open. 🙁Apologies for any inconvenience - hopefully we will see you next Sunday or any Wednesday, 2-4pm.

Explore our History.Have visitors for the long weekend or just looking for an outing now the sun is out?Open from 2 pm -...
06/06/2026

Explore our History.
Have visitors for the long weekend or just looking for an outing now the sun is out?
Open from 2 pm - 4pm today are Sale Powder Magazine museum - accessible from Stephenson Street or off the Lake Guyatt walk - and Sale Water Tower museum in the lovely Victoria Park, Cunninghame Street, Sale.
And tomorrow, 1.30 pm - 4 pm, the Foster Street Museum will be open, featuring the Law and Order exhibition.
Admission to each is a gold coin donation.

Our new Law and Order exhibition starts Sunday (22 February) and the open times for 130 Foster Street return to normal a...
21/02/2026

Our new Law and Order exhibition starts Sunday (22 February) and the open times for 130 Foster Street return to normal after the completion of our archive extension. We trace lockups, prisons, courts and police stations.
Open 1.30 - 4 pm each Sunday and Wednesday: admission by gold coin donation.

An extra opportunity to explore the water tower museum in Sale today while you attend the Australia Day celebrations in ...
25/01/2026

An extra opportunity to explore the water tower museum in Sale today while you attend the Australia Day celebrations in Victoria Park. We are open until 2pm - entry by gold coin donation.
Do you remember the pool that was next door - the promise of the pool got the vote over the line for a town water supply.

Another setback to deal with - someone broke one of our windows over the weekend. Left a big hole and quite a bit of blo...
15/12/2025

Another setback to deal with - someone broke one of our windows over the weekend. Left a big hole and quite a bit of blood but don’t appear to have entered (we have CCTV inside but not outside at present). Another expense and cleanup for our volunteers, trying to preserve our history.

Our Archive extension is complete but fitout and moving everything back is taking longer than expected so it will be mid...
14/12/2025

Our Archive extension is complete but fitout and moving everything back is taking longer than expected so it will be mid-January before the Foster Street Museum reopens.
The Sale Water Tower remains open each Saturday 2 pm - 4 pm and will have a special opening on Australia Day Monday 26 January 10 am - 2 pm.
The Powder Magazine is also open 2 pm - 4 pm on the first and third Saturdays except for 3 January.
Gold coin donation admission for all museums.

Address

Sale, VIC

Opening Hours

Wednesday 2am - 4pm
Sunday 2pm - 4pm

Telephone

+61437296925

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