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We received Highly Commended in the Heritage Innovation category at the Ballarat Heritage Awards for last year's #GoldBar. It was an honour to share this with Ballarat Tramway Museum. Congratulations to our friends Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka for winning. Thanks to Ballarat Council, Federation University Australia & National Trust of Australia (Victoria) for supporting local heritage projects!

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Happy Mothers Day! 🌺 [CM Rogers with her daughters Jessie, Alice and Robina, Arnott-Rogers collection, 84.2518]

Mourning brooches

Mourning jewellery became popular in 1861 when Queen Victoria went into deep mourning following the death of her husband, Prince Albert. Queen Victoria wore black clothing and matching jewellery until her death in 1901. Brooches usually featured a photo of the deceased, sometimes with a sample of their hair.

Gold Bar

Go behind the scenes at the Gold Museum for the Gnarrwirring Ngitj Festival. Get up close with our rarely seen Indigenous collections, join our fun Wadawurrung cultural workshops, and listen to interesting talks on Aboriginal history and living culture. Canapes and drinks included.

Happy birthday Punch and Judy! #OnThisDay Mr Punch made his first appearance in a puppet show in England in 1662. The popular puppet show features Judy and her temperamental, club-wielding husband Mr Punch. Check out Punch and Judy's antics from our lantern slide collection [Local History collection, 70.5251-70.5263]

National Volunteer Week

Happy National Volunteer Week! A huge thanks to our fab team of volunteers who work hard front-of-house and behind the scenes to help us with a variety of work from transcribing and researching to guiding and cataloguing. Thank you! #GiveHappyLiveHappy #NVW2017

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Wishing you a fabulous weekend filled with music, laughter and feather boas! [Fred Farghar with the 'Six Tonight' dancers during the final show, 1982, BTV-6 collection, 2014.0065]

GoldBar @ The Gold Museum

Gold Bar is back! On 1 June, we'll be celebrating the Gnarrwirring Ngitj Festival with the Wadawurrung at Gold Bar. Join our fun cultural workshops and hear guest speakers talk about history and living culture. Places limited, bookings essential

Photos from Gold Museum - Sovereign Hill's post

Can you help us identify these people? We have a great collection relating to BTV-6, Ballarat's first television station which was launched in 1962. We need your help to identify BTV-6 staff, guests and personalities from our photograph collection. Leave your suggestions in the comments section.

Behind the Seams: Doctor Blake's Ballarat

Tickets now available to our Ballarat Heritage Weekend event 'Behind the Seams'. Meet the team behind Doctor Blake and Jean’s hair, makeup and costumes. Louise McCarthy (costume designer), and John Logue (hair and makeup designer) will discuss how they achieve the show’s vintage look. Hosted by Nicole Jenkins, fashion writer and founder of Melbourne’s Circa Vintage Boutique.

Behind the Seams: Doctor Blake's Ballarat

Meet the team behind Doctor Blake and Jean’s hair, makeup and costumes. Louise McCarthy (costume designer), and John Logue (hair and makeup designer) will discuss how they achieve the show’s vintage look. Hosted by Nicole Jenkins, fashion writer and founder of Melbourne’s Circa Vintage Boutique. Ticket includes entry into the exhibition.

May Day

Happy May Day! For our friends in the Northern Hemisphere, May 1 is the first day of spring. The first day of May is also International Workers Day. We hope you're enjoying your day whichever way you choose to celebrate.