Coffs Harbour Regional Museum

15/08/2023

Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) opens on 16 September.

YAM brings Coffs Harbour’s Gallery and Museum together, in Yarrila Place. In preparation for the opening of YAM we have rebranded the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery Facebook and Instagram pages to Yarrila Arts and Museum (.coffs) .

This page, ‘Coffs Harbour Regional Museum’ will be closed soon.

Head over and follow us at Yarrila Arts and Museum to stay up to date with all the latest news and info.

18/04/2023

https://coffscoastheritage.info/2023/04/repaying-the-favour/

Recently I wrote about the larger national and state-based libraries and museums which do the heavy lifting in terms of preserving our culture and history for the long term. The burden may be eased a little when our regional equivalents are able to repay the effort with a unique contribution to the....

09/03/2023

https://coffscoastheritage.info/2023/03/lassified-cads/

For a brief bright shining moment, it is possible to measure the cohesion of a community via its publicly expressed sense of humour; the ability to laugh at itself. The Apex Agitator is a case in point. Seemingly, a lot the businesses operating in April 1965, from the long-standing such as W. H. Bai...

22/02/2023

https://coffscoastheritage.info/2023/02/the-basket/

A poem, by Rosemary Nisted Once upon a time Coffs Harbour Jetty had a track. It bore a little crane that trundled out and trundled back. When little ships came sailing to Coffs from Sydney town The crane was used in every case to set the cargo down. It carried food and barrels and drums tied in a ne...

20/12/2022

https://coffscoastheritage.info/2022/12/a-christmas-gift/

Our cultural service Coffs Collections turned two years old a few months ago, and it continues to freely share easily accessible gallery, library and museum content. The newly added local histories included gems such as A Pioneer and the Eastern Dorrigo featuring a different style of treehouse and F...

28/10/2022

For the very first time, a comprehensively researched and referenced list of the early lightkeepers on South Solitary Island from its first day of operation until the last day of 1915 has been compiled and is available for browsing via the Coffs Coast Heritage blog.

Lightkeepers David Gow, John Fisher and Ralph Robinson; South Solitary Island (1912, February 28). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), p. 21. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263733370 For the very first time, a comprehensively researched and referenced list of the earl...

09/09/2022

Vale Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen visited Coffs Harbour in 1970 and was welcomed to the region with overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement by crowds of Coffs Harbour locals. Today we reflect on her life and that brief yet important moment in Coffs Harbour History.

https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/69257

05/08/2022

Coffs Collections is a wonderful, free, online resource of images of the artworks and artefacts held by the Gallery and Museum, and archives describing the experiences which shaped the community. Some local publications in Coffs Harbour Libraries have been included to make more of this material accessible.

This interview with team members from the Gallery gives us an insight into the work that goes on behind the scenes to put this collection together.

Explore Coffs Collections https://coffs.recollect.net.au/

27/06/2022

𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 (𝗬𝗔𝗠) 𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.

The journey ahead is exciting, and we would love you to join us on the journey to YAM; sign up for the newsletter, follow us on social media and stay tuned with what’s on.

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗖𝗛!
https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/gallery/stayintouch

Image: Artist impression of Yarrila Place - the home of Yarrila Arts and Museum.

22/06/2022

Researching our local history means traversing a loose network of information both analogue and digital. The information is managed by dozens of loosely-connected heritage-collecting agencies. It requires experience to navigate the network between them, but sometimes the connections are right in front of you, just waiting to be discovered.

Read this full blog and more here

Researching our local history means traversing a loose network of information both analogue and digital. The information is managed by dozens of loosely-connected heritage-collecting agencies. It requires experience to navigate the network between them, but sometimes the connections are right in fro...