Moonta Mines Museum

The Moonta Mines Museum is a heritage museum housed in the former Moonta Mines Model School (1878) at Moonta Mines on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula, within the Copper Coast Council area. It is a central part of the Moonta Mines State Heritage Area and the Australian Cornish Mining Sites on the National Heritage List. The museum interprets the major copper mining era from 1861 to 1923, displaying mining artefacts, machinery, photographs, archives and Cornish cultural material.

Visitors can expect a museum set in the restored 1878 Model School building with classrooms and galleries displaying mining equipment, minerals, photographs, documents and household items from the Moonta Mines era. The site includes interpretive displays about copper mining methods, the Cornish miners and community life, with indoor exhibits and outdoor heritage surroundings within the Moonta Mines State Heritage Area. Guided tours and self-guided exploration of the museum are available.