The Sheep's Back Museum

The Sheep's Back Museum is a heritage museum in Naracoorte, South Australia, dedicated to the history of the wool and sheep industry in the Limestone Coast region. Housed in historic buildings in the town centre, it displays shearing equipment, wool presses, machinery, photographs and interpretive exhibits tracing pastoral settlement from the 1840s. The museum highlights Naracoorte's role as a major wool centre and preserves the social and economic story of sheep farming.

Visitors can expect a compact indoor museum set in historic stone buildings in central Naracoorte. The interior contains curated displays of shearing and wool-handling equipment, wool presses, hand tools, photographs, documents and interpretive panels explaining the development of sheep farming. Visitors can walk through themed rooms, view machinery and memorabilia, watch audiovisual presentations and browse a gift shop with local wool products.