About Excell Blacksmith and Engineering Museum
The Excell Blacksmith and Engineering Museum is a heritage museum in Tumby Bay on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. Housed in the original Excell family blacksmith and engineering workshop, it preserves early 20th-century forge equipment, tools, and machinery that supported the district's farming and maritime industries. The collection illustrates local industrial and agricultural history, offering insight into traditional blacksmithing skills and rural engineering heritage of the Tumby Bay district.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a small, volunteer-run heritage workshop museum in central Tumby Bay. The interior retains the original forge, anvils, bellows, hand tools, and engineering machinery used by the Excell family business. Displays include blacksmithing equipment, agricultural implements, and workshop items arranged in the historic building. The setting is compact and indoors, with interpretive information about local farming and engineering history. Viewing is at ground level and guided by volunteers on open days.
Key highlights
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Original Excell family blacksmith forge and workshop building
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Historic anvils, bellows, hand tools and blacksmithing equipment
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Early engineering machinery and agricultural implements
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