Exhibitions
Early Development: our permanent exhibits showcase the Aboriginal occupation of Oyster Cove Station, early exploration, and development by timber getters.
Every day life: representation of colonial-style rooms (kitchen, bedroom, laundry, and workroom) and a similar display of a home of Dutch immigrants from the 1950's.
Social life: sporting memorabilia, churches, school classroom, and general store exhibits.
Industries in the channel: Boat building, Scalloping, Fruit production for export, and the Electrona Carbide Works.
The Don Norton Camera Collection: A wonderful collection of cameras and photographic equipment covering 100 years of film development.
Miscellaneous artefacts: A range of items from toys, clothes to vintage farm equipment can be discovered under our roof.
To explore our entire artefact collection: click on this link eHive
Object stories
We have developed object stories that provide some background and context for some of our objects of interest and displays.
You can view them on Vimeo here.
Temporary Exhibition Gallery
The gallery features exhibitions by local or greater Tasmanian artists and organisations, travelling displays, and in-house curated exhibitions. The gallery usually changes monthly, with some featured artworks available for sale.
Research Room
We hold an extensive collection of Channel family histories together with numerous books, photographs, documents, maps, journals, and memorabilia relating to "The Channel" region.
Community Activities
We host local history research groups. Our Channel sports groups are working to record and present historical sporting details.
An external memorial wall shows plaques commemorating the residents & achievers of "The Channel."
Our Green Footprint
Our museum is purpose-built and state-of-the-art. It incorporates solar electricity generation and solar hot water production used for space heating. Low-energy LED lighting is used for all exhibits.
Museum Products
The museum now has a gift shop, which opened in late 2022.
We print booklets covering aspects of Channel history, plus books by Tasmanian authors for sale.