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Tamworth Regional Heritage Festival Combined Exhibition

24 April - 24 May 2026

Tamworth Regional Museums celebrate the 46th Annual Australian Heritage Festival with a combined exhibition. Drawn from twelve historical collections within the Tamworth Region, this exhibition features unique objects that represent this year's Heritage Festival theme of 'change'.

A celebration of Tamworth's Regional Heritage Festival, the theme of change invites us to uncover the ways in which history continues to shape us, and how we are shaping history in return. Acknowledging our link to people, places and the past, and the enduring connections that will shape the future. 

Please join us for the official opening event and curatorial walkthrough on Thursday the 7th of May at 2pm - all welcome!

Participating Museums:

• Australian Country Music Hall of Fame - Tex Croft Vintage Stage Outfit
• Barraba Museum (Nandewar Historical Society) - Bell Punch Change Counting Machine from the Empire Theatre
• Calala Cottage Museum (Tamworth Historical Society) - Mrs Fairlie-Cuninghame's Warming Plate
• Chris Bowman Collection - Megafauna Fossil
• Gil Bennet Rocks, Gems and Minerals Collection - Peanut Wood
• Manilla Heritage Museum - Original Manilla Railway Station Kerosene Lamp
• Moonbi Museum - The Double Dunny
• Tamworth Astronomy and Science Centre - Slide Rule and Model Lunar Module
• Tamworth Family History Club - History of 316 Peel Street
• Tamworth Hospital Collection - Prosthetic Arm and Attachments
• Tamworth Powerstation Museum - Portable Radio
• Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive - Vintage Projector