Queensland Museum Cobb+Co

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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 to

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•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.

Dad Jokes? We've got a whole collection.Happy Father's Day to the dads who have been telling the same jokes since before...
05/09/2026

Dad Jokes? We've got a whole collection.

Happy Father's Day to the dads who have been telling the same jokes since before our fossils were formed 😂

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From the first days of Queensland rail travel in 1865, the provision of food and drink to customers was widely endorsed....
03/09/2026

From the first days of Queensland rail travel in 1865, the provision of food and drink to customers was widely endorsed. Railway Refreshment Rooms became popular with travellers, as steam trains stopped regularly to take on water and service the locomotive.

The Toowoomba Station Refreshment Rooms, shown here in about 1930, had one of the best reputations in Queensland. The Toowoomba Rooms continued to operate until the 1980s, long after most rooms had closed with the advent of diesel and electric services which reduced the need for regular stops.

📷 Queensland Museum/Queensland Rail Collection

Join us this weekend to celebrate Father's Day with Toowoomba Farmers Market!Sunday 6 SeptemberMuseum: 8am-4pmMarket sta...
03/09/2026

Join us this weekend to celebrate Father's Day with Toowoomba Farmers Market!

Sunday 6 September

Museum: 8am-4pm
Market stalls: 8am-1pm

Museum entry free for Toowoomba Region locals!
Walkins welcome, bookings preferred: bit.ly/FathersDayAtCobbandCo

02/09/2026

Just another day behind the scenes at QM Cobb+Co...🐐

On today at 1pm! 🏛️What can two Scottish families tell us about the making of Australia?Join author and historian Wal Wa...
01/09/2026

On today at 1pm! 🏛️

What can two Scottish families tell us about the making of Australia?

Join author and historian Wal Walker for a fascinating Curator Conversation exploring the merchants, bankers, squatters and politicians who helped shape Australia’s early economy.

📅 Today, Wednesday 2 September | 1pm
🎟️ Free with admission | No bookings required

Come along and uncover the stories of ambition, trade and family behind Australia’s early growth.

Just turn up!

Whose stories are in the collection? And whose are missing? 👀Dr Liz Bissell from Queensland Museum is joining the Guest ...
31/08/2026

Whose stories are in the collection? And whose are missing? 👀

Dr Liz Bissell from Queensland Museum is joining the Guest Editorial team for a new special issue of Australian Feminist Studies exploring women's visibility across museums, heritage, culture and digital collections.

Revising the Record is looking for researchers, scholars and practitioners to contribute new
perspectives on collecting, preserving and representing women's, gender diverse and q***r stories.

Think feminist objects, women's stories in collections, gendered approaches to curating, Q***r and Trans histories, digital archives, mapping, social media, Wikipedia, FemTech and more.

📣 Have something to contribute? Abstracts are now being invited for consideration.
Explore the special issue and submission details via Australian Feminist Studies.

Learn more here: bit.ly/Revising-the-Record

Haven’t sorted Father’s Day yet? We’ve got you covered. 👀There’s just one week to go until Father’s Day at the Museum— a...
29/08/2026

Haven’t sorted Father’s Day yet? We’ve got you covered. 👀

There’s just one week to go until Father’s Day at the Museum— and it’s free for Toowoomba Region locals!

🚗 Cars & vehicles
🔨 Meet the restorers & live demos
🛍️ Toowoomba Farmers Market
🎶 Live music
🍔 Food, coffee & craft beer
💛 Family fun all day

🎟️ Book your free ticket to let us know you’re coming: bit.ly/FathersDayAtCobbandCo
Walk-ins are welcome too!

The Toowoomba Chamber Clifford Gouldson Lawyers Business Excellence Awards are just around the corner! ✨We’re thrilled t...
28/08/2026

The Toowoomba Chamber Clifford Gouldson Lawyers Business Excellence Awards are just around the corner! ✨

We’re thrilled to be heading along as a finalist in the Tourism & Events category — and even more so to be in such great company.

Congratulations to our fellow finalists, Tony's Community Kitchen and The Axe N Dagger. We’re proud to share the category with two fantastic local organisations.

Thanks to Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce for recognising the incredible work happening across our region. We can’t wait to celebrate with everyone!

Some conversations stay with you.We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for an inspiring yarn with Aunty Gail Mabo.Aun...
28/08/2026

Some conversations stay with you.

We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for an inspiring yarn with Aunty Gail Mabo.

Aunty Gail shared powerful reflections on culture, family, art, reconciliation and the legacy we leave for those who come after us.

A reminder that the stories we share today help shape the generations who carry them forward.

Thank you, Aunty Gail, for sharing your stories and wisdom with us.

Industry School - Toowoomba.

Proudly supported by The University of Queensland.

We’re a little late to World Goat Day… 🐐But when we discovered this, we figured it was worth the wait.A four-goat team p...
27/08/2026

We’re a little late to World Goat Day… 🐐

But when we discovered this, we figured it was worth the wait.

A four-goat team pulling a miniature Cobb & Co. coach, complete with children on board. Now that’s a GOAT team.

The photograph came to us from Rosewood Scrub Historical Society via a priest in Toowoomba — but that’s about all we know.

Can you help us fill in the gaps? Do you recognise the photo, the coach, the occasion or the people in it?

And this isn’t the last of our goat discoveries. Apparently, one goat post was never going to be enough. 🐐

Address

27 Lindsay Street
Toowoomba, QLD
4350

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

07) 4659 4900

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