Queensland Museum Cobb+Co houses the National Carriage Collection - Australia's finest collection of more than 50 horse-drawn vehicles from coaches, buggies and wagons to carriages, sulkies and carts. Get your hands on history at Queensland Museum Cobb+Co. It’s not just what you can see but what you can do!
•In every exhibition and program at the museum there are elements you can see, hear and touch.
•From blacksmithing and silversmithing to leadlighting and millinery, there are many opportunities for you to create items you will be proud to show off and even give as gifts.
•Follow the clues, meet intriguing characters and play the interactive games in the new National Carriage Collection Gallery.
•Play in The Coach Stop and the Cobb’s Coffee Shop Play Pit.
•See and touch Queensland Museum objects and specimens in the new Heritage Bank Inquiry Centre.
•See regularly changing exhibitions in the Windmill Gallery.
•Get the behind the scenes story and join our free daily guided tour.
•Buy unique hand made gifts in the Museum Shop. Queensland Museum Cobb+Co is part of the Queensland Museum and is home to the National Carriage Collection which features nearly 50 horse-drawn vehicles including Cobb & Co coaches and the Rolls Royce of carriages, the landau. Other galleries feature extensive displays on the natural and cultural history of Toowoomba and the Darling Downs. Queensland Museum Cobb+Co's popular heritage workshops program includes one and two day weekend workshops in trades and skills such as blacksmithing, silversmithing, leadlighting, leatherwork, stonemasonry and copperfoiling. These workshops are conducted in the custom built factory area.
